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STRAITS TIME O THE STA􀀖 SINAR HARIAN 0  \n, Make. learning English  \n, full · again   \n,s J1f• 11.,1.\\\\ P\\f \\\\)  \nI WAS a member of the National  \nBrains Trust on National Educa  \ntion back in 2003. ..  \nIn the course of deliberations,·members were informed that the total time for Malaysian students  \n• to learn English as a subject in the- classroom in national schools  \nfrom Year One to ·Form Five was 100,000 minutes.  \nWe find it hard to believe· that  \nafter 1,666 hours of learning in 11  \nyears of schooling, many of them can't_even construct a simple sen  \ntencein English.  \nWe have been talking about the • deteriorating standard of English  \nfor quite some time. _  \nSadly, students have gone  \nthrough various • pedagogical experiments in the name of edu  \ncation. .  \n• As English proficiency suffers, the government has even experimented with the · teaching • of Science and Mathematics in  \n• English.  \n-EngUsh must be taught as the subject of English language. You' can't improve English competen-  \n. cy any other way. -I come from the old school.  \n. Perhaps my way -of learning  \n• English isn't cool now, perhaps ev.en primitive. I learned English  \n,. the hard, yet funway.  \nMy headmaster at Peserian  \n. Primary English. School was Ismail Omar, better. known as  \nMaster Ismail. Back then in Johor, English teachers were accorded the title \"Master\". . •  \nThere was also a Yorkshireman  \nwhose fierce look and .even tier-  \nwere learning-English,>not a discourse in political correctness.  \nThere was also the Malayan Readers series used as text and English comprehension for Mala[yan Schools publisheq. in 1958](yan Schools publisheq. in 1958) .  \nAll these books were printed in London and brought in for stu C0fflffl8nt denTthserew.ere not many subject's  \nwe · learned back then: Bahasa Melayu, . English, Arithmetic,  \n_ cer attitude towards English, plus Nature Studies and Geography.  \nhis fierce name (Mr Gunn), made Since J9hor had a very compre • us shudder in class. hensive religious teaching pro  \n\"No one shall speak a word of gramme, Muslirn students went any language other than English to sekolah c;1gama m the after in my class,\" he decreed. noon.  \n• I was mute for three months Our English teachers, d􀄽spi􀄾e when I joined the l.,Chool in 1960, being strict an_d uncompromising, with hardly three. words of made learning the language fun. English. I dared not even ask togo · We were introduced to nursery to the toilet during class (\"_the lav- rhymes. It opened 'my eyes to aatory'' was more proper back totally new horizon.  \nthen) for fear of making a· mistake Back then, how could I even in the sentence. • comprehend notions like \"baa,  \nHow did we learn English as a baa, blacksheep\", ''London Bridge subject? is falling down\", \"Humpty  \nThere was a book written by R. Dumpty sat on the wall\", \"Here • Dl.Ulcan of the Malayan Education • we go round the mulberry bush\", Serviee, publis};led in 195.1 by \"Gregory Griggs\", \"Old McDonald Thomas . Nelson anp. Sons. The has a farm\" and ''Wee Willie title was Look and Learn. Winkle\"?  \nFor primary school pupils-in I was living in a village_ 27km • the 1960s, the book was one of the from the nearest town, and more • textbooks used. than 10,000km or seven time  \nLesson One was on ''The Hut''. zones away from where those It had a picture of a house. The rhymes were concocted!  \nfirst sentence was: ''Malay people Drama was introduced early, so live in this house.\" too was choral speaking.  \nStereQ!yj:Jing or otherwi,se,. we We were taught grammar like it  \nSEKTOR DOKUMENTASI PENDIDIKAN  \nBPPDP, Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Aras SB-4, Blok E8, Kompleks E,  \nPusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan 62604 Putrajaya.  \nTel : 03-8884","cbCaitCOU7JDV454","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitCOU7JDV454","pdf",323292,"English","# Make learning English fun again\n## Concerns over English proficiency\n## Critique of educational experiments\n## Personal learning experiences\n## Grammar and effective teaching approaches","[{\"question\":\"What concern does the text raise about Malaysian students’ English ability?\",\"answer\":\"It questions why many students cannot even construct a simple English sentence despite 11 years of learning.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the text criticize some education experiments involving English?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that repeated experiments and changes have weakened English proficiency, including using English to teach other subjects.\"},{\"question\":\"What teaching approach does the text advocate for improving English?\",\"answer\":\"It emphasizes teaching English as a dedicated English language subject, with focus on grammar, sentence construction, and engaging learning materials.\"}]","Make learning English fun again | PDF"]