EVALUATIVE COMMENTARY 2

The article illustrates the importance of a powerful command in the English language. The author is encouraging and advocates its importance because a powerful command of English ensures our career and the betterment of Malaysians.

Firstly, students are used to holding back their opinions. This was taught to us Malaysians from a very young age. Although it is honorable, it is a weakness for a progressing youth. In order to respect our elderlies and culture, communicating in English is looked down upon in the face of a culture-based country.

Moreover, many of our graduates fail to meet the expectations of their employer when it comes to the command of the English language. The youth needs multiple perspectives with high content information so that they will be ready to discuss about it. Simon Sin, the head of Jobstreet mentioned that our youth needs more exposure towards data and information to speak volumes with content.

Exercising what they learn will benefit them in the long term. Preparation is a must although it is for a simple question. In the end, all this will result in a more confident English user. Even if they attend many talks and seminars that teach them about job interviews, they would not succeed if they do not implement them as mentioned by Simon Si.

The author further highlights that it will improve our education system as a good foundation to produce more English speakers. A good amount of practice and exposure are all available in this platform. A statement from Tunku Dara Naquiah states that students practicing in various ways will help them break out from being timid and express themselves openly.

We partially agree with the author that a powerful command of English ensures our career and the betterment of Malaysians, especially among younger generation. Most of our careers today requires us to interact in English as it is an international language. However, we risk our command of our native tongue. This can be supported by Ibrahim Alfarhan (2016) in American Research Journals saying loss of cultural identity is one of the major effects from globalization of English.

In conclusion, we reaffirm our stand that the author is correct that students should have a good command in English for their future. Plus, we firmly believe that a good command of English will contribute to the development of our nation.

- by Sarah & Syafiq