[lg policy] Linguist List Issue: Sustainable Multilingualism 2017
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Message1: Sustainable Multilingualism 2017
Date:24-Jan-2017
From:Jurgita Serniute jurgita.serniute at vdu.lt
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- Previous message (by thread): [lg policy] Malaysia: English language policy affects all 3 February 2017 @ 9:27 AM Facebook 3 Twitter Share 3 The English language policy in Malaysia is interesting. In the early years of independence, the English language was spoken by British expatriates and Malay aristocrats. With the establishment of English schools — such as Penang Free School, Victoria Institution and King Edward’s College — the English language was considered one step higher than Malay, Tamil, Cantonese. Those who had an English education background could further their studies overseas and secure a government position. But, the socio-cultural condition in the early years of independence changed due to the May 13, 1969, race riots. This forced the government to declare a state of emergency To ease the racial tension that caused the incident, the government adopted policies to make sure a similar incident would not recur. In the case of the language policy, the government implemented the National Language Act to upho
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