I’m writing this after reading the letter from A Worried Malaysian on the understanding of the students sitting for the English SPM examinations.
At first I thought it was a letter about a blunder in the question. However, after reading the question, I found nothing wrong with it. It was structured correctly and specified the demographic region clearly. I disagree with the writer’s proposition that the student not be penalised for not comprehending the question correctly. English is not only about grammar and spelling, comprehension is a big part of it.