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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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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| spelling | doaj-art-512a3edfe8d447f989cae3c3fe85c4432025-08-20T01:52:38ZengUniversiti MalayaJournal of Modern Languages1675-526X2462-19862017-07-01131Literacy: State of the art at the tertiary levelMullai Ramaiah0University of Malaya, Malaysia 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. http://borneojournal.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3817 |
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