Literacy: State of the art at the tertiary level
Malaysia is rapidly moving into an information-technology age in which full participation in education, science, business, industry and the professions is necessary and inevitable. The steady increase in the standards of literacy in the dynamic, social-economic environment must be met with. What se...
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| Language: | English |
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Universiti Malaya
2017-07-01
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| Series: | Journal of Modern Languages |
| Online Access: | http://borneojournal.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3817 |
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| Summary: | Malaysia is rapidly moving into an information-technology age in which full participation in education, science, business, industry and the professions is necessary and inevitable. The steady increase in the standards of literacy in the dynamic, social-economic environment must be met with. What seemed an adequate level of literacy in the 19805 seems marginal now. Hence, it is essential that tertiary level students attain a reasonable if not an excellent standard of literacy - literacy in English in particular, to meet the demands of the information era. Malaysia is rapidly moving into an information-technology age in which full participation in education, science, business, industry and the professions is necessary and inevitable. The steady increase in the standards of literacy in the dynamic, social-economic environment must be met with. What seemed an adequate level of literacy in the 19805 seems marginal now. Hence, it is essential that tertiary level students attain a reasonable if not an excellent standard of literacy - literacy in English in particular, to meet the demands of the information era.
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| ISSN: | 1675-526X 2462-1986 |