to co-exist since the independence of the Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) from British colonial rule in 1957. Whilst … ideologically young Malaysians can pick and choose where they want to learn, these schools are clustered around ethnicity, language … Malaysian ‘race' (or bangsa Malaysia). For national type schools (or sekolah jenis kebangsaan), these are almost exclusively …

This paper employs the synthetic control method to examine the impact of using a non-native language as the medium of … instruction in schools on a student's learning. Exploiting an unanticipated policy change in Malaysia and using data from the … that using a non-native language throughout a student's schooling may have greater negative impact on the student …

language use is not regulated by language policies. Language planning in post-colonial Malaysia can be broadly divided into … three phases: status planning whereby English was replaced by Bahasa Malaysia as the official language; remission in status … hotels. The role of English as a language for interethnic communication is gradually being supplanted by Bahasa Malaysia …

This paper explores the language policy in Malaysia vis-à-vis its diversity preserves those expectation which indicates … the national attitudes about how linguistic diversity should be handled. Malaysia as presently constituted is made up of 3 … major ethnic groups - the dominant Malay, Chinese and Indians. The migration of Indians to Malaysia started in the second …