This fella does not seem to get it. He says mastering foreign language is important.
Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said English was important in a globalized world but that the government would continue to ensure Malay was the official teaching language.
“Mastering foreign languages does not necessarily erode an individual’s identity,” he told Bernama news agency.
Yes it’s true but try asking him how did he master English and bahasa melayu at the same time. I can tell you he did not mastered it with studying math and science in English alone. He studied English along side with Bahasa Melayu from the very beginning. That’s how some people are able to master two languages at the same time. We study it from the core. Not through some flip flop policies like making it mandatory to study the science and math in English. True, you will know some few technical words in English but that’s about it. If you are aware, the japanese had English as part of their education syllabus but they still suck in english because they never learn the language right from the beginning. They learn it just like our students did with their science and math right now. They learn how to score more marks, they did not learn how to be fluent in that language
