This site separates two languages: the language that explains an idea and the language you are assessed in. Explanations appear in English, Bahasa Melayu or Chinese, but Malay examples, passages and model answers stay in Malay in all versions.
This lesson belongs to the Malay qualification routes module. It matters for both Malay routes, so check your code first using telling 0546 from 0696.
What is the difference?
The explanation language is how a teacher or page describes a skill. The assessed language is the language in which your response is marked.
For Malay, your response is in Malay. Explaining the idea in English or Chinese helps you understand, but it does not replace practice in writing Malay itself.
How to use both languages, step by step
- Read the explanation in the language you follow most easily.
- Find the Malay example and read it aloud once.
- Underline the pattern the explanation describes.
- Write your own Malay sentence with the same pattern.
- Check that your sentence is wholly in Malay.
Worked example
The sentences are invented. An English explanation says: “To give a reason, use kerana before the cause.”
The Malay model stays in Malay:
Saya lewat kerana hujan lebat pagi tadi.
A learner plans in English: “I was late because of heavy rain.” That planning note is useful, but it is not the answer. The learner writes their own Malay version:
Adik saya terlambat kerana bas rosak.
The explanation language never enters the answer. Only the Malay sentence does.
The mistake to watch for
A student reads a Chinese explanation and writes a Chinese phrase in brackets inside the Malay answer to “make sure it is clear”.
Mistaken answer: Saya suka membaca (我喜欢) buku cerita.
The bracket mixes languages in a response that is assessed in Malay.
The correction is to keep the answer entirely in Malay. If a word is unknown, rephrase with a Malay word you do know.
Check yourself
All sentences are invented.
1. Which part of a page is in the explanation language?
Show answer
The teaching text around the example. The Malay example sentence itself stays in Malay.
2. A learner writes: “Kami pergi ke library hari ini.” What should they check?
Show answer
The English word library. They should use the Malay word perpustakaan and keep the answer in Malay.
3. Can planning notes be in English?
Show answer
Yes, for planning. The final response must follow the task and be written in Malay.
Where this leads next
Next, choose practice that fits your route in using a route-appropriate original sample. The qualification routes practice set mixes all five ideas. The summary selection and paraphrase studio helps you practise using your own Malay wording.
If you want a teacher to listen to your sentences and correct them in Malay, see online one-to-one Malay tuition.