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Barriers Of Language In English

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“We tend to look through language and not realize how much power language has.” This famous saying by Deborah Tannen, an American sociologists shows how strong the impact language actually has on our life. Most people, especially Malaysians tend to overlook this matter because they believe that learning language could not benefit in a way a doctor or an engineer does. Little did they know, language is an essential tool in helping oneself to advance for the greater good. Can a debater be considered as an expert in their field if they have poor grasp of language? What is the point of having a loud and clear voice but you incorrectly form sentences? You will just make a clown out of yourself. Malaysians should change their stand of language in terms of attitude, cognitive and emotion. In the world of modernization, attitude can be a major barrier in the sense of one accepting the variety of language itself. This is because it is clearly seen that some Malaysians commonly hold on to a …show more content…

Learning English can be meaningless to certain people in Malaysia. This is because they have set their mindset that learning English would not guarantee a promising future. Typical Malaysians are in an agreement that those who are taking science stream will have better job opportunities while those that are from art stream might not have a bright future. According to New Straits Times, many graduates are not employed due to their lack of proficiency in English when it comes to speaking. Therefore, Malaysians should be open-minded and enhance their cognitive skills to embrace English language as their second language. For example, parents should be practicing their children to speak English or get them familiar with the language but at the same time not to ignore their mother tongue. In brief, Malaysians should change the way they think in order to excel in the

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