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Transactions: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
Transactions ID Number: 19-648
Full Name: Zuraidah Zaaba
Position: Ph.D. Candidate
Age: ON
Sex: Female
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Title of the Paper: Language-in-Education Policy: A Study of Policy Adjustment Strategy in Malaysia
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Zuraidah Zaaba, Farida Ibrahim Ramadan, Ibianaflorinciliana Niane Anthony Aning, Haijon Gunggut , Katsuhiro Umemoto
Email addresses of all the authors: zuraidah.zaaba@yahoo.com, farida_ramadan@yahoo.com, ibian962@sabah.uitm.edu.my, haijo553@sabah.uitm.edu.my, ume@jaist.ac.jp
Number of paper pages: 9
Abstract: In the first 10 years after Malaysia's independence from Britain, English and Malay language were the media of instruction particularly in the education sector. However, from 1970s onwards, English language was gradually phased out in the education sector, but not in other sectors, especially the economic sector. Ironically in 1993, the Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (term of office 1980-2003) announced the reimplementation of English as a medium of instruction for science and technology courses in public higher education institutions (PHEIs). This study focuses on the knowledge shared, utilized and created by Malaysian policy makers for developing an adjustment strategy, particularly at the agenda-setting and formulation stages of English language for science and technology courses in PHEIs. Our review of the relevant literature suggest that knowledge shared, utilized and created by policy makers in Malaysia is not just influenced by bureaucratic top–down system,!
globalization and colonialism; but also is strongly influenced by the Federal government, the highest of the three levels of the government system. Malay language is the national language for all sectors, whereas in reality, English language still continues to be a medium of instruction, particularly in higher education institutions.
Keywords: Knowledge creation, Knowledge sharing, Knowledge utilization, Language-in-education policy, Policy-making process
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Special (Invited) Session: English as a Medium of Instruction in the Public Higher Education Institution: A Case Study of Language-in-Education Policy in Malaysia
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