A comparative study of before and after the implementation of English for teaching Mathematics and Sciences (ETeMS) on English language results in Penilaian Menengah Rendah: a survey at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Padawan, Kuching / David Rangot

Beginning 2003 English was readopted as the medium of instruction for Science and Mathematics after 33 years of using Bahasa Melayu. This change is an attempt to enhance the learners’ proficiency in English. While this is a proactive step in the right direction, it is important to understand the teachers’ and the students’ views on the impact of this curricular change. Equally vital is the students’ actual performances especially the grades they obtained in public examinations such as Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) as this will reflect the effectiveness of the policy change. This study was conducted to support the ideas that the teaching of these two subjects in English helps to improve the learners’ PMR English language results. The researcher believes that, the more exposure to English language through ETeMS the better the PMR English language results will be. Besides, since ETeMS is integrated with information and communications technology, (ICT) and multimedia courseware, the common perception is that, technology is not only an effective delivery tool for teaching-learning for a variety of subjects (Mathematics, Science, English for a start) in an engaging way resulted in better examination achievements. The academic report reports findings from a recent survey among teachers teaching English and students benefited from the implementation and those who were not the recipient of it in Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Padawan, Kuching.