Q4 - TLT Assignment

Q4: Who exactly need the language most?

            I can actually name a few for this question but, I’d round it all up and say; ‘everyone in this country need the language.’ I don’t favour that only specific group of people should need the language. I think everybody should need it. They method here should be; ‘nobody gets left behind,’ not ‘I win, you lose.’ What is wrong if a cobbler can speak English? The language won’t be tainted would it? A cobbler in America and England can speak English. Even a Scottish cobbler with the weirdest accent can speak English why not a Malaysian cobbler? Why the grading system?

            Everyone needs the knowledge of this language. Only then, can this country really move forward not only by itself but, with its people. I think, this is why politicians and normal people somehow have conflicts one way or another. It’s because, in our society there is a grading system. A judging system of who belong to which group of people. Generally, everyone see that those who communicate in English are very bright and sophisticated people. Can you see the double standards? Do you want to know why double standards exist in our society? It’s because we created it. We fed it. To speak up the truth, our national language is not dying. We are killing it. We are asked to learn the English language. However, we used it as a weapon to kill another language. Language should be taught as knowledge and, knowledge should be respected. Like people, every language has its colour and kind. Language does not belong to a particular group or party. It does not have an owner. Everybody is entitled to learn any kind of language without restriction. They are entitled to learn it with passion for knowledge. Language should not be mistaken as a tool to improve ones status. So, if you ask me; ‘who needs the language most?’ I will always say; ‘EVERYBODY needs it.’ No more, no less.