Change in Language Policy in Malaysia: The Reality of Implementation in Public Universities

Gill, Saran Kaur

doi:10.2167/cilp083.0

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“…Barrault-Méthy, 2012;Bull, 2012;Cots Josep, Lasagabaster, & Garrett, 2012;Gill, 2006;Källkvist & Hult, 2016;Pereira, 2013). The focus on universities as language-planning actors represents a focus on the ways that language is planned at the meso-and micro-levels (Baldauf, 2005(Baldauf, , 2006Kaplan & Baldauf, 1997) as universities as institutions can be conceptualised as language-planning actors at a number of levels.…”

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Language planning in universities: teaching, research and administration

Liddicoat

2016

Current Issues in Language Planning

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Language planning in universities: teaching, research and administration

Liddicoat

2016

Current Issues in Language Planning

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“…Mr. Arif further argued that if the instruction would come from the top management documented in written form, then everybody would comply with the regulation. His argument clearly reflects what Kaplan and Baldauf (Gill, 2006) described as 'the process of top-down is [an] accurate description of the Malaysian way' (p. 87). According to these researchers, top management, seen as powerful and superior, had the authority to make changes without consulting the subordinates, and as subordinates they would comply with the decisions made.…”

Section: Students To Be Able To Use English As the Medium Of Communicmentioning

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“…Teasing out Mr. Arif's statement on the formality of issuing such instruction, it is worth keeping in mind what Gill (2006) notes in the underlying challenges of implementing the teaching of science and technical subjects in English at the tertiary level. In her paper, Gill discusses 'the confusion and haziness about the direction of change at the higher education level' (p. 87) faced by the universities as there is no formal documentation with regards to the changing of medium of instruction.…”

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Exploring the Engineering Communicative Challenges amongst Undergraduates

Yusoff

Samah

2013

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“…Gill (2006) described the Malaysian language policy and planning processes to be "top-down" instead of "bottom-up" (Kaplan & Baldauf, 1997, p. 196) in nature. The top-down mode constitutes "people with power and authority who make language-related decisions for groups, often with little or no consultation with the ultimate language learners and users" (Kaplan & Baldauf, 1997, p. 196).…”

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The Malaysian Efl Language Planning and Policy and the Impact on Efl Reading Proficiency: A Review

Sidek¹

2018

IJAEDU- International E-Journal of Advances in Education

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Within the Malaysian setting, the English language is a foreign language that is widely used and has gained its status as a prominent linguistic liaison not only in the political, economic and social domains, but also within the educational context. Hailed as a lingua franca, the English language maintains its significance at the global level and due to such status, it has been made a mandatory subject at the elementary, secondary and tertiary educational institutions in Malaysia. The purpose of this paper is to present the review of English as a foreign language (EFL) in terms of its historical path and its connection to EFL literacy issues within the Malaysian educational context. The historical review of the Malaysian education with regards to EFL reveals that the mandatory inclusion of the English language in the school and higher institutions' curriculum could be traced back as a linguistic culturalization effect of the British colonization. The review also indicates that the pattern of inclusion of the EFL in the Malaysian educational system seems to be developmental in nature but with some patterns of consistency at the initial stage of its inclusion. As with regards to the EFL literacy issues, the review shows that the shifting from the English medium to the Malay medium in Malaysian public schools could be inferred as one of the causes of the emergence of issues in the EFL literacy amongst Malaysian learners. The outcomes of the review have implications on EFL policy and curriculum development as well as their future revisions in the Malaysian context.

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Change in Language Policy in Malaysia: The Reality of Implementation in Public Universities

Cited by 32 publications

References 5 publications

Language planning in universities: teaching, research and administration

Language planning in universities: teaching, research and administration

Exploring the Engineering Communicative Challenges amongst Undergraduates

The Malaysian Efl Language Planning and Policy and the Impact on Efl Reading Proficiency: A Review

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