Monday, November 21, 2005

BILINGUALISM..what do you think?

Currently, I'm working on a research paper about Bilingual Education/Bilingualism for my Critical Thinking class. I was supposed to work with another person, but she just dropped the class. Oh, well..I have no choice other than working by myself. It's fun though. Positive! I don't have to go to a meeting and what not.huhu~~ But the best part is, I don't have to make an argumentative essay since I'm working alone. If I'm happen to work with her, I might get the Cons part which I don't like it at all and that might make me having a lot of trouble to argue in my writing since me myself is a bilingual person, in fact maybe trilingual. As I got here, I had a chance to learn my 3rd language in my second language. (camne tu? belajar arab dalam English daaa ) At first, it was kind of hard for me because I don't really know English that much especially the grammar term for example: emphatic, subjunctive, conjugate..etc.. So, I was having troubles. Well, maybe still, I'm having troubles..huhu.. anyway, this is part of the paper..hihi..with my mundane sentences..but it's ok, as long as people do understand it and so do I..yoshhh!!

The world’s national and international boundaries seem not to exist as we can travel from one nation to another in hours and more and more businesses are demanding expertise in multiple languages and cultures. Yet, there is much and debate concerns about bilingual education where two distinct languages are used for general teaching and this has been the subject of increasing controversy. For me, I do believe that bilingualism is a valuable skill, for individuals and for the country. Most bilingual individuals live very comfortably within their different cultural environments without conflicts and stress. In fact they experience an enriched lifestyle that incorporates diverse customs and traditions.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

sebenarnya best dapat menguasai banyak bahasa ini.boleh guna sebagai elemen utk da'wah!

Unknown said...

alhamdulillah =)

Anonymous said...

yaya. betul2. haha. mundane sentence la cik tinie yer.. padahal second + third language tu dah power :P best je baca tulisan dia. kalo ayu skrg semua dah hancuss.. ehehe. nak amik balik la kelas BA.. series la.. nak blaja balik. ehehe.

Unknown said...

huhu..siksa gakla dok sini.. language kena mantap, kalau tak, tadek sapa leh explain kat kita..semua orang cakap satu bahasa tu je..huhu..dahla grading tinggi..cukup2 makan dok sini..huhu

Unknown said...

sebbaik dok satu bilik dgn orang melayu je..kelate lagi..boleh cakap kelate hari2 gak..pastu tepon family almost everyday, so secara tak langsung practice language gak lah..alhamdulillah..

Anonymous said...

hehe. ayu masa kat MMU pun blajo BA tapi dlm BI. buku dia mmg BI la. tapi ust melayu. hehe. jadi xdelah strict sgt.. sbb student semua melayu. kalo ada foreigner mesti kena standard. apepun, best gak dpt blajo BA balik wpun skit2 je. Tapi bleh refresh..

Unknown said...

tu laa..tinie belajar arab masa dulu mula2 pening gakla sbb English pun tak betul lagi masa tu.. ada masa tu cikgu tanye awak suke makan sayur ape kot arablah kan, so tinie cakap tatau nama die kot arab, pastu die, OK bitau dalam English..pastu tinie cakap tatau jugakk..hihi..semua orang gelak..cikgu pun kata OK, takper utk tinie..hihi..mane saya tahu ulam raja nak cakap ape.. huhu~~blur sungguh masa tu..