Malaysian English at the Crossroads: Some Sign-Posts.

Soo, Kengsoon

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ERIC Number: EJ421520

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Publication Date: 1990

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Malaysian English at the Crossroads: Some Sign-Posts.

Soo, Kengsoon

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, v11 n3 p199-214 1990

An analysis of the responses of 83 English language instructors and 251 college students to a survey regarding their attitudes toward Malaysian English, a still-evolving derivative of Standard British English, showed that younger persons had much more tolerance for Malaysian English, which could be accepted as a legitimate English-as-a-Second-Language. (16 references) (CB)

Descriptors: College Students, English, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes, Language Maintenance, Language Teachers, Language Variation, Oral Language, Student Attitudes, Surveys, Teacher Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Malaysia

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