To: Encik Asma Azmin

Advisor of Literary Society

SM Sains Sabah.

From: Bani Irwin Bin Bani Amin

Title : Decline in the English language performance

Date: 28 August 2010

This report is based in a survey carried out by the Literary Society of SM Sains
Sabah on the decline in the English Language performance in the pass years 2002,
2003, 2004 examination. It is focuses on the percentage on the performance of the
students in English language as well as the causes.

The pattern on the bar chart shows that, the student who gets A in the
examination in the year of 2002 and 2003 is decreasing from the 20 to 10 and remain
constant in the years 2004. Moreover, at years of 2002, the students score B initially 30,
decrease to 20 at the year of 2003 and remain constant in the year of 2004. The slope
of pattern is identical to the pattern of student who get grade A. On the hand, the
number of students who score grade C is increasing from the years of 2002, 2003 and
2004 that is 60, to 70 and lastly 80. This pattern of increasment is known as directly
proportional. To the number of students that fail in English language subject at the years
2002, are 40, in 2003 the value is constant, 40 but in the year 2004 the constant value
decrease to 20.

The main cause for the decline of the performance of students is, according to
our policy of education the English paper is not a compulsory paper to pass. This
contributes 43% that is the highest reasons. Followed, at 22% the reason is lack of
English reading materials. This reason is detected to the student that lives in the interior
part that not having a complete education facilities. Thirdly, shortages of trained English
teacher contribute to 20% of this reason. The English trainer is sufficient enough but,
they do not want to be posted to the interior school. Lastly, family background
contributes 15% to the reason. The families in the interior or the parents do not have
proper education, hence they cannot speak English well, in their family or teaching their
children.

To sum up, this entire problem is specified to students who lived in the interior
compare to the students in the urban area. These create the negative space of
education between the interior and urban area. Hence, education equilibrium is not
attained. Ministry of education and teacher need to take action to counter this problem.

Reported by:

Bani Irwin

Secretary of

Literary English Society

SM Sains Sabah.