tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post2782672187073881303..comments2023-05-23T09:02:35.294+08:00Comments on 1st & last, do no harm: oh no, not another blueprint....!dochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021242538740116343noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-91887574367586391412012-09-12T01:21:27.259+08:002012-09-12T01:21:27.259+08:00Yvonne,
because english have been de-emphasised, ...Yvonne,<br /><br />because english have been de-emphasised, training of english teachers & learning english took a backseat - that's where we are now.<br /><br />whatever measures that are taken now, it'll take at least one generation to put things right.<br /><br />dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021242538740116343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-34952633713294766972012-09-11T10:11:14.870+08:002012-09-11T10:11:14.870+08:00Yes, so we can only do with what little we have no...Yes, so we can only do with what little we have now - train teachers who are already bad in English. Malaysia does have people who are good in English, but they are either not teachers or not available for hire to teach in our public schools.<br /><br />People who are good in English would rather teach at private institutions because it pays better, too. They also have more freedom and benefits.<br /><br />We have a lot of excellent English writers in this country. But they are not teachers.Yvonne Foonghttp://www.yvonnefoong.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-40943063621728818992012-09-11T01:20:43.605+08:002012-09-11T01:20:43.605+08:00Andrea,
as ronan keating once sang, you say it be...Andrea,<br /><br />as ronan keating once sang, you say it best when you say nothing at all.<br /><br />well, we shall read all about it in the press.<br /><br />and may God save the country!!dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021242538740116343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-49492562393609052262012-09-10T23:34:56.859+08:002012-09-10T23:34:56.859+08:00I have been staring at this comment box for the la...I have been staring at this comment box for the last half hour bcoz I honestly can't find words that could articulate exactly what has been running thru' my mind about YET ANOTHER change in our education system <i><b>without</b></i> sounding cynical. Sigh!<br /><br />May our Living God guide the hands and minds of the architects of this blueprint. Amen.The thumb in every piehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13077188792934760983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-68563339657379607092012-09-10T01:08:14.419+08:002012-09-10T01:08:14.419+08:00KC,
we'd be millionaires?KC,<br /><br />we'd be millionaires?dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021242538740116343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-66901322011313240612012-09-10T01:07:46.075+08:002012-09-10T01:07:46.075+08:00Yvonne,
if you say we don't have enough engli...Yvonne,<br /><br />if you say we don't have enough english teachers to begin with, isn't it because they never placed importance in it in the 1st place?<br /><br />by the same argument, with so many private med schools now & without sufficient competent lecturers, are you surprised the med students aren't well-trained?dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021242538740116343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-74492625387736867042012-09-09T22:20:03.561+08:002012-09-09T22:20:03.561+08:00if we had a penny for every joke about our english...if we had a penny for every joke about our english teacherskchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10195350398221794083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-75027218860716367002012-09-09T21:19:44.893+08:002012-09-09T21:19:44.893+08:00... because we don't have enough teachers to b...... because we don't have enough teachers to begin with. We can only do with what little we have. That's why we cannot just tell teachers with poor english to teach something else. Who will teach in English then? :PYvonne Foonghttp://www.yvonnefoong.comnoreply@blogger.com