Several days ago, she voiced out about the poor state of English in Malaysia and received brickbats from netizens.
I asked a little girl yesterday at my library talk in Terengganu. “How old are you?” *senyap.
— Maya Karin (@maya_karin) October 4, 2019
“How old are you?” *senyap again. So I changed it to “Adik umur berapa tahun?” Terus jawab “10tahun”
Think about it. @fromKMR @niknazmi @maszlee
While some netizens couldn’t agree more with Maya’s tweet, some said her words were degrading youngsters who could not speak English.
After all, English is not everyone's first language, especially here in Malaysia.
She later explained that it wasn't her intention to ridicule anyone's intelligence, she was only focusing
on the quality of education and the confidence of our young students, as reported by The Star.
Do you agree with her comments on the state of English literacy among young Malaysians?