![MOE open to using retired teachers to teach English - Fadhlina MOE open to using retired teachers to teach English - Fadhlina](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2024-07/61721119129_FadhlinaSidek.jpg)
MOE open to using retired teachers to teach English - Fadhlina
Minister Fadhlina Sidek said retired teachers have significantly contributed to the MOE's efforts to enhance English teaching and learning.
Tue Jul 16 2024
![DLP will uphold Malay language, strengthen English language - Fadhlina DLP will uphold Malay language, strengthen English language - Fadhlina](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2023-11/81701176529_FadhlinaSidek.jpg)
DLP will uphold Malay language, strengthen English language - Fadhlina
There are students in schools that implemented the DLP who do not have basic proficiency in Malay and their mother tongues.
Thu Dec 21 2023
![SPM 2023 to take place from Dec 5 to March 7, 2024 SPM 2023 to take place from Dec 5 to March 7, 2024](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2023-08/81692860203_950x600.jpg)
SPM 2023 to take place from Dec 5 to March 7, 2024
The Education Ministry said the listening tests for both Bahasa Melayu and English language will be held on Jan 29.
Thu Aug 24 2023
!['All Quiet at the Western Front' triumphs at BAFTA Awards 'All Quiet at the Western Front' triumphs at BAFTA Awards](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2023-02/81676863280_BAFTA.jpg)
'All Quiet at the Western Front' triumphs at BAFTA Awards
The film had led nominations, with 14 nods, making it one of the most recognised films not in the English language in BAFTA's history.
Mon Feb 20 2023
![Publisher reports record first-day sales for Prince Harry's memoir Publisher reports record first-day sales for Prince Harry's memoir](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2023-01/51673496049_PrinceHarrySpare.jpg)
Publisher reports record first-day sales for Prince Harry's memoir
The English language edition of Prince Harry's controversial memoir sold more than 1.4 million copies on its first day of publication.
Thu Jan 12 2023
![Farrah Naz assigned as NST Group Editor - NSTP Farrah Naz assigned as NST Group Editor - NSTP](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-09/81663073357_TBFarrahNaz.jpg)
Farrah Naz assigned as NST Group Editor - NSTP
NSTP announced that Farrah Naz Karim has been assigned to the English-language daily New Straits Times as group editor effective Sept 15.
Tue Sep 13 2022
!['Succession' tops Emmy nominations with 25 as 'Squid Game' makes history 'Succession' tops Emmy nominations with 25 as 'Squid Game' makes history](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-07/61657688515_SquidGame.jpg)
'Succession' tops Emmy nominations with 25 as 'Squid Game' makes history
"Squid Game" becomes the first non-English-language drama series shortlisted for glory for television's equivalent of the Oscars.
Wed Jul 13 2022
Let's Talk: English - Poetry, Short Stories or the Novel?
We discuss the popularity of the English-language Short Stories in Malaysian literature. Sharaad Kuttan speaks to K. S. Maniam, novelist and academic and recipient of the 2000 Raja Rao Award in 2000, for his outstanding contribution to the literature of the South Asian diaspora. And Malachi Edwin Vethamani, Professor of Modern English Literature, University of Nottingham Malaysia.
Thu Mar 17 2022
![Olympics China's new English language song for Beijing 2022 divides opinion Olympics China's new English language song for Beijing 2022 divides opinion](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-01/61643251408_winterolympics.jpg)
Olympics China's new English language song for Beijing 2022 divides opinion
It generated a big thumbs-up on Chinese Weibo, especially by fans of Zeng, who has over 20 million followers on Weibo.
Thu Jan 27 2022
![K-pop kings BTS win four MTV Europe Music Awards at virtual ceremony K-pop kings BTS win four MTV Europe Music Awards at virtual ceremony](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2020-11/51604893280_BTS.jpg)
K-pop kings BTS win four MTV Europe Music Awards at virtual ceremony
The group's first English-language song, Dynamite logged nearly 34 million U.S. streams and 300,000 sales in its first week.
Mon Nov 09 2020
![Malaysian teacher Samuel Isaiah makes final 10 for US$1 mln Global Teacher Prize 2020 Malaysian teacher Samuel Isaiah makes final 10 for US$1 mln Global Teacher Prize 2020](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2020-10/41603898384_GlobalTeacherPrize.jpg)
Malaysian teacher Samuel Isaiah makes final 10 for US$1 mln Global Teacher Prize 2020
English language teacher Samuel Isaiah from Sekolah Kebangsaan Runchang school, Muadzam Shah, Pahang, has been named as one of the top 10 finalists for the Global Teacher Prize 2020.
Wed Oct 28 2020
![UPSR exam continues in Kedah UPSR exam continues in Kedah](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/http://img.astroawani.com/2017-09/51505091268_950x600.jpg)
UPSR exam continues in Kedah
UPSR candidates tomorrow will sit for the English Language paper on comprehension and writing.
Mon Sep 11 2017
![Mother of student allegedly hit by teacher, lodges police report Mother of student allegedly hit by teacher, lodges police report](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/http://img.astroawani.com/2016-01/71452607374_ShadowHand.jpg)
Mother of student allegedly hit by teacher, lodges police report
The woman, Nur Syaheerah Sutchira Abdullah, 32, said her son (Adam Mikhael Mubashir, 9) a Year Three student was hit on the head by an English language teacher.
Mon Jul 17 2017
![Re-establish English-medium government schools in Sabah - Abdul Rahman Re-establish English-medium government schools in Sabah - Abdul Rahman](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/http://img.astroawani.com/2017-03/71489852303_RahmanDahlan.jpg)
Re-establish English-medium government schools in Sabah - Abdul Rahman
Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Dahlan has proposed that English-medium government schools in Sabah be re-established in an effort to improve the English language proficiency of students in the state.
Sat Apr 22 2017
![Australia toughens foreign worker visas, says Australian jobs for Australians Australia toughens foreign worker visas, says Australian jobs for Australians](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/http://img.astroawani.com/2017-04/81492501929_MalcolmTurnbull.jpg)
Australia toughens foreign worker visas, says Australian jobs for Australians
Australia will abolish a temporary work visa popular with foreigners and replace it with a new programme requiring better English-language and job skills, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said.
Tue Apr 18 2017