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MALAYSIA By Courtney Oswald Slide 2 Selamat tengahari (good day in Malay) Pronounced: se-lah-maht te-ngah-hah-ree Slide 3 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. Slide 4 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. Slide 5 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 Slide 6 Map of Malaysia The star is where Im going to be living this summer Slide 7 Malaysias Flag Slide 8 Students in a secondary school All students wear school uniforms The colors change depending on the age of the student Slide 9 Malaysian Holidays Chinese new year: 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: Malaysias independence day, falls on August 31 st 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 Slide 10 This is the university I will be attending http://www.upsi.edu.my/ Slide 11 The following slides are pictures of exciting things to see in Malaysia. I expect to see all of these sights while there this summer. Common sights in Malaysia Slide 12 The Malay word for food is makanan and is pronounced mah-kah-nahn When people eat in Malaysia it is a social event. Many different kinds of food! Slide 13 Wonderful Beaches Slide 14 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 Brightly colored schools Slide 15 Mountain in Malay is gunung and is pronounced goo-nung Cameron Highlands Slide 16 Slide 17 Slide 18 Slide 19 Kuala Lumpur Slide 20 Slide 21 Slide 22 Slide 23 These towers have been featured in movies! Inside are offices, businesses and stores. Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur Slide 24 Putrajaya Slide 25 Slide 26 Slide 27 Slide 28 The Malay word for beach is pantai and is pronounced pahn-tai Beaches around the country Slide 29 Slide 30 Slide 31 Slide 32 Slide 33 Slide 34 Mosques Slide 35 Mosque in Malay is masjid and is pronounced, mahs-jid More Mosques Slide 36 Slide 37 Malaysia is primarily Muslim Slide 38 Slide 39 Slide 40 Jumpa lagