Re: Bernama: Gerakan Urges Return To Teaching Science, Math In Mother Tongue

We are all trying to adapt to an international language and in the process
improve one's command of the language using a wholesome approach.Learning in
ones mother tongue is fine but it would come back to square one.Prior to
this English was being taught as an individual subject but it has been
proven to be non effective.My guess is that it has to be related to the
pupils inability or porr command of English that they want to rever back to
their own mother tongue.





"Pan" <panNOTRASH@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 9 Nov 2005 08:23:13 +0800, "news.tm.net.my"
> <rkumar@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>It looks like some people want to go back to the stone age!!!!
>
> Excerpt from the article:
>
> Dr Koh, who is the Penang Chief Minister, said that while Gerakan
> supported the improvement of English proficiency by all Malaysians, at
> the same time it wanted to improve the standard of science and
> technology.
>
> "We feel at primary level the teaching of science and mathematics
> should be conducted in the pupils' respective mother tongue which they
> are more accustomed to -- the Chinese learning science and mathematics
> in Chinese and the Malays in Malay.
>
>
> How is that "going back to the stone age"? It's never made sense to me
> that science and math would be taught in a foreign language. Teach
> English well, by hiring good English teachers to teach English as a
> foreign language. And then, have English schools for those who want to
> go to them.
>
> Michael
>
> If you would like to send a private email to me, please take out the
> NOTRASH. Please do not email me something which you also posted.


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