The discourse representation of policy makers and stakeholders on language policy matters in Malaysia

Language issues and controversies in relation to language policies are not uncommon in multiethnic societies, and Malaysia is no exception. With globalization in mind, the Ministry of Education (MOE) implemented a new language policy in 2003 targeting the use of English in teaching and learning Scie...

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Main Author:	Tharmalingam, Selvarajah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	P Philology. Linguistics
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/39853/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/39853/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/39853/1/ELF7_Greece_Conference_Paper.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/39853/3/ELF_7_Presentation_Schedule.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/39853/12/ELF_Greece_Conference.pdf

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spelling	iium-398532015-03-11T02:11:41Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/39853/ The discourse representation of policy makers and stakeholders on language policy matters in Malaysia Tharmalingam, Selvarajah P Philology. Linguistics Language issues and controversies in relation to language policies are not uncommon in multiethnic societies, and Malaysia is no exception. With globalization in mind, the Ministry of Education (MOE) implemented a new language policy in 2003 targeting the use of English in teaching and learning Science and Mathematics in English. Known as PPSMI (a Malay acronym), the new policy was rescinded in favour of a politically appropriate policy (MBMMBI), one that ensures the usage of Malay language as a medium of communication in all national schools and secondary schools. However, this decision attracted contestations among people of all walks of life. The policy makers maintained that MBMMBI is the way forward while the proponents of PPSMI stressed that it is a regressive decision. The discourse representation of the policy makers and the stakeholders are collected from three different newspapers: Utusan Malaysia, The Star and The New Straits Times and three online portals: Malaysiakini, Malaysian Insider and Free Malaysia Today. The Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) method is used to examine the ‘discourse representation’ of the policy makers and the stakeholders in determining the future direction of the MBMMBI policy. 2014 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/39853/1/ELF7_Greece_Conference_Paper.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/39853/3/ELF_7_Presentation_Schedule.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/39853/12/ELF_Greece_Conference.pdf Tharmalingam, Selvarajah (2014) The discourse representation of policy makers and stakeholders on language policy matters in Malaysia. In: 7th International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca ELF: Pedagogical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 4th - 6th September 2014, Athens, Greece. (Unpublished) http://www.elf7.org/
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description	Language issues and controversies in relation to language policies are not uncommon in multiethnic societies, and Malaysia is no exception. With globalization in mind, the Ministry of Education (MOE) implemented a new language policy in 2003 targeting the use of English in teaching and learning Science and Mathematics in English. Known as PPSMI (a Malay acronym), the new policy was rescinded in favour of a politically appropriate policy (MBMMBI), one that ensures the usage of Malay language as a medium of communication in all national schools and secondary schools. However, this decision attracted contestations among people of all walks of life. The policy makers maintained that MBMMBI is the way forward while the proponents of PPSMI stressed that it is a regressive decision. The discourse representation of the policy makers and the stakeholders are collected from three different newspapers: Utusan Malaysia, The Star and The New Straits Times and three online portals: Malaysiakini, Malaysian Insider and Free Malaysia Today. The Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) method is used to examine the ‘discourse representation’ of the policy makers and the stakeholders in determining the future direction of the MBMMBI policy.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Tharmalingam, Selvarajah
author_facet	Tharmalingam, Selvarajah
author_sort	Tharmalingam, Selvarajah
title	The discourse representation of policy makers and stakeholders on language policy matters in Malaysia
title_short	The discourse representation of policy makers and stakeholders on language policy matters in Malaysia
title_full	The discourse representation of policy makers and stakeholders on language policy matters in Malaysia
title_fullStr	The discourse representation of policy makers and stakeholders on language policy matters in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	The discourse representation of policy makers and stakeholders on language policy matters in Malaysia
title_sort	discourse representation of policy makers and stakeholders on language policy matters in malaysia
publishDate	2014
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/39853/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/39853/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/39853/1/ELF7_Greece_Conference_Paper.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/39853/3/ELF_7_Presentation_Schedule.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/39853/12/ELF_Greece_Conference.pdf
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