Journalism
To Teach or Not to Teach Mathematics and Science in English?
This is the English version of my previous entry “Ajar atau Tidak Ajar Matematik dan Sains dalam Bahasa Inggeris?” This is a crude translation anyway; don’t blame me, I’m a product of the system.
The Berita Harian newspaper reported today that the government would decide next year whether to continue with the policy to teach [...]
Ajar atau Tidak Ajar Matematik dan Sains dalam Bahasa Inggeris?
[Note: The English version of this entry is available in a separate entry, here!]
Akhbar Berita Harian hari ini melaporkan bahawa kerajaan akan membuat keputusan pada tahun depan sama ada meneruskan pengajaran subjek Matematik dan Sains dalam Bahasa Inggeris.
Menurut Timbalan Menteri Pendidikan Datuk Razali Ismail, kementerian akan membuat keputusan itu selepas penelitian oleh kabinet, dengan mengambil [...]
Peralihan Kuasa… Lu Cakap Apa Ni?
Sebelum orang menuduh saya sebagai seorang kakitangan awam yang menulis blog dengan tajuk yang seolah-olah mempersenda pelan peralihan kuasa dalam kepimpinan negara, biarlah saya jelaskan awal-awal lagi bahawa ini bukan satu tulisan yang berbau — atau berwangi mahupun bersalutkan gula-gula — politik.
Tulisan ini sekadar mahu melahirkan rasa musykil mengenai cara penulisan sesetengah artikel, analisis atau [...]
To Quote Or Not To Quote… That Is No Longer The Question
The question now is, how to quote nicely. Frankly, I’m not a huge fan of a news writing style that starts a story with a quote, especially if the quote holds no special meaning other than to put a sentence in between two quotation marks. Take for instance the story, below:
KUALA LUMPUR: “I’m grateful that [...]
So, Anwar Will Sent Letter To Agong…
One of the things I dread most is making glaring grammatical error, like the one in the title above, and not realising it until after the article is “live” for already several hours online, and would have been read — and laughed at — by people around the world.
What makes the error painful is the [...]
“Eats, Shoots and Leaves”
I just realised that I have not yet bought any book this year. I still have some unread ones but I guess it’s time to buy a new one.
I’m now looking at buying “Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation” by Lynne Truss, a former host of a BBC programme. The title [...]
Obama Is “Bloviated, Perspicacious”, Says “Irascible” Fox News Anchor
I’m no fan of big words but I wish I knew enough of them so that I could choose to disuse them in my writing. The problem is, if there are no big words in my articles or in the copies that I’ve edited, it’s because I don’t really know many of them.
I wish I [...]
Burning The Midnight Oil
I arrived home an hour before midnight tonight after a hard 2pm-10pm shift at the office. I left my desk, as usual, an hour after the end of my shift because I just need to clear one last copy before I hit the road.
I wouldn’t mind working the extra hours or minutes, especially during the [...]
New “Web 2.0″ Look For Bernama.Com
Bernama, the Malaysian national news agency, has recently launched a revamped look of its website, www.bernama.com, giving visitors a better interface, a Web 2.0 feel and a much-improved navigation.
Bernama.com is a Google PageRank 6 website and is clocking some 40 million hits (visits?) a month. For comparison, The Star online is Google PR7 while NST [...]
Ohio University Libraries
Gee… I didn’t know Ohio University Libraries were interested in a pair of shoes and Japanese slippers. Below are among the books they acquired in January 2008.
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Menjunjung Langit Dan Memijak Bumi
The illustration on the right is the product of 30 minutes of tutoring my 14-year-old son about the Malay proverbs.
Studying mostly everything in Chinese during his primary school in Sabah and later in English and Mandarin during the nearly three years of schooling in Singapore, it was not easy for him re-learn the Malay language [...]
The Perils Of Ignoring The Much-Cliched — But All-Encompassing — 5W 1H
“…Beat all the bushes
you can, even the one named George W,
but first, tell me what this story is all about!”
I recently came across a story — a big one that made it to the front page of major newspapers a couple of days later — but did not get pass the [...]
I Don’t Think I Can Lay To My Parents
Roy Peter Clark of Poynter Institute, recently wrote:
As a writer I may want to stretch the language to the snapping point for effect, but as a reader I demand attention to standard English, not just for clarity but also to avoid distractions that would make the act of reading less fluent.
On the other hand, [...]
Journalism — My Early Journey… Part 1
Before joining journalism, I was teacher, albeit only on temporary basis, but that was in the late 80’s.
For two-and-a-half years, I taught three subjects namely Malay language, Malay Literature (Kesusasteraan Melayu) and General Studies (Pengajian Am) at the SPM and STPM levels.
I had also taught Bahasa Malaysia to form three students and had [...]
Linguistic Supremacy and Hegemony: The Roads Not Taken post-1969
I’ve taken the liberty to publish an article written by Farish A. Noor titled “Linguistic Supremacy and Hegemony: The Roads Not Taken post-1969″ originally published on The Other Malaysia website. Herewith is the article:
Linguistic Supremacy and Hegemony: The Roads Not Taken post-1969
By Farish A. Noor
Tuesday, 01 April 2008
Below is an excerpt of an essay [...]
