Malay language as a foreign language and the Singapore's education system

The paper highlights the impact of the Singapore's bilingual education policy on the Malay language and how the language has been regarded a foreign language in the Singapore context given the interest of policy makers in the implementation of a new third language policy. The growth can be hamp...

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Main Author: Aishah Md Kassim (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit UKM, 2008.
Online Access:Get fulltext
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