THE CURRENT NATION-BUILDING PROCESS IN MALAYSIA : A Critical Look at the English-medium of Instruction Policy

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This study focuses on the dominant political discourses concerning the controversial Malaysian language policy that suggests English as the medium of instruction in mathematics and science courses at the primary level of education. On one hand, the Malaysian government perceives the policy as needed to strengthen its developmental path, on the other hand, the Chinese educationalist community argues that the policy aims to undermine the multicultural structure of Malaysia. In this study, I analyze selected speeches from former and current prime ministers of Malaysia and texts from the Ministry of Education's Official Portal by using the Critical Discourse Analysis. I will argue that the discourses which dominate the public sphere show that language policy serves for the Malaysian nationbuilding project in the name of the development. The Critical Discourse Analysis is a type of discourse analysis which st...