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THE USE OF BILLINGUAL LANGUAGE IN TEACHING IMPROVE THE

ACHIEVEMENT AMONG FORM ONE STUDENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

INTRODUCTION

The ETeMS (or English for Teaching Mathematics and Science) was introduced

in Malasian !u"lic schools in #$$# with the main o"%ecti&e of enhancing the English

language !roficienc of Malasian learners' This is "ecause much has "een said a"out

the deteriorating le&el of English sills among Malasian learners' It is felt that learners

English were "etter off when English was the medium of instruction in schools in the

*+,$s' -hen the national language. /ahasa Malasia was made the medium of

instruction in *+0$. some 1uarters !ercei&ed this as a re&erting !oint where the use of

English language is concerned' Tun Dr Mahathir. the then 2rime Minister. mooted the

mo&e of using English in the teaching and learning of Mathematics and Science

su"%ects. with the no"le intention of !roducing Malasians who are more linguisticall

com!etent # and conse1uentl. s!earheading de&elo!ment and !rogress in education.

as one of the was to see nowledge would "e through reading &ast amounts of

information which is mainl readil a&aila"le in English. the lingua3franca'

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4or whate&er reason. m students were not willing to hel! themsel&es in understand the

Science su"%ect' The new the words. "ut seems the are not im!ro&ise the words in their

con&ersation' This was ha!!ened in m class' Is it !ossi"l the main reason the cannot get a"o&e

5$6 mars on their !a!er7' / finding a solution to this lac of !ermanence in students minds. I

ho!ed to increase student understanding in current science to!ics. and su"se1uentl students could

a!!l this learning in other science3related situations'

O"&iousl. I&e thought that Im not reall good enough in teaching them' I had not "een

teaching in a wa that leads to this student understanding' I noticed that I needed to do a "etter %o" of

assessing students !rior nowledge "efore introducing a conce!t' 4urthermore. through the use of

/ahasa Melau. I "egan to assess student understanding as we !rogressed through a unit' / first

addressing their attitude. construct their disci!line in attending m class !unctuall and mae sure that

the will gi&e a co3o!eration during m class' I ho!e that the will more acti&e to answer m 1uestion

orall when I teach and s!ea them in /ahasa Melau' I "egan to teach in a different manner. alwaswith the goal of increasing student understanding' It is also im!ortant to ee! in mind that

understanding is too com!le8 to "e assessed ade1uatel " an single stle of test' Therefore. I ne&er

relied com!letel on a single unit assessment'

2RO/9EM ST:TEM:NT

i) ;ow is student achie&ing of their Science mars affected " the continuous use of /ahasa

Melau during m science class7

ii) Does m teach in different manner will contri"ute mars that more than 5$67

iii) Does the translation gi&en on 1uestion !a!er will mae m student understand !ro!er7

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