science and math in English: the real challenge
When I read the news about students suing the government over its policy to teach Science and Mathematics in English, I was really excited because there will be a recent court case to be discussed in my educational law class.
At the same time, I felt disgusted because the four students were being manipulated just for the sake of the adults' (the people behind the scene which includes their fathers) political agenda. One of the student is only a Year Four student! For me, the father of this kid has already violated his responsibility as a father and denied his son's rights for better education (I bet many students don't know their rights yet).
I do agree that we must uphold the national language. At the same time we must also emphasize on the importance of English language. In fact, I believe students in kebangsaan schools should study both Science and Mathematics in two languages, Malay and English. However, I know this is not going to happen due to a lot of reasons like higher cost, lack of teachers and time constraint.
4 drop shot(s):
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But studying the same subject in two languages can be time consuming and repetitious...wouldn't it?
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Yep, It's up to the curriculum department to think of a way to incorporate the two languages. Anyway that's just my opinion. In fact that's what chinese schools are doing right now.
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Personally..I think Chinese schools should just do those subjects in English-in line with other schools.
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Currently they are doing both chinese and english. They should study in English or they won't be able to catch up when go to secondary level.