Dire need for English to be a must –pass subject

Assalamualaikum. Hye. Hello.

Can I ask you something? Do you think English is important nowadays? Okay, before that this is my third entry. The topic is “Dire need for English to be a must –pass subject”.  I agree with this new implementation made by Education’s Ministry to students who take Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM).  

From my views, I think that this is the good idea because everyone already knows that English is important. Parents and most students are also giving the thumbs up for the Education Ministry’s proposal to make English a must-pass subject in SPM. English is an international language which used by all people in the world. Yes, I also agree with the statement in the news which said that this is the crucial move, so teachers must be trained, well prepared and facilities improved before any changes made.

Not all of students are good in English, so before implementing it, government must prepare all the things in order to improve the mastery of the language among students in a right direction. In every school, well train teachers have to be taken to ensure students more understand while learning English. Maybe, they can make a teaching English program which they import a teacher from oversea to teach at school for 3 or 4 months. This also can help students more easy to learn English with the expert imported teacher.

Moreover, facilities must be improved especially in the rural areas. Usually, there are lacks of facilities in teaching English in rural areas. So, government should provide more facilities so that it gives ease to teachers and student in learning and teaching process.  One more thing is, teachers for rural areas need to have different kind of training to help them tackle the problem faced by students there as parents and students did not too understand and see the importance of mastering English. They must be given an extra attention.

English is important for the future as there are lot of this language used in universities, colleges, assignments and course of works. So, by mastering English they can more understand and easy to do their work. In the news, there is statement which said that “the world has become so competitive that it has become necessity to have a good command of the language.” Yes, it right. There are lot of people who are master in the language nowadays, so the competition are high for them to further their study or apply for a job. This move to make sure all students aware of the importance of English and make sure Malaysian students are on par with the global community.

Making English a must-pass subject is not enough to make them expert and master in using the language. Students must be trained well by apply the English language in their daily live like communicate in English while in class, with peers and teachers and also in activities. It can help them improve in mastering English and have a better international communication. Like me, I am not so good in communicate in English, but i will try my best as I am English student.

This is not a threat to our culture and national identity, Bahasa Malaysia but it just help us in global economy and help in future. So, mastering English is importance for us but don’t forget to the importance of our national language. Equal importance should be given to both languages.

"My advice to all Malaysians is to make ourselves bilingual, if not trilingual, in this globalised age."
-TAN SRI LEE LAM THYE

International English used by all people in the world.

That’s all from me. Thank you.