Evaluative Commentary

EVALUATIVE EVALUATIVE COMMENTARY

The article illustrates the benefits we can derive fro havin! En!lish as a i"ortant lan!ua!e# The author is o"tiistic and advocates it$s si!nificant because an En!lish education enables us to i"rove ourselves and contribute to the betterent of the countr%# countr%# &irstl%' &irstl%' En!lish education "rovide us with a solid base of (nowled!e and s(ills to "erfor in our career# career# )e should ensure that our students "a% serious attention so that the% have lots of advanta!es to !et *ob# +tudents need to e,ui" theselves with the s(ill and abilit% to counicate and write well in En!lish# It is because co"anies want e"lo%ees to not onl% "ossess acadeic ,ualifications but also do well in cor"orate world and it obviousl% En!lish is the effective effective tools# En!lish is i"ortant in the "rivate and also "ublic sector because the% also need to deal with forei!n co"anies which indicate the to use En!lish as ediu to counicate# Moreover' we need to have a coand of other lan!ua!es for "ro!ress and develo"ent# Mala%sians are alread% "roficient in s"ea(in! Mala%# The% need to aster several lan!ua!es es"eciall% in En!lish lan!ua!e to increase their (nowled!e and to develo" the countr% in an% sectors such as business' technolo!%' science and coerce# &urtherore' children will easil% follow their "arent footste"s as the% are fast learner#

The article is clear and well-su""orted# well-su""orted# This can be seen when author e."lains about the recent news M/012 tra!ed%# It "roved how i"ortant it was to have a !ood coand of En!lish when briefin! a lar!e contin!ent of both local and forei!n edia about the letters develo"ent of the tra!ed%# )e need to (now the En!lish accent well so that we can understand what the% are e."lainin! to us about the tra!ed%#

Yes' the author "rovide counter-ar!uents# The ain counter-ar!uents counter-ar!uents that author e."lained that 3ahasa Mela%u as our official lan!ua!e' lan!ua!e' we ust also acce"t the realit% that in this odern and technolo!ical a!e' (nowled!e (nowled!e of one lan!ua!e is insufficient# insufficient# 3esides' in this odern era En!lish is ver% i"ortant as the% are national lan!ua!e# )e )e need to stud% ore in order to be better in En!lish#

I totall% a!ree with the author with the "oint of ar!uent# Mala%sians will lose out of the field of inforation and technolo!% in the new illenniu if the% are not "roficient in En!lish# In hel"in! us to achieve ob*ectives of vision 4242 but also in hel"in! our countr% to fulfil its ai of becoin! a re!ional centre for education# I a sure that when "eo"le are able to aster in En!lish' the countr% will be ore advanced and is not easil% su""ressed s u""ressed b% forei!n countries#

In suar%' I reaffir % stand that En!lish education is i"ortant for our future success and for national "ro!ress# Nevertheless' I firl% believe that it is not the onl% "ass"ort to success' as there are an% other contributin! factors# Therefore' education or acadeic ,ualification are not the onl% criteria for success#

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