Malay Language As A Foreign Language And The Singapore’sEducation System

The paper highlights the impact of the Singapore’s bilingual education policy on the Malaylanguage and how the language has been regarded a foreign language in the Singaporecontext given the interest of policy makers in the implementation of a new third languagepolicy. The growth can be hampered, however, to some concerns arising from the bilingualpolicy namely inadequate manpower, teaching materials, lack of resources and opportunitiesfor using the language.