Raising english language proficiency

RAISING ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY GROUP 4 | BERNADINE, DOREEN, HAFIZAN, SOFEA

OVERVIEW

Problems Effects Solutio

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“Malaysia is ranked 14th out of 70 countries with high English proficiency..”

PROBLEMS Lenient

language grading in national

exam

Curriculum contents

Teaching methods

Teachers not proficient enough

EFFECTS

‘escape’ instructions

using mother tongue

High grades in exam but poor

speaking & writing skills

SOLUTION

First, set up English Language Standards & Quality Council• Focus on foundation & structural changes

The result: Roadmap for English Language Education Reform (2015 – 2025)• Joint with Cambridge English + Ministry of Education’s

English Language Teaching Centre• Aim: Align our country’s English language education system

with CEFR (an international standard)

CEFR

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages Focus on producing learners who can communicate & interact

in any language (English, in our case) An initiative taken by the government for the major reform in

Malaysia’s English Language education system for the next 10 years

To fulfil the aim of boosting the level of education as mentioned in PPPM (Malaysia Edu. Blueprint)

WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS?

The Challenge • Based on poor record of implementing changes, there are genuine fears that anything new could suffer the same fate as previous well-intentioned programmes.