tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26837475.post987371386454768579..comments2018-05-18T06:39:29.896+08:00Comments on May the truth prevail...: English, Science and Maths.... BM?f_mghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11020080803509567600noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26837475.post-15400489854790839942008-12-28T02:11:00.000+08:002008-12-28T02:11:00.000+08:00Teaching mathematics and science in English will n...Teaching mathematics and science in English will not be fair to the Semelai people from Kuala Lipis or the Jahud people from Temerloh. We are not democratizing education among our fellow Malaysians if we keep on championing PPSMI. The Japanese succeeded in their modernization efforts using Japanese. They discarded Chinese language and replaced them with Japanese. The Japanese language we all know today is actually the language of common Japanese women. It is the most widely spoken version of Japanese languages as compared to four other choices including the palace version. <BR/><BR/>Today, Japan has prospered. But not India and the Phillipines. India is now known as the major supplier of IT workers to US companies. The Phillipines meanwhile is the biggest supplier of domestic maids in the world. Both of the countries adopt English as the main language for teaching science and technology instead of their own local language. The Japanese invented Manga cartoons, quartz occillator, rice cooker and etc. <BR/><BR/>After the 1894-1895 China-Japan War, the Meiji Government discarded Chinese language. Now Japan can do what India and the Phillipines can't. The brightest in India and the Phillipines can't even invent simple things like the rice cooker even though rice is their staple food.<BR/><BR/>And if you think Thomas Edison is the person in history who registered the most inventions you'd be wrong - he actually only had about 1,093 patents. Outdone by Dr. Yoshiro Nakamatsu, who at 78 years old is still going strong and now has more than 3,200 patents to his name. <BR/><BR/>Indigenous creativity only happens through mother language. Only through mother language can we see the Semelai people from Kuala Lipis or the Jahud people from Temerloh develop and prosper. We cannot teach them science and mathematics in Malay because they are not Malays. Also not in English. <BR/><BR/>Some Malays like those in Bukit Damansara can choose to have science and mathematics taught in English but not those from Bukit Besi or Kuala Klawang.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26837475.post-2357895305266407942008-11-06T19:28:00.000+08:002008-11-06T19:28:00.000+08:00love your entries...keep it up :))Anyway, I truly ...love your entries...keep it up :))<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I truly admire those who think, dream, converse, read, write and count in English; on the other hand, BM tetap dijulang kerana bahasa menunjukkan bangsa...:))Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com