English Language as a Medium of Instruction for Science and Mathematics in Malaysia

English is a widely used international language, and it is gradually spreading not only for educational purposes but also in other fields, especially economic fields. On May 6, 2002, Prime Minister Mahathir at that time announced that the government intends to reintroduce English as a means of instruction. On May 11, 2002, Musa Mohamad of the then Minister of Education established a bilingual system to establish English to teach science and mathematics (Tan, 2005, p.179.

Malaysia: Malay as a critic of the media policy (MBMMBI), the abolition of PPSMI (education and learning of science and mathematics in English), Murray's conservative and nationalist Malaysia before the 2009 general election I think that it is to ease the educational parents behavior group. (PAGE) played an important role in representing the voices of parent PPSMI parents, which the Ministry of Education resumed and wanted PPSMI policy to continue in parallel with MBMMBI. But their wishes are not taken seriously yet

The Malaysian school teaches English as a second language. The government has done a lot of work to help students achieve better English subjects. Introduction of English as a course of mathematics and science had a complex impact on students. A scene called transcoding is done in various parts of Malaysia, and I am interested in linguists of Malaysia. Code exchange is where two or more languages ​​are used in one communication. Muthusamy (2010) states that transcoding can be defined as switching from one language code to another during a single communication event. Zakaria and Kalong (2010) defines transcoding as the use of multiple languages ​​in conversation. Malaysian code transformation is used in elementary, secondary, higher education and everyday life

According to which standards English is the main language of developed countries. It is now an educational medium in the world and should be taught in mathematics and science. Because English is used globally, practice of science and mathematics at school is essential. However, it is difficult for an unskilled English teacher to change the language used in the subject, to teach the subject in the local language, the understanding of the learner is deepened, the possibility of more natural development widens I will.