Rethinking English Language Education in Malaysia

Badiozaman, Ida Fatimawati bt Adi

doi:10.18823/asiatefl.2019.16.1.24.349

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“…CEFR makes it possible to track student progress along a continuum from preschool to university (Mohd Don & Abdullah, 2019). It has been proven that during 2019 SPM results, there is an increasing percentage for English as reported in the New Straits Time and announced by Education director-general Dr Habibah Abdul Rahim in 2020 (Azizi, 2019). A total of 78.93 per cent candidates have mastered two languages Bahasa Melayu and English which were obtained from a passing grade during SPM last year.…”

Section: The Link Between English Learning Content and Cefrmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Besides, the study showed large improvement compared to the 2013 baseline study by Cambridge English where the result found a large gap between several criteria on students' language proficiency. It also includes such factors like attitudes towards learning, school type and location, class specialisation, gender and current national curricula, assessment and learning materials (Cambridge English Assessment) (Azizi, 2019). Astoundingly, within four years after the first study commenced, the outstanding outcomes achieved are magnificent and breathtaking to all parties and will continue to boast to everyone.…”

Section: The Link Between English Learning Content and Cefrmentioning

confidence: 99%

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CEFR for Languages and Its Effective Implementation in Secondary Schools in Malaysia

Md Nawawi,

Zuhaimi,

Sabu

et al. 2021

AJATeL

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The implementation and development of the Common European Framework of References (CEFR) have received recognition and enthusiasm in language learning globally. The purpose of the present study, therefore, is to investigate the effectiveness of the implementation of CEFR reference of language in other countries generally as well as in the Malaysian secondary schools specifically. The evaluation of Malaysian teachers’ perceptions toward the implementation of CEFR is substantially important to carry out the significant problems of implementing the framework. A systematic literature review was done to several research studies in Asian and especially Malaysia to achieve the fundamental research objectives. Despite the several challenges faced by English Second Language (ESL) teachers in implementing the framework. Therefore, it was found that CEFR has potentially improved in the language learning context.

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Section: The Link Between English Learning Content and Cefrmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Link Between English Learning Content and Cefrmentioning

confidence: 99%