Most students particularly non-Malays who spend limited hours learning in Bahasa Melayu, are seeing their standard dropping drastically compared to students before the implementation. My observations are based on the writing skills of urban kids in areas such as Petaling Jaya and Subang Jaya. The standard of Bahasa Melayu for primary level is in fact more critical than the secondary level (because students in secondary level gained more exposure when they were in primary level).
Many parents and students might not take this seriously and think that Bahasa Melayu is not an important subject. But let's not forget that Bahasa Melayu is a compulsory subject in the SPM level. It is useless if you get As in other compulsory subjects and elective papers but do not pass in Bahasa Melayu.
I urge students especially the non-Malays to start looking for tutors to improve their writing and reading skills in Bahasa Melayu. Or at least start reading Utusan or Berita Harian to enhance their language ability.
2 comment(s):
You are so right! My elder two sons were from the BM in Sains dan Matematik batch so they have a command of both languages. Both have no problems with BM. Then, the 3rd who is going to Std 4 next year have it 'easy' because most subjects were in English. English sap-sap sui to us. So we overlook his poor command of BM and now, we (as in me and his older two bros) have to drill him to catch up because his BM really suxs. He is only good in 'lu mau lawan kah?' LOL.
It's true English is sap sap sui to them. The syllabus for Math is so easy they can finish them in a minute (we know this is not the case in rural areas).
I just hope that parents will keep an eye on their child's performance in BM. Just make sure our children don't neglect the importance of the subject.
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