Maintenance of Mother Tongue: Patterns of Language Choice at the Malaysian-Thai Border

Awal, Norsimah Mat; Jaafar, Mohammad Fadzeli; Mis, Mohammed Azlan; Lateh, Hayati

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.02.038

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“…The researcher has chosen to use this questionnaire as a basic tool and it incorporated more than half of the nine criteria that determine the vitality and endangerment of a language (International Expert Meeting on UNESCO Programme: Safeguarding of the Endangered Languages, 2003). Besides, this instrument has been validated and widely used by many researchers (Mostafizar Rahman, Chan, & Nadzimah, 2007;Leo & Abdullah, 2013;Awal, Jaafar, Mis, & Lateh, 2014).The questionnaire was adapted, piloted and modified to meet the researcher's requirements and objectives of the research. More items were added to Yeh, Chan, and Cheng (2004)'s questionnaire as it was felt that they would be able to elicit more pertinent information that could be useful for an insightful discussion.…”

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Language Choice and Use of Malaysian Public University Lecturers in the Education Domain

Mei¹,

Abdullah²,

Heng³

et al. 2015

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It is a norm for people from a multilingual and multicultural country such as Malaysia to speak at least two or more languages. Thus, the Malaysian multilingual situation resulted in speakers having to make decisions about which languages are to be used for different purposes in different domains. In order to explain the phenomenon of language choice, Fishman domain analysis (1964) was adapted into this research. According to Fishman's domain analysis, language choice and use may depend on the speaker's experiences situated in different settings, different language repertoires that are available to the speaker, different interlocutors and different topics. Such situations inevitably cause barriers and difficulties to those professionals who work in the education domain. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to explore the language choice and use of Malaysian public university lecturers in the education domain and to investigate whether any significant differences exist between ethnicity and field of study with the English language choice and use of the lecturers. 200 survey questionnaires were distributed to examine the details of the lecturers' language choice and use. The findings of this research reveal that all of the respondents generally preferred to choose and use English language in both formal and informal education domain. Besides, all of the respondents claimed that they chose and used more than one language. It is also found that ethnicity and field of study of the respondents influence the language choice and use in the education domain. In addition, this research suggested that the language and educational policy makers have been largely successful in raising the role and status of the English language as the medium of instruction in tertiary education while maintaining the Malay language as having an important role in the communicative acts, thus characterizing the lecturers' language choice and use.

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Language Choice and Use of Malaysian Public University Lecturers in the Education Domain

Mei¹,

Abdullah²,

Heng³

et al. 2015

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“…The use of more than one language is a reflection of the fact that Surabaya is a multilingual community. In this setting people have varieties of language use based on their need and motivation [12]; in other words, language choice happens in multilingual societies as they have more than two languages [13]. The proper choice of a language is salient [12].…”

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“…The proper choice of a language is salient [12]. Due to the wrong choice of language or variety, the goal of communication is not achieved and it would be in a disadvantageous position [13].…”

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The Trend of Language Use among Netizens in Instagram laslisuroboyor Account

Setiawan¹,

Nita²

2018

Proceedings of the 2nd Social Sciences, Humanities and Education Conference: Establishing Identities Through Language, Culture,

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In multilingual communities, Surabaya-Indonesia is one of them, people commonly use at least two languages, indigenous and national languages. Due to the Javanese is the greatest ethnic group in Surabaya and Javanese is the most spoken, people still use Javanese language to communicate. However, an interesting phenomenon is detected in Instagram of "aslisuroboyo" account. Surprisingly, English is also frequently used by Netizens. Thus, this study tries to reveal the dominant language use and the reasons for the use of English in this account. Using netnography and virtual interview, the data were obtained. The results show that the Javanese was mostly used. However, the netizens were detected to use the English as well in the form of code-mixing. It is also revealed that women had a tendency to mix their languages while men did not. Some Javanese informants confessed that the use of English is for gaining prestige. This may suggest that the Javanese language has been losing its power to boost its users' self-esteem in globaldigital communication particularly in its written mode. Tactful instruction of the Javanese language should be made in order that this indigenous language can win the floor in written communication for its speakers.

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“…Other than postoperative factors mentioned above, the difference in test performance could reflect lower proficiency in English compared to Malay because in this region, English is commonly the second or third language after Malay and their mothertongue. 33 The importance of delirium assessment tools that are familiar to the language and culture of patients is therefore, highlighted by this finding.…”

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Validation of the Malay 3-Minute Diagnostic Interview for Confusion Assessment Method in a surgical population

Loh¹,

Chin²,

Lee³

et al. 2021

NeuroAsia

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Background: Delirium is a common postoperative complication among elderly which can be easily missed and leads to poorer outcomes. The 3-Minute Diagnostic Assessment for Confusion Assessment Method (3D-CAM) is a short and structured tool to assess delirium by healthcare staff with minimal training. This study aimed to validate the translated Malay 3D-CAM (M3D-CAM) in postoperative surgical patients. Methods: In this prospective diagnostic study, 3D-CAM was translated into Malay and two assessors (1 and 2) independently interviewed surgical patients above 65 years old with M3D-CAM on postoperative day one. A psychiatrist diagnosed postoperative delirium according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th Edition (DSM-5) as the reference standard. The sequence of examinations was done randomly with all results blinded to each other and the diagnostic characteristics of M3D-CAM analysed with k coefficient used to evaluate reliability. Results: A total of 427 patients were screened, 111 recruited with a final 100 paired interviews completed. Their mean age was 72 (± 6) years old. Two-thirds of patients were proficient in Malay and English, therefore assessed in both 3D-CAM and M3D-CAM. Delirium was identified in 11% and 12% of patients by assessors 1 and 2 respectively while compared to DSM-5, M3D-CAM had 80% and 90% sensitivity with 96.7% and 97.7% specificity. M3D-CAM had excellent inter-rater reliability (85%), substantial parallel reliability (70%) and features 1 and 3 with substantial parallel agreement (p <0.001). Conclusion: This study demonstrated that M3D-CAM is reliable and valid for delirium assessment in the postoperative setting.

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Maintenance of Mother Tongue: Patterns of Language Choice at the Malaysian-Thai Border

Cited by 9 publications

References 6 publications

Language Choice and Use of Malaysian Public University Lecturers in the Education Domain

Language Choice and Use of Malaysian Public University Lecturers in the Education Domain

The Trend of Language Use among Netizens in Instagram laslisuroboyor Account

Validation of the Malay 3-Minute Diagnostic Interview for Confusion Assessment Method in a surgical population

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