ngucri ducrc huang Icri tu nc:n giao due sir dung tieng Anh cang nga> cang nhieu
trong cong viec hang ngay cua hg. Ket qua la, khi ngucri Anh bit dau nit khoi quoc gia nay vao euoi nhung nang 1950, tieng Anh da tro thanh ngon ngu chiem uu the trong nhung tang lop tinh hoa khong phai la nguoi chau Au, vira la ngon ngir ciia quyen lire va uy tin, vira la ngon ngir gan ket cac chiing tgc lai vcri nhau.
Khi gianh dugc doe lap, Lien bang Malaysia da cong nhan tieng Anh va tieng Malay la hai ngon ngir chinh thirc de doan ket dan tgc va cai thien vi the ciia tieng Malay. Tuy nhien, tu giira nhirng nam 1960 Chinh phii Malaysia da thuc thi mot chinh sach cap tien nham thay the tieng Anh bang tieng Malay va sir dung tieng Malay lam ngi)n ngir chinh thirc duy nhat cua nha nucrc Malaysia. De ciing co vai tri) nhu la ngc'')n ngir chinh thirc cV ban dao Malaysia, tieng Malay dugc dat ten la Bahasa Malaysia (tieng Malaysia). Nam 1969, Be) Giao due Malaysia da khoi xirtrng mgt chinh siich qua di) tat ca cac trucmg day bang tieng Anh se phai tro thanh cac truirng da\ bang tieng Malay, mc)t qua trinh ma vao nhung nam 1980 da hau nhu dugc hoan Ihanii tren khap dat nucrc tix tieu hgc den dai hgc. I ieng Anh
dugc du\ tri nhu la ngi)n ngu thir hai bat buoc a tat ca cac cap hgc tir tieu hgc den
trung hgc, \ a dugc xem nhu la ngc*)n ngir dgc cr bac dai hgc. Tuy nhien, tu euoi nhirng nam 1990 trcr lai day. do anh huimg ciia tieng Anh tren the gicri nhu la mgt ngi)n ngir loan ciiu, \ a do nhan thuc dugc lain quan trgng dac biet ciia viec tiep thu tri (iu'rc khoa hc)c va ccmg nghe tien tien tir the gicri ben ngoai thcmg qua tieng Anh, licng Anh iai ducrc ngucri Mala\sia dung lam phucmg tien giang day 6 nhieu truirng tir bac tieu hgc den bac dai hgc.
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Su suy giiim ve vj the cua tieng Anh 6 Malaysia duong nhu chi the hien trong chinh sach. Irong thuc te su ihimg thao \ e tieng Anh ciia nhimg ngucri dan 6 day ducrng nhu khi)ng suy giam. lang Icrp co hgc. nhirng ngucri dugc dao tao trong cac truone sir dung ticMig Anh tam phucmg tien giimg da\ trong nhimg nam 1960 -
1970 hien \an dan^: ccm nam nhirne \i tri chii chert trong nhieu khu vuc kinh te a