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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.