Malay language as a foreign language and the Singapore’sudeducation system

摘要

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