The journey of the English language textbook in Malaysia across the past seven decades has experienced numerous changes, partly due to the nation’s status as newly independent nation. Malaysia has a multi-racial, multi-religious population and inherited the English language from its colonized past. The urban-rural divide and the multitude of school types which range from Malay-medium to vernacular (Mandarin and Tamil) on one hand and the private international schools where English is the medium of instruction (and the IGCSE curriculum is in use) on the other, makes materials-based investigation fascinating. The purpose of this chapter is to determine how the sociological concepts of representation, social re-engineering, and agendas of the state influence selection of content in textbooks; and how these intrusions affect the textbook as artifact in terms of situational and linguistic realism and in other aspects such as appropriateness in terms of the principles of language acquisition. What implications these intrusions have on learning-teaching will also be discussed. Experts wonder if decisions made with regards content selection only took into consideration social reengineering agendas. Many believed pedagogical considerations were side-stepped in the evolution of the state-sponsored textbook. This article will show how hybridization processes turned the Malaysian textbook into a unique localized artifact and how these motives were later abruptly abandoned to make way for the global textbook, mainly due to the sudden emergence and importance placed on the CEFR. Teachers could benefit from this awareness of how this extra agenda added to language textbooks can either have adverse effects on language learning and acquisition because of a lack of fit to young adult interests, or perhaps inadvertently, help make them more accessible to learners in terms of aspects of cultural familiarity.
기타언어
Perjalanan buku teks bahasa Inggeris di Malaysia sepanjang tujuh dekad yang lalu telah mengalami banyak perubahan, sebahagiannya disebabkan oleh status negara sebagai negara yang baru merdeka. Malaysia mempunyai penduduk berbilang kaum, agama dan mewarisi bahasa Inggeris dari zaman penjajahan dahulu. Jurang bandar-luar bandar dan pelbagai jenis sekolah yang terdiri daripada bahasa pengantar Melayu hingga vernakular (Mandarin dan Tamil) di satu pihak dan sekolah antarabangsa swasta di mana bahasa Inggeris adalah bahasa pengantar (dan kurikulum IGCSE digunakan) pada lain, menjadikan penyiasatan berasaskan bahan menarik. Tujuan bab ini adalah untuk menentukan bagaimana konsep sosiologi perwakilan, kejuruteraan semula sosial, dan agenda negara mempengaruhi pemilihan kandungan dalam buku teks; dan bagaimana pencerobohan ini mempengaruhi buku teks sebagai artifak dari segi realisme situasi dan linguistik dan dalam aspek lain seperti kesesuaian dari segi prinsip pemerolehan bahasa. Apakah implikasi pencerobohan ini terhadap pembelajaran-pengajaran juga akan dibincangkan. Pakar tertanya-tanya sama ada keputusan yang dibuat berkaitan pemilihan kandungan hanya mengambil kira agenda kejuruteraan semula sosial. Ramai yang percaya pertimbangan pedagogi telah dipinggirkan dalam evolusi buku teks tajaan kerajaan. Artikel ini akan menunjukkan bagaimana proses hibridisasi menjadikan buku teks Malaysia sebagai artifak setempat yang unik dan bagaimana motif ini kemudiannya ditinggalkan secara tiba-tiba untuk memberi laluan kepada buku teks global, terutamanya disebabkan oleh kemunculan mendadak dan kepentingan diletakkan pada CEFR. Guru boleh mendapat manfaat daripada kesedaran ini tentang bagaimana agenda tambahan yang ditambahkan pada buku teks bahasa ini boleh memberi kesan buruk terhadap pembelajaran dan pemerolehan bahasa kerana kurang sesuai dengan minat dewasa muda, atau mungkin secara tidak sengaja, membantu menjadikannya lebih mudah diakses oleh pelajar dari segi aspek keakraban budaya.
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Abstract Introduction The Malaysian Multi-Cultural Context after Independence from Britain Materials Development in Pre- and Post-Independence Malaysia Do Free Books Come with a Cost? Promotion of Universal Agendas and Agendas of the State The Influence of Universal Agendas The Influence of Localized Agendas of the State in Textbooks Context, Curriculum and Educational Policies: Interventions of Psychology and Sociology into Nationalization Processes within English Language Textbooks The Textbook Offered the Positives that were Non-Existent in Reality Manipulation of Truth into a Fictitious Engineered Reality The Promotion of New Values that Came from Modernization State-sponsored Values in Textbooks and their Implications on SLA and Materials Development Was There a Pause in the Emphasis on Agendas of State in Textbooks? Conclusion The Author References
The goals of Asia TEFL are to promote scholarship, disseminate information, and facilitate cross-cultural understanding among persons concerned with the teaching and learning of English in Asia. In order to accomplish this, Asia TEFL will pursue the following goals:
1. To link ELT professionals in joint research on issues and concerns regarding English teaching and learning in the Asian context.
2. To publish an academic journal, The Asia TEFL Journal, as an internationally recognized journal in the field of English language teaching.
3. To host conferences and seminars addressing important issues concerning ELT in Asia.
4. To develop proficiency guidelines and assessment methods designed for the needs of the Asian context.
5. To develop programs for Asian learners and teachers of English to build their English language proficiency and cultural understanding and provide them with the skills required to be efficient English teaching professionals.
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간행물명
The Journal of AsiaTEFL
간기
계간
pISSN
1738-3102
eISSN
2466-1511
수록기간
2004~2026
등재여부
SCOPUS,KCI 등재
십진분류
KDC 740DDC 420
이 권호 내 다른 논문 / The Journal of AsiaTEFL Vol.20 No.3