(a) The standard of the English language among Malaysians

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Malaysia is a multi-ethnic country. The main races of Malaysia are including Malay, Chinese, Indian and indigenous people. There have different lifestyle, different culture and different language. No matter how a Malaysian will be exposed to different races, different countries, different languages friend. So English is one of the best languages to communicate with others. Nowadays, English language is an important language of knowledge for anyone and also as an international language at global community.
Whether in primary school, secondary school and college, Malaysians almost are in English to learn. Now the children of the first exposed with the language in addition to be their mother tongue, other than that is English. Furthermore, English language also has to use by employees and employers to communicate or in business. Now in the 21st century, most people are used to communicate in English. Especially those living in the city, they must use Standard English to communicate, no matter on which side. So English even become their mother tongue. More and more people to learn English, but also easy to let others catchy. Since Malaysia gradually toward into the internationalization, there are many people from different countries will come to work in Malaysia, studying, and even better development. That is why English language is very important to Malaysians.
The standard of the English language among Malaysians have been declining. The declining standard of English among the young in Malaysia has been well documented. However, with English being an important language of knowledge and global competition now, the need to arrest this decline has never been more urgent. For example in the scope of education, according to former Huma...

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...earn. They should have courage and confidence to learn and speak out.
In conclusion, there are no shortcuts to learning English. We will ensure a better future for the children if they are taught in English because it is the language that helps them to be more competitive in the world. The more intelligent people should to be more effort, rather like tortoise and the hare. Most people will think that they are smart or busy on work, so have many excuse to stop learning English language. Don’t think that you are smart and don’t need to learn more. Learning is no age limit, so just go ahead to learn more English language whether you are young or old. They can just follow these simple way to learn, English is not good is no longer an excuse. Therefore, the standard of English language among Malaysians would not be continuing decline, it will improve and get better soon.

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