Poor English due to weak teaching methods


Towards better standards: Yap (centre) with Osman and Capel at the conference.

THE decline in English is because of poor teaching techniques.

Deputy Education Minister Datuk Mary Yap said teachers should teach English in a fun way using different methods and teaching tools. Only then will students be able to learn the language, she added.

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