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Becoming a Bilingual Nation: Can Taiwan Learn From Malaysia?

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By Szuying Lin/Kerry Kan/Khloe Wong/Brian Cragun

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Taiwan’s Bilingual 2030 policy aims to transform the nation into a bilingual society, but what can be learned from Malaysia’s decades-long implementation of similar policies? In this roundtable discussion, our Malaysian guests share firsthand experiences of studying subjects like math and science in English, the challenges of learning multiple languages and their thoughts on the impact bilingual education had on themselves and their classmates.