Yes. Extremely important if you ask me. My opinion might differs greatly with the team that protects the Malay Language. Malay language is important too, dont get me wrong. But personally i think everyone should be fluent in both language. Malay is out first language that we ever learn as Malay in Malaysia, as we pick it up from our parents, siblings or surroundings. But we also need english in our life.
I am glad that i understands english and can converse in the language. Why?
1) i travel overseas, and english helped me a whole lot. Imaging going to Thailand and you cant speak their language and they cant speak yours. Awkward much? So the solution is english. Simple. It saves me a lot of headache and figuring out while in Thailand.
2) I can watch everything on tv or movie without subtitles. And i can enjoy it even more as i will not divide my attention from the movie by reading the subtitle. I can actually enjoy the movie with full attention and understanding. We can understand the jokes and all, and tanslation sometimes kill the jokes!
3) I love to read. And there are millions of super great English books that are out there. Imagine if you can only read Malay and must wait for the translated version? How many books have you passed just because you dont understands English that well. What a waste of knowledge or information.
So how about we all make active change and improve our english. You wont regret it. Seriously. And if you wanna create a blog or youtube videos, speaking in English will definitely give you a much wider target audience. Think all over the world!
Bye.
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