tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19741162.post1487550098502397181..comments2024-02-22T02:33:21.869+08:00Comments on Another Brick in the Wall: Political Hypocrisy in the Opposition against PPSMIA Voicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780035743502972342noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19741162.post-84884084899689706152009-03-13T04:12:00.000+08:002009-03-13T04:12:00.000+08:00hahahaha dok tanya kat mana hang boleh dapat buku2...hahahaha dok tanya kat mana hang boleh dapat buku2 kimia fizik dan prof hawking tu dlm bm...memang takde kalau hang pi cari dikedai buku.<BR/><BR/>tapi apa kena mengena buku tersebut dgn ppsmi? kalau english hang bagus takde hal nak baca buku tersebut? takkan hang nak kata 11 tahun belajar english dari std 1 sampai form 5 pun tak boleh nak baca dlm english?<BR/><BR/>hang pikir balik 11 tahun belajar english buat apa? tido ka? decent english is good enough for you to read a book in english. a good command in english doesn't give you advantage to master the chemistry or something technical in knowledge.EQUILIBRIUMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08280067636366861034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19741162.post-34169607909518002742009-03-08T21:29:00.000+08:002009-03-08T21:29:00.000+08:00Bagi aku senang saja nak lawan isu ni. Buat kamus ...Bagi aku senang saja nak lawan isu ni. Buat kamus untuk sains dan matematik. Jadikan kamus tu buku teks percuma. Kerajaan tanggung.Semua pelajar dapat sorang satu. Kalau mak-bapak budak tu tak reti bahasa inggeris ke, buta ke, bisu ke, pekak ke, budak tu masih boleh belajar di rumah.Takkan ada alasan lagi dah. <BR/><BR/><BR/>http://gapodio.blogspot.com/gapodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00766698514231338543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19741162.post-74703792486255310622009-03-08T16:46:00.000+08:002009-03-08T16:46:00.000+08:00Kelak nanti apabila bangsa kita sudah maju dan men...<B>Kelak nanti apabila bangsa kita sudah maju dan menguasai pelbagai bidang dan cabang ilmu, insyaAllah dengan sendirinya bahasa kita juga akan terdaulat.</B> Pada waktu itu bangsa-bangsa luar pun akan belajar bahasa kita untuk menuntut ilmu dalam bahagian-bahagian yang kita kuasai.<BR/><BR/>Suatu masa dahulu bangsa Arab mendahului dalam bidang sains dan teknologi, dengan tokoh-tokoh ilmuwan Islam agung yang mana umat Islam hari ini hanya mampu mengenang tanpa mewarisi. Pada waktu itu Eropah masih dalam zaman gelap. Penuntut-penuntut Eropah zaman itu mempelajari bahasa Arab supaya senang mereka mempelajari ilmu-ilmu sains dan matematik dalam bahasa Arab. Tiadalah pula orang-orang Eropah kecoh mendebatkan apa akan jadi dengan bahasa Inggeris atau Perancis atau Jerman mahupun Sepanyol, hanya kerana terpaksa belajar sains dan matematik dalam bahasa Arab. Lihat hari ini, pupuskah bahasa mereka? Tidak! Bahkan menjadi lingua franca utama dunia. Ini kerana bangsa Eropah telah muncul sebagai peneraju dalam pelbagai cabang ilmu pengetahuan. Terbalik pula jadinya dengan bahasa Arab yang makin terhad penggunaannya kepada negara-negara Arab dan umat Islam sahaja. Ini berlaku semenjak bangsa Arab dilanda anasir-anasir kejumudan dan puritanisme yang menghakis kegemilangan budaya ilmu mereka.<BR/><BR/>Jepun juga sama sejarahnya. Bangsa Jepun menuntut dalam bahasa Inggeris ketika zaman pemodenan Meiji dalam pertengahan abad ke-19. Lihat saja betapa bangsa Jepun bergantung penuh terhadap bahasa Inggeris selama lebih 100 tahun sehingga mereka sendiri muncul sebagai peneraju ilmu yang menyaingi Barat sekaligus mampu memartabatkan bahasa ibunda mereka sebagai lingua franca. Itu pun, Jepun tetap tidak pernah sesekali mengabaikan kepentingan bahasa Inggeris untuk mereka terus bersaing di peringkat antarabangsa. Bayangkanlah jika pada abad ke-19 dahulu orang Jepun menentang pembelajaran dalam bahasa Inggeris seumpama orang Malaysia hari ini membuta tuli menentang PPSMI...? Mana mungkin dunia akan mengenal Jepun seperti yang dikenali sekarang?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13673068545166897523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19741162.post-64645933638240586502009-03-08T08:54:00.000+08:002009-03-08T08:54:00.000+08:00"We have can't get emotional and overtly political..."We have can't get emotional and overtly political on the PPSMI issue. There are other dimensions to the issue and not just national pride."<BR/><BR/>your post is very well argued and i hope that the issue is properly and calmly debated instead of being made a political issue.<BR/><BR/>what puzzles me is why the protest now when the programme is several years along and a great deal of money spent on making the change? not to mention that there are thousands of teachers who have been proactive and successful in upgrading their language skills to take on the challenge. <BR/><BR/>were groups waiting for it to fail? (which apparently it hasn't)bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19741162.post-39298351854984056022009-03-06T23:46:00.000+08:002009-03-06T23:46:00.000+08:00http://www.kesturi.net/archives/477Sepuluh Dongeng...http://www.kesturi.net/archives/477<BR/><BR/>Sepuluh Dongengan Bahasa dan Bangsa MelayuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19741162.post-28042798950544127632009-03-06T21:09:00.000+08:002009-03-06T21:09:00.000+08:00There is a list of FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions...There is a list of FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) related to PPSMI policy.