English Language Proficiency Essay

The English Language is a lingua franca across the world such as the scientific, social science, education and other industries. According to The New Websters’ International Encyclopedia, (1996), it is stated that there are more than 400 million people in the United States, the British Isles, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and South Arica use its native language which is the English Language. However, the deteriorating of English Language proficiency among the students in Malaysia is a hurdle despite its important role as an international language. This is because there are still many students who cannot master the English Language. The problem of English Language proficiency is the lack of confidence in students that need to be overcome with

The most common mistake that students encounter is that they have a poor grammar that leads them to be unable to communicate with people well especially with the English speakers. A study had reported in the book with the title “Exploring Errors in Grammar”, one of the common mistakes made by students was the singular and plural distinction. For example, ‘Chemistry are too difficult for me’ consists of a grammatical error. In the sentence that has mentioned earlier, the correct sentence should be ‘Chemistry is too difficult for me.’ For example, students in the primary, secondary or even the university can score well in other subjects but cannot score well in English for UPSR, PT3 (used to be PMR in the past) and Malaysian University English Test. According to New Straits Times on the 29th October, the reporter, Sumanti Muniandy wrote that the poor score in MUET was the reason why top students were not able to enroll in the local universities. These students got perfect scores of 4A or even 5A, but they learn English because of examination but not for the sake of brushing up their speaking skills and try to speak in English every day. Furthermore, students have no confidence because of limited English proficiency as their peers would laugh at them when they try to speak English. They would feel embarrassed. According