last weekend, i surfed the internet at home. and i read Dr M's blog about PPSMI. well, everyone knows about that right now, there is a group of malaysian that against it. and the gov still in process of discussion about that.
when i read the comments. there's a go and against.
yang sokong kate....
Obviously, saya tak bersetuju jika kerajaan menarik balik dasar pembelajaran yang sedia skrg iaitu menggunakan bahasa Inggeris di dalam subjek Sains dan Maths. Yang nak pergi sekolah anak-anak kita kenapa pulak orang tua2 yang sibuk....Anak-anak saya tak pernah komplen pun....malah dia orang rasa pembelajaran lebih mudah menggunakan Bahasa Inggeris. Bukan menidakkan bahasa ibunda...tapi realitinya penggunaan BI dlm Maths & Science tadi dapat mengukuhkan penguasaan BI...dari sekarang la perlu ditekankan jika kita nak bersaing lebih jauh....
Kerajaan pun dah banyak invest dalam implementation BI dalam subject Maths and Science ni takan suka2 nak tarik balik....Keputusan SPM semalam pun menunjukkan peningkatan dalam keseluruhan pencapaian. Rata-rata student answer in English...It's proven what.....
Especially bila dah ke peringkat universiti, most of the reference books are in English. What if students vocabulary, grammer etc weak at this level....? How to compete with other races and later at the working environment or till the world level? Tak kan time tu baru nak amik intensive course for BI? For example, most subjects thought by UiTM are in English. Its really proven. Saya bersyukur melanjutkan pelajaran di UiTM dulu...terima kasih UiTM...
Why after 6 years baru nak buat demonstrasi? Ish2....yang nak belajar anak2 and cucu kita. So let them be...Tak kan Melayu hilang di dunia. Yang menyebabkan Melayu hilang kerana perbuatan orang Melayu sendiri. Berebut dan gila kuasa...gila pangkat...bila dah menang janji tinggal janji....tuduh menuduh antara BN and pembangkang. If tgk org2 zaman dulu org Melayu bersatu skrg banyak pemimpin yang selfish and nak cepat kaya melalui kuasa yang dia ada...kira penyalahgunaan kuasa la ni...ada kuasa senang nak jadi senang...Bukan sibuk fikir hala tuju bangsa,macam mana nak tangani isu kemelesetan ekonomi, cegah jenayah, bunuh sini bunuh sana....tapi sibuk kejar kuasa gila harta!
Betul kata Tun....Melayu mudah lupa....
Kerajaan pun dah banyak invest dalam implementation BI dalam subject Maths and Science ni takan suka2 nak tarik balik....Keputusan SPM semalam pun menunjukkan peningkatan dalam keseluruhan pencapaian. Rata-rata student answer in English...It's proven what.....
Especially bila dah ke peringkat universiti, most of the reference books are in English. What if students vocabulary, grammer etc weak at this level....? How to compete with other races and later at the working environment or till the world level? Tak kan time tu baru nak amik intensive course for BI? For example, most subjects thought by UiTM are in English. Its really proven. Saya bersyukur melanjutkan pelajaran di UiTM dulu...terima kasih UiTM...
Why after 6 years baru nak buat demonstrasi? Ish2....yang nak belajar anak2 and cucu kita. So let them be...Tak kan Melayu hilang di dunia. Yang menyebabkan Melayu hilang kerana perbuatan orang Melayu sendiri. Berebut dan gila kuasa...gila pangkat...bila dah menang janji tinggal janji....tuduh menuduh antara BN and pembangkang. If tgk org2 zaman dulu org Melayu bersatu skrg banyak pemimpin yang selfish and nak cepat kaya melalui kuasa yang dia ada...kira penyalahgunaan kuasa la ni...ada kuasa senang nak jadi senang...Bukan sibuk fikir hala tuju bangsa,macam mana nak tangani isu kemelesetan ekonomi, cegah jenayah, bunuh sini bunuh sana....tapi sibuk kejar kuasa gila harta!
Betul kata Tun....Melayu mudah lupa....
from mamalin
yang bangkang kate.....