<BR/><BR/>I hope the FAQ is comprehensive enough to answer all the arguments regarding PPSMI.<BR/><BR/>please refer to chewal.blogspot.com.<BR/><BR/>Thanks.CheWalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258246250577636947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19741162.post-86977022136411537882009-03-06T19:39:00.000+08:002009-03-06T19:39:00.000+08:00Yes, one more thing I can help translate those boo...Yes, one more thing I can help translate those books if somebody fund my work. As it is the government is too concern on something else, not translation.<BR/><BR/>I have done lots translating for free for Wikipedia and it taking me a lot of time. That is my contribution. How about you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19741162.post-16087173080011983062009-03-06T19:36:00.000+08:002009-03-06T19:36:00.000+08:00My concern about PPSMI is that what is the governm...My concern about PPSMI is that what is the government plan to further advance Malay language in the field of science and technology. Although there are many concerns such as the study Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS 2007) that Malaysian students actually fared worst in Science and Technology! and the fact that they found out students who learn the two subjects in their home language scored better. Well that's another discussion.<BR/><BR/>What I am going to point is that language evolves and it will become better if the community that spoke the language use it properly and keep on improving it. If one were to read text written in Batu Bersurat and compared it to modern Malay they would be surprise how different it was when at that time it was still heavily influenced by Sanskrit. When Islam came, Malay language received a boost and incorporate many of the Islamic philosophy in it thus Malay language incorporates word such as "fikir". <BR/><BR/>Proponent of PPSMI keep on questioning why DBP Malayanise English words like "kategori", "motivasi" and so on. From my part, I have no problem with that as it is the evolution of Malay language. <BR/><BR/>You said that pejuang being hypocrite because they don't publicly denounced when PAS, DAP and PKR questioned Malay right. I don't see it as a hypocrisy. For me what language can unite people. The government should deemphasize on protecting the Malay rights. It should instead focus on uniting people through a common language that is already in the Constitution which is Malay.<BR/><BR/>And I fail to see how insisting on vernacular sign on road is insulting Malay when the Malay language is still the most prominent. <BR/><BR/>As for the so-called Chinese Dong Zong, I would like to remind everyone that when the government announced PPSMI, this group did invite Malay groups to protest but at that time most Malay groups ignore their plead (see Ahmad Lufti's 7 Mac, runtuhkan kebodohan ini! http://www.prihatin.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=193:7-mac-runtuhkan-kebodohan-ini-ahmad-lutfi-othman&catid=18:keratan-akhbar-terpilih&Itemid=19).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19741162.post-16044107947191878052009-03-06T14:37:00.000+08:002009-03-06T14:37:00.000+08:00The opposition against PPSMI referred to the repor...The opposition against PPSMI referred to the report by TIMSS 2007 as a basis to relate the poor showing of Malaysian students in Maths and Science to PPSMI. I read the whole 512 pages of the TIMSS 2007 report and found nothing substantive or significant or conclusive to specifically pronounced that PPSMI is the cause.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19741162.post-33066102773166912842009-03-06T10:00:00.000+08:002009-03-06T10:00:00.000+08:00those people in GMP memperjuangkan bahasa melayu?a...those people in GMP memperjuangkan bahasa melayu?<BR/><BR/>abih tu yg depa berkomplot dgn dap dan dong jiao zong yg nak mengembalikan bahasa mandarin tu buat apa?<BR/><BR/>GMP mempertahankan bahasa mandarin jugak ke???<BR/><BR/>apa pandai sangat gmp ni???? <BR/><BR/>BIJAK... BIJAK...!<BR/><BR/><BR/>gmpxxxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19741162.post-48115743990821069932009-03-06T09:57:00.000+08:002009-03-06T09:57:00.000+08:00How I would love to be proficient in both bahasa M...How I would love to be proficient in both bahasa Melayu and English, rather than being so and so in one, and downright rotten in the other, which I believe is the case should we persist with such "Perjuangan".<BR/><BR/>As to the so-called rural versus uran conundrum, well, suffice to say the bridge is not that far, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>At least more of English usage would give ALL our students a fair fighting chance - vernacular and national school alike.Raison D'etrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00502897699976453728noreply@blogger.com