JOHOR BARU: Johor Permaisuri Raja Zarith Sofiah Sultan Idris Shah (pic) has called for serious intervention to improve English among younger Malaysians due to the “dramatic and drastic” decline in proficiency of the language. Speaking in her capacity as Royal Patron of the Malaysian English Language Teaching Association (MELTA), she urged all concerned to motivate and inspire students to speak and write in English. “My dream is to see young Malaysians pursue education at world-class universities like Harvard or Oxford and go on to become CEOs of global companies. “To achieve such goals, they need to learn the English language,” she stressed. So they retreat and don’t speak English,” she said, hoping that national education policymakers would consider placing more emphasis on English in schools.

Source: The Star September 30, 2017 23:37 UTC