Menurut Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin Timbalan Perdana Menteri jati diri rakyat Malaysia akan dapat diserlahkan melalui penggunaan dan penghayatan bahasa Melayu atas semangat 1Bahasa, 1Malaysia oleh semua rakyat tanpa mengira kaum dan agama untuk semua. Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin
Ever heard of "SILAT"? Malay silat is a generic term for many Malaysian martial arts. It is one of the arts that prevails and remain strong in the culture of Malay.
The Seven Tips to make learning Malay language easier.
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 13:40
Have you tried registering for some language courses even free online language courses and yet still cannot complete the course? Strangely there are many people who failed to commit themselves to completing a foreign language course. There are many reasons for not completing it too. Too time consuming, too many other things to do which are more priority than the learning, the classroom is too far from your home, the course is boring, the teacher is boring, the course is too rigid, procrastination etc etc…
Even if you are very motivated to learn Malay because your girlfriend is from Kuala Lumpur, a lot of other commitments may take over your focus to work on your language learning.
So, how do you sustain your interest learning Malay?
Baru-baru ini satu pertandingan pidato dalam Bahasa Melayu telah diadakan pada 2-5 Mac 2010. Menarik sekali melihat para peserta yang berbilang bangsa dan dari pelbagai negara mencuba kemampuan mereka bersaing untuk berpidato dalam Bahasa Melayu.
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One of the best methods of learning a foreign language is through singing the song in the target language. It was proven that relating music and language in learning foreign language classes can assist learners acquire the skill naturally. This "melodic" approach is based on evidence that musicality of speech has an effect not only on the pronunciation skills of students but also their entire acquisition process( ELT Journal, 2000).
Malay is a language that is quite flexible in a way that it has a large vocabulary especially in describing beauty and expressing emotions in songs with a lot of implying and hinting. We have learnt a word which was used colloquially when one exressed anger. Now, let's listen to a beautiful composition which was favourited by a lot of our fathers but nevertheless, evergreen to the ears.
