Languages
If you ask that where I came from? I would only tell you that my Grandpa from Guanzhou, LongGang, HaHang. Their mother tongue is Xinning Toishan Hua. Somewhere few thousand miles away from South East Asia. But, we are very familiar with it, because there are our origin. Different race are using their language in their country. Here I try to introduce the language I use in my career. As a software engineer, I know a lot machine level language to communicate with computer. The difference between human conversation and human-computer interaction is I am the only commander in dealing with computer interaction process. Human conversation is unique which could encompass the feeling of human in each word we say. Okay, learning a single language could be easier, but master multiple language could be tougher for each of us in life. In Malaysia, Chinese with no exception.
As Malaysian Chinese, we learn a lot of language in our whole life. In family, we use our mother tongue to converse with our family member. In primary school, we use Mandarin language in our learning. In secondary school, we start to use fully Malay language to educate the youths. In tertiary education, students are using English in the syllabus to learn each subject. This sound like stupidity of learner, because we learn something in each level is not for the purpose of continuity in the next level. But, each level is higher level than before for every students to pursue their educations. When language is the basis in learning some knowledge, changing in each step would be a disadvantage for students in understanding and using the language itself. This is obvious see when there are a lot of people simply cannot speak properly to explain something, even using their mother tongue. They only could speak simple words for explanations due to they haven't master fully the skills of that languages. They are not genius like what people always say that to know a lot of languages, they are just not a good learner to learn something. How many people could really master the skills of each languages before they declare themselves as Languages Genius. I can say that there are very less. The Japanese using Japan language from young until old, they can speak proper language in every situations. It is the same in China, even though they haven't own any degree and professional knowledge.
I have planned for the next generation. In Malaysia, we have the right to learn Mandarin. We must appreciate it and don't take it for granted. The six years formal education in Mandarin language must be the minimum for you to learn Mandarin language, it is not all, you must not discard it after six years primary education. You must find your own way to continue to learn Mandarin language, this mean that you all must take the subject of Mandarin in the PMR and SPM public examinations. This is the good way to motive you to learn it. More than 1 billion people are speaking Mandarin in the world, learning it would only bring you a more bright future. Mandarin is a widely use language, in education, art, sciences, entertainment and so on. This mean that you have a broaden opportunities to learn other things.
The most important is learning English languages. This is the best language to use in your tertiary education, it is because English is the pioneer in the sciences and technology. There are a lot of resources we can find are written in English, learning English is really save you a lot of time in your learning process without need any language translator tool. You also have better employment opportunities, by learning English. Watch employment opportunity doors open for you once you have learnt the English language. The better employment opportunities in turn have a knock on effect of higher salaries. English speaking people are in high demand at corporate global companies. It may likely also increase opportunity within your existing company. Approximately half of the world's business websites are also written in English language. English is the language of science, of aviation, computers, diplomacy and tourism.
The other benefits of learning English might be memory improvement and improves listening skills. It is fact that no matter what age one is, that learning a second language improves brain functionality. Every single brain changes with age, case studies show results that people who know more than one language have a longer attention span and perform better on attention tests. English is one of the easiest languages to learn with its simple alphabet. Once English is mastered you will have developed abilities and practices that you did not have before. These skills will transfer to any other language that you learn.
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