SAYA TAK SETUJU DENGAN PANDANGAN TUN...MUNGKIN KERANA SAYA DILIHAT LEBIH KEPADA PEMBANGKANG...TETAPI JIKA ANWAR KATA MACAM ITUPUN SAYA PASTI TIDAK SETUJU...JIKA KITA LIHAT SEBELUM MERDEKA RAMAI RAKYAT KITA FASIH BERBAHASA INGGERIS DAN BOLEH DIKATAKAN LEBIH INGGERIS DARI MELAYU TERMASUK TUN SENDIRI...NAMUN APA HASILNYA ADAKAH TUN TELAH BERJAYA MENCIPTA ROKET UNTUK KE ANGKASA? ADAKAH RAMAI RAKYAT MALAYSIA YANG TELAH MAHIR BERBAHASA INGGERIS INI TELAH MAMPU MENJADI AHLI SAINS TERKEMUKA DI DUNIA INI? LAHIRKAH PENCIPTAAN TERBARU SEPERTI KERETA BOLEH TERBANG ATAU BOLEH BERUBAH BENTUK MENJADI BOT ATAU BENDA LAIN ATAU PENCIPTAAN YANG MEMBERI KEBANGGAAN KEPADA RAKYAT MALAYSIA KINI? YANG ADA CUMA PAKAR GIGI MACAM TUN DAN DOKTOR FARMASI...INIKAH HASIL PEMBELAJARAN INGGERIS? INIKAH YANG TUN CARI?
from nasha bin edwin
then, i asked my father.....
me: ayah, sutuju x dgn PPSMI?
ayah: setuju.
me: sebab apa?
ayah: sbb ayah cikgu. mmg benda nih akan menyusahkan cikgu2 pada awal ye. tp kalu bersusah untuk anak murid, x salah. cume ayah rasa better dia start masa tahap dua. budak2 pun x terkejut skit. lg pun, kite tgk skrg, anak murid x komplem banyak pun, org2 tua yg sibuk bising2.btol x? lagipun, kite hanya belajar english dalam sains dan matematik je. sejarah, geografi, KH, pendidikan islam, sume still dalam bahasa melayu. so, x timbul isu tak melayu. kita jgn banding dgn jepun. even komputer jepun pun guna bahasa jepun tapi kite still lg gune komputer dalam BI. sebenar ye, english tu buat kite kompetatif. dalam interview, kalu kita tgk, kelebihan bahasa asing tu yg dia tgk. so, dia mesti lebihkan yg power dlm english.
me: a'ah btol gak
and my opinion....
i agree with my father. why? because i've been through that time. that dark period where i'm a blind in english. this is the decision made by experience.
yes, i got 5A's in UPSR
yes, i got 7A 1B in PMR. B for ENGLISH. repeat. B for ENGLISH!
i was really2 upset with my PMR's result. because i was a top ten student in my class. even my not top ten classmates got 8A's.
and then, i learned to accept it. why?
because i was a bad student in english class. i always always always slept during my english class. and my teacher (teacher aminah) always scolded me because of my result. and it made me hate her so much and hate english too. i cant write english without making mistakes and i didnt have a gut to speak in english with my friends. so, how am i going to improve right. that the story before PMR.
after PMR, i started to think. i need to do something for my english. and luckily that time, i got Sir Martin Bates for two years. plus, i did extra things. i listened to Hitz.fm everyday(hehe bwk radio time prep ptg n malam). i tried to catch what was the DJ's talking about and repeated what he/she said.almost everyday, i did this thing. luckily that pinky prefect didnt know about this. and i also listened to english songs. i memorized the lyric and wrote it on the paper. then, i checked my spelling.
day by day, i can see my improvement in english. i had a confident to talk in english even i used broken english. but who's care right. im learning.
when i took my SPM's result from cikgu yati, the first subject that i checked was english. and i got A. thank god.
during that time, honestly, i learned and studied english because i want to take revenge and get A in SPM. and i got it.
but, after SPM. i can see the benefit that i get from taking english seriously. because, i performed well during my matric's life. very well that cause me end up in medical school.
and in uni's life, i used it almost everyday. during ward round, on call, study time and when i have to read that awful doc's writing in the folder. all in English.
and now, i can write in english and i can speak in english. although i know there was a mistake here and there. but, that's the way i learn english. and yet, i'm still a MALAY.
and i like to put a quote from Dr M...
I am a Malay not because of the language I use when thinking or dreaming. I am Malay because ethnically, lingually, culturally and religiously I am a Malay and I regard Malaysia as my homeland.