There's a big difference between what you learn in school and normal conversational BM. A lot of Chinese will speak BM like how they learn in school but in day to day conversation, most Malays do not speak in that way. A lot of time, they use slangs which causes confusion. Nowadays, some are using Bahasa Wechat more. That is why you have Malay students themselves who failed BM.

One of my newly graduated colleague recently tried to speak BM to some Malays. When the Malays replied, he genuinely could not understand them because it sound so different from what he learn from school. Then he tried to speak some more and the Malays laugh at him. Not really their fault for laughing because it really sounds odd if you speak like you're reading from textbooks.

Not really making excuse but the fact is conversational BM is very different from school BM. Its like some people who speak English with Aussie, Scottish, etc. slang. Ask any Manchester United fans. Do they really understand what Alex Ferguson say last time when he was coach?

bak kata orang, masuk kandang kambing, mengembik, bukan oink oink oink

If born and raised in Malaysia, tapi tak tau BM, tu memang definisi warganegara sampah.

Lagi elok bagi citizenship dekat bangla

"SPEAK MY LANGUAGE OR GO HOME" is synonym with racism.

I've taught the so-called low achieving classes in secondary school. It's rather easy to blame them for their mastery of BM language, and say they're not patriotic or anything.

Hakikatnya mereka bukan sj BM x pandai, malah semua subjek pun xleh pakai. Klu bhs Cina (majority budak Cina dkt kelas sy ajar) pun pandai cakap basic aje, tulis pun ada masalah.

Sebenarnya mrk mmg masalah pembelajaran. Tp apa daya? Bukan semua guru dilatih untuk menangani pelajar masalah ini. Dan senang-senang org luar jadikan ni isu kaum.

Aih...

No. Ayam can't brain
To become citizen need know Malay?

Nothing wrong with speaking in textbook BM if it is a properly textbook BM. When i first come to KL it took me few months to learn their slang and accent before i can speak like locals to. Most kelantanese never bother to change to KL accent at all despite sounding funny to people in KL.

I think what being discussed here is people who barely can construct a sentence in BM even in writing.

Cikgu Puaka ni pun satu, x professional langsung, dah tahu puaka nak juga kerja as cikgu

Did you know teaching is a noble job? And BM is actually a beautiful language?

Buat malu kita org je

It is a problem because a lot of people will not have the confidence to continue use BM when what they are hearing is totally different from what they learn. Again I am not trying to defend those who can't speak a sentence of BM but this is a genuine problem.

As for those who can't speak a sentence, I believe they are those coming from last classes of Chinese vernacular schools. They are basically bad in everything including Mandarin. This is a very bad problem of Chinese vernacular schools. They are so academic focus until those who can't catch up will be left behind and continue to rot when they reach SMK. That is one of the reason why homeschools are getting more popular in Klang Valley.

SJKC students not good at BM, that's why they are there to learn.

So if you are a BM teacher and you still can't make them learn and they failed learning, then that is your problem already.

You failed to teach. And you just know how to complain only.