the good and the bad?

ok so i think i am supposed to state the negative of English being the official medium of teaching in Malaysia and argue on them..

firstly, i think if English is the official teaching medium, Malaysian might forget about their mother tongue as they will be so "English educated". however, this is not true, this is because, Malaysia is famous with its multiracial citizens, we know many different languages, so if we can master English at the same time knowing our mother tongues, the country will be much more respected and admired by the others. as my point was that, schools should emphasize on the teaching of English, and not completely dominated by English. this is because the academic system globally is focusing on this language, for the future of the country and the children yet we still learn Malay which is compulsory, and some students from Chinese/Indian schools will get to master their mother tongue as well..

English as the official medium of teaching might make people feel that the national language will slowly loses its status/ replaced by English. again, i wasnt saying that English should dominate as the official language, Malay is still the national language which i will not deny or against that. hence, English changed as the official teaching medium is just to ensure that Malaysian will be able to converse in English at anytime, anywhere and at the same time, it could help in the development of the country, help the country in moving forward in the future..

learning English will make people forget about their roots.. because they will become more and more westernized aka losing their identity as Asian. well, learning English is an education needs.. as it is said to be the international language that is used globally.. in fact, the media is the ones that make the people loses their identity as Asian because the portrayals in movie, music and everything from the western countries.. it is not by learning English that make the Asian loses their identity. so learning English is just for the people to understand, to master one more language and not the reason that causes the losing of identity in Asian..

so after the explanation, i think it is clear that, the negative statements of English being the official medium of teaching in Malaysia are not supposed to be the problems for us to disagree with the emphasis of English in Malaysia education Policy..

“The love for the language should not surpass the love for one’s nation,” said Dr Mahathir, adding that speaking in one’s own language does not necessarily makes one’s nation well-respected and admired by others. (taken from malaysian mirror)