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Challenges Of Teaching English In Malaysia

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1.0 INTRODUCTION
The English language is known as West Germanic language that engender from England and also spoken as a domestic language in the other countries such as United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, and etc. Now, English is the third most spoken worldwide language next to Chinese and Hindi. Besides, English is also the most widely learned second language in the world with the some of 380 million speakers. Worldwide students are required to learn English and a working knowledge of English which required in many fields and occupations.
Teaching and learning English language in Malaysia was introduced by the British’s pioneer education system in the 1960s and it is still enrooted in the current Malaysian educational system (Asmah Haji Omar, 1992). In Malaysia, English is a mandotary subject in both primary and secondary schools and taugt as a second language.

2.0 THE CHALLENGES IN TEACHING ENGLISH IN MALAYSIA
The huge challenge for all teacher in teaching english is a large class of students with various levels of abilities. Teaching English in a class of 30-40 students is not a easy task. Teaching English in a class of many students who fell into many bands of abilities and trying to teach in a situation which would be meaningful and beneficial to every individual student and their level of ability is extremely difficult.
According to Hedge,2000 teaching students of mixed levels of abilities is a

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