The Benefits Of Being A Polyglot?

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Thanks for your email, great to hear from you. I am sorry for taking so long! I was on cloud nine to hear that you are interested in learning more about my beloved country. But first, how are you? I hope you are right as rain. If you are asking about me, I am having too much of a good time. There will be a public speaking competition a week from now however I am so busy studying for my final test and I have already chosen to deliver the speech on “The Benefits of Being a Polyglot “wish me luck for the competition and the test. Still, I managed to find a suitable time to write this letter for my beloved friend from America. So, is America frosting or blooming? (I am not so an expert in geography, sorry). Unfortunately, my …show more content…

Variation of races, religions and cultures are eloquent characteristics of our nation. Rich with cultural heritage has made Malaysia into one of the famous multiracial country. Celebrating all festivals in Malaysia allowed us to live in peacefully without any dissension among us as we believe in a concept that “We Are One”. We do celebrate Eid al-Fitr, Chinese New Year, Deepavali, Christmas Day and others like Harvest Day (celebrated by Kadazans) and Gawai Day (Iban’s celebration). Everyone will get a kick out of their break in preparing for the festivals. Certainly, my mum will buy all new furniture and curtains and suddenly, Walah!! My house turns into a castle! Several things that I like for the festive such as getting a new’ Baju Kurung’ (Malay traditional costume), having a school break, will getting ‘ Duit Raya’ (like ang pau), getting a chance to meet relatives and undoubtly praying that everyone will be happy with their blessed family. The same goes to my friend, Mei Li, she would jump with joy when she gets a new red cheongsam and ang pau. If you are a huge fan of food full of appetizing, our country is welcomes you to enjoy various kind of food from exotic to traditional and from western to eastern. The most famous cuisine here are Nasi Lemak, Hainanese Chicken Rice (this is my favorite!), Dosa or Tosai (I will usually call it Tosai instead of Dosa as it means sins in my language). Ketupat (dumpling …show more content…

Although education is the responsibility of the federal government, each state and federal territory has an Education Department to co-ordinate educational matters in its territory. The main legislation governing education is the Education Act of 1996 the education system is divided into preschool education, primary education, secondary education, post-secondary education and tertiary education. Education may be obtained from the multilingual public school system, which provides free education for all Malaysians, or private schools, or through homeschooling. By law, primary education is compulsory. At 5 years old, the kids will attend a preschool for 2 years. Primary school started the ages of 7 years old for 6 years. When reaching 12 years old, you have to pass the UPSR (national test) before going to secondary school. Those who pass the test with flying colors, manage to get into good secondary schools. Most of them are boarding schools. The hostels are generally situated near the schools or colleges in which they are attached and provide accommodation, meals, sports equipment and conducive place to study. There are 9 types of secondary school. Oh , by the way, secondary school starts at the age of 13, yet another national test (Pt3) for all students from form 3 (15 years old). Students have to take at least 7 subjects from the subjects. These include English, History, Malay Language, Science,

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