PART II ACADEMIC WRITING by AUNI ADILAH AYOB https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct Made by WALLFLOWERS -AUNI ADILAH AYOB- -NUR ANIS AFIQAH BT NURHADDI- -NUR NADHIRAH BT AHMAD ASRI- en-us 2018-07-03 06:35:00 UTC 2018-07-03 07:23:05 UTC hello@padlet.com Sociolinguistic profile of Malaysia AUNIADILAH https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct/wish/269233131 •Malaysia is a multiethnic, multilingual and multiracial country.

]]> 2018-07-03 06:40:24 UTC https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct/wish/269233131 In colonial Malaya AUNIADILAH https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct/wish/269233185 •The English language functioned as the official language while Malay, Mandarin and Tamil were termed as vernaculars.
•Having gained independence, a consensus among the major communities led to recognition of Malay as the national language, as a symbol of national unity.
]]> 2018-07-03 06:41:11 UTC https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct/wish/269233185 Asmah (1997, p. 15) AUNIADILAH https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct/wish/269233239 •This status was granted to the Malay language by virtue of 'its role as a lingua franca, its position as a major language'.
•However, English continued to function as the undeclared official language from 1957 to 1967.
]]> 2018-07-03 06:42:01 UTC https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct/wish/269233239 Kaplan and Baldauf (1997, p. 196) AUNIADILAH https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct/wish/269233331 •Language policy decisions in Malaysia have been top-down.]]> 2018-07-03 06:43:06 UTC https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct/wish/269233331 David and Govindasamy (2003) AUNIADILAH https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct/wish/269233377 •Slow institutionalisation of the Malay language vis-à-vis English as the official languagecaused discontent among Malay nationalists and prompted a demand for a status change. ]]> 2018-07-03 06:43:36 UTC https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct/wish/269233377 Chai (1971, p. 61) AUNIADILAH https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct/wish/269233454 •Demand for the higher status of Malay vis-à-vis English was motivated by the notion that 'English came to be regarded not only as the language of colonial education but also, after independence, as an obstacle to the educational, social and economic advance of the majority of Malays'.]]> 2018-07-03 06:44:21 UTC https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct/wish/269233454 Language in education policy AUNIADILAH https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct/wish/269233577 •Particularly characterised by recurrent 'twists and turns'.]]> 2018-07-03 06:45:18 UTC https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct/wish/269233577 Gill (2004b, 2012) AUNIADILAH https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct/wish/269233628 •These policy fluctuations as reversal and reversal.]]> 2018-07-03 06:45:44 UTC https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct/wish/269233628 Martin (2005, p. 75) AUNIADILAH https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct/wish/269233674 •Relates continual shifts in language policy to the post-colonial conundrum.]]> 2018-07-03 06:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct/wish/269233674 Fei, Siong, Kim & Yaakob (2012, p. 146) AUNIADILAH https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct/wish/269233717 •'An effort to foster a common national identity and a nationalistic spirit among its multiracial citizenry.'
•'The status of English language was relegated to that of a second language albeit an important one.'
]]> 2018-07-03 06:46:37 UTC https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct/wish/269233717 The City of Kuala Lumpur AUNIADILAH https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct/wish/269233760 •The financial and cultural capital of Malaysia.
•Bahasa Melayu, i.e. Malay language, is the official language in Kuala Lumpur.
•English is widely spoken and understood as second language.
]]> 2018-07-03 06:47:05 UTC https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct/wish/269233760 The implementation - signage and advertisement AUNIADILAH https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct/wish/269233834 •The official policy is unequivocal about the language(s) for signage and advertisement.
•The government has formulated a regulatory mechanism to implement the signage policy.
]]> 2018-07-03 06:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct/wish/269233834 Relevant report on the signage issue AUNIADILAH https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct/wish/269233928 •Researchers may be able to figure out the complexities and motives underlying governments' particular policy and implementation and the implications for the users from diverse linguitstic, ethnic, regional or international backgrounds.]]> 2018-07-03 06:48:20 UTC https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct/wish/269233928 GROUP MEMBERS AUNIADILAH https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct/wish/269237422 1. AUNI ADILAH BT AYOB
2. NUR ANIS AFIQAH BT NURHADDI
3. NUR NADHIRAH BT AHMAD ASRI]]> 2018-07-03 07:21:48 UTC https://padlet.com/AUNIADILAH/o8xiv0bypdct/wish/269237422