Malaysia By Courtney Oswald

se-lah-maht te-ngah-hah-ree Selamat tengahari (good day in Malay) Pronounced: se-lah-maht te-ngah-hah-ree

Cultural Literacy This is my digital story on my upcoming study abroad trip to Malaysia. I will be spending six weeks in Malaysia student teaching and this is a presentation I would want to show to my students to inform them about another culture and to show them what their teacher is doing.

More Cultural Literacy Part of being culturally literate is being familiar with popular things in the culture. I also think that being culturally literate is knowing the names for popular places, or necessities. Therefore, I have included the Malay word for each of the groups of pictures I have included.

Grammar of Malay The structure of a Malay sentence is the same as English, subject-verb-object to make a noun plural in Malay, you double the noun, so for example: Those books: buku buku itu Book: buku

Map of Malaysia The star is where I’m going to be living this summer

Malaysia’s Flag

Students in a secondary school All students wear school uniforms The colors change depending on the age of the student

Malaysian Holidays Chinese new year: Deepavali: Hari Kebangsaan: A significant portion of the Malaysian population is Chinese, so the Chinese new year is celebrated here as well. Deepavali: A Hindu celebration of the “festival of lights” Hari Kebangsaan: Malaysia’s independence day, falls on August 31st There are many more holidays celebrated in Malaysia but I just wanted to illustrate a few because it is also important when being culturally literate to be familiar with what a culture celebrates

This is the university I will be attending http://www.upsi.edu.my/

Common sights in Malaysia The following slides are pictures of exciting things to see in Malaysia. I expect to see all of these sights while there this summer.

Many different kinds of food! The Malay word for “food” is “makanan” and is pronounced mah-kah-nahn When people eat in Malaysia it is a social event.

Wonderful Beaches

Brightly colored schools This is an example of what a typical primary school looks like. In Malaysia they refer to their equivalent of our elementary school as their “primary school”

Cameron Highlands Mountain in Malay is “gunung” and is pronounced goo-nung

Kuala Lumpur

Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur These towers have been featured in movies! Inside are offices, businesses and stores.

Putrajaya…

Beaches around the country… The Malay word for beach is “pantai” and is pronounced pahn-tai

Mosques…

More Mosques Mosque in Malay is “masjid” and is pronounced, mahs-jid

Malaysia is primarily Muslim

Joom-pah lah-gee nahm-tee Jumpa lagi nanti See you later Joom-pah lah-gee nahm-tee