Bahasa Melayu sebagai Lingua Franca Asean

"For the purpose of ASEAN solidarity, do we need ASEAN lingua franca and language exchange to understand each other culture and society? We know that English language is the international language, but based on the majority users of the language, we found that Malay Language is necessary to function as ASEAN lingua franca. It is important because more than 300 million users in Southeast Asia. Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei Malaysia, Southern Thai people and Southern Philippines are main users. The dissemination of this language need our language users embassy to provide Malay language for Asean for free. So the people can learn for their purposes. It is also important to provide the course for people who are interested. There is also a need to introduce Malay language in highschool in every Asean member countries. Beside that there is also a need to learn other language form other country such as Thai, andLaos which is similar, Vietnamese, Myanmar, and Cambodia To know more about other languange of asean country members. Those language also need to introduce in high school level and university. This purpose us to increase the employabiliti to work in ASEAN region"

Di atas adalah pertanyaan dan usulan saya sebagai peserta dari Asean Young Woman Leadership Conference 2015 yang baru saja diadakan di Kuala Lumpur pada tanggal 8 - 10 November 2015 di hotel Seri Pan Pasific Hotel. Bahasa Inggris memang penting untuk kita pelajari tapi kita juga perlu terus memakai bahasa kita karena bahasa adalah identitas kita, bahasa adalah jiwa bangsa. Kemajuan suatu bangsa bukan tergantung kepada bahasa Inggris sepenuhnya. Banggalah pada bahasa kita sendiri.

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