SOME LINGUISTIC SUGGESTIONS IN CONDUCTING MALAY LANGUAGE CLASSES

Despite some skeptics, most foreign language teachers, especially those of English as a Foreign Language (EFL)/English Second (ESL), advocate Communicative Teaching (CLT) and have long been conducting student-centered communicative activities in their classrooms. This paper argues that CLT is generally ineffective teaching quiet students with little motivation. In the context Malay language, it introduces an alternative approach requires teacher-centered drill activities, which shown effective EFL Japan, country known for its typically students, whom do not see point acquiring any practical skills English. The demonstrates necessity explaining basic syntactic rules, tend to be taken granted, are crucial helping develop systematic grammar target language. Keywords: education; teaching; Japan; Grammar