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In the news: English Literature as a subject is on the brink of extinction in schools, as highlighted by StarEdu on Aug 25. English Literature has profoundly shaped my world view. For the…
In the news: English Literature as a subject is on the brink of extinction in schools, as highlighted by StarEdu on Aug 25. English Literature has profoundly shaped my world view. For the…
English teachers in the country are mostly non-native speakers of the language. But they as teachers and facilitators can still be resourceful in helping students improve their language pro…
Yesterday I made a post on tiktok about UniKL vs Mara. Among the comments received, there is one comment that reads something like this: Enter UniKL, borrow Mara but up to 100k, accompanied…
By the time schools reopen in stages on Oct 3, 148 school days would have passed this academic year. Out of that, our children have attended only 22 days of face- to-face learning. The re…
WHEN all schools reopen in about two weeks, their administrators can adopt one of three models of operations, “Ministry unveils three operating models for schools to choose from” (Th…
FOLLOWING standard operating procedures (SOPs) put forward by the government can prevent a second wave of Covid-19 cases, which teachers are afraid may happen when over half-a-million upper…
A former secondary school student in Sabah has filed a suit against her former English language teacher for not teaching her class for about eight months. Nafirah Siman, who has sinc…
As Alanis Morissette once said, ‘isn’t it ironic’. After years of struggle between teachers and students and the use of smartphones in school, new educational trends are actually en…
I REFER to the reports “Raja Zarith: Stem decline in English language proficiency” (Sunday Star, Oct 1) and “Students must overcome fear of speaking English, says Mahdzir” (The Star, Oct…