1. ELT Curriculum reform is necessary to prepare students who are adaptable to every situation through the emphasis of lifelong learning.

Educating people through lifelong learning activities is the essence for the advancement of human capital. It means that through lifelong learning, the students will be prepared to have skills that a good employee should have.

Every citizen should be given the right to get education either formal or informal. Students will be given the opportunity to learn other skills apart from academic such as carpentry, craft, sewing and many more.

Example is the learning of language arts which helps the students to learn other things apart from only academic things such as learnt how to create creative products or learnt how to prepare simple dish.

2. ELT Curriculum reform is necessary to prepare students for globalisation through the introduction of Smart School.

There are various projects have been introduced to ensure the effective use of ICT in education. Competency in ICT is one of the most important skills that are needed by the students to face this globalisation era.

Eg: The Concept of Smart School pioneered in 90 selected schools. Smart school is the school which is equip with ICT technologies. Nowdays, ICT application have become an important part of teaching and learning. MSC or Malaysia’s Multimedia Super Corridor is the main supporter of the inception Smart School in Malaysia.

With all the ICT facilities provided, it will make the learning process easier as students themselves can find notes and exercises on their own. In order to be at par with other students around the world and to able to compete in the future, Malaysian students should have a better knowledge on ICT.

4. ELT Curriculum reform is necessary to prepare students to think critically by increasing the number of HOT questions in examinations.

Ministry of Education attempts to train students with critical thinking skills, creativity and innovative thinking to meet the increasingly competitive international environment. In the area of assessment, the Ministry plans to increase the number of test question which assess higher order thinking skills.

The reasons why MOE wanted to add HOT questions in the examination is because we want our teachers to teach using HOT questions frequently in the classroom. This questions help students to think critically and improve their way of thinking.

Furthermore, students motivation increases when teachers asked them to answers higher-order thinking questions. It will also help them to solve problems at school and in their life independently.

5. ELT Curriculum reform is necessary to prepare students who are independent through Self Access Learning (SAL). It is a system whereby the students are given opportunities to learn on their own based on their ability, using SAL materials provided by each school. For example, in a few schools, the English Language has already been using this method to improve the standard of the language among students (SAL room).

This type of learning will motivate the students to learn independently in a fun way where they can choose what activities that want to do. By doing all that activity, they are actually learning the language and thus improve their proficiency. They can also fulfil their leisure time during recess to do the activities in the SAL room provided. This kind of learning should be implemented and actively conducted in all school.