Once, English was thought to be the ‘lingua franca’, understood by people around the world. This was because British English was introduced by the British Empire during the colonization era. After the myriad of colonies gained independence, however, one ‘standard’ English has evolved into many different localized dialects; namely Singapore English (SE), Malaysian English (ME) and others. These ‘localization’ has caused fear among educators and professionals especially the native speakers that English has turned into a corrupt language. With relevance to Clyne’s (1992) ‘pluricentric’ languages, this paper shall highlight the nature of local variations in the context of Malaysian English as well as justify the needs for having standard non-n...
The language that is chosen as the medium of communication and instruction is normally more dominant...
Nativisation is the linguistic readjustment that a language experiences at the phonological, grammat...
In this article, we discuss Malaysia's major language policies surrounding Bahasa Malaysia and Engli...
The notion of Malaysian English in relation to the concepts of standard English and language standar...
Native-like English use is often considered the standard to be achieved, in contrast to nonnative E...
This article provides a brief historical overview of the advent of English in Malaysia and the educa...
In Malaysia what was at first Standard English has over time changed and a variety called Malaysian ...
Malaysia gained its independence from the British in 1957. The Malay language, formally called Bahas...
English in Malaysia has undergone several phases since it entered the country during the colonial pe...
The role of English Language in Malaysia has evolved greatly from being highly dominant during the p...
This paper analyses Malaysia’s English language policies, especially since the mid 1990s, in the lig...
With varying ‘Englishes ’ from varying cultures, it is inevitable that ways of speaking, albeit in E...
The English used in Malaysia is one of the varieties of New Englishes and this variety has emerged d...
The use of Standard English has always been important in Malaysia especially in education. However, ...
With the rapid development of communication and transportation technology, globalization has brought...
The language that is chosen as the medium of communication and instruction is normally more dominant...
Nativisation is the linguistic readjustment that a language experiences at the phonological, grammat...
In this article, we discuss Malaysia's major language policies surrounding Bahasa Malaysia and Engli...
The notion of Malaysian English in relation to the concepts of standard English and language standar...
Native-like English use is often considered the standard to be achieved, in contrast to nonnative E...
This article provides a brief historical overview of the advent of English in Malaysia and the educa...
In Malaysia what was at first Standard English has over time changed and a variety called Malaysian ...
Malaysia gained its independence from the British in 1957. The Malay language, formally called Bahas...
English in Malaysia has undergone several phases since it entered the country during the colonial pe...
The role of English Language in Malaysia has evolved greatly from being highly dominant during the p...
This paper analyses Malaysia’s English language policies, especially since the mid 1990s, in the lig...
With varying ‘Englishes ’ from varying cultures, it is inevitable that ways of speaking, albeit in E...
The English used in Malaysia is one of the varieties of New Englishes and this variety has emerged d...
The use of Standard English has always been important in Malaysia especially in education. However, ...
With the rapid development of communication and transportation technology, globalization has brought...
The language that is chosen as the medium of communication and instruction is normally more dominant...
Nativisation is the linguistic readjustment that a language experiences at the phonological, grammat...
In this article, we discuss Malaysia's major language policies surrounding Bahasa Malaysia and Engli...
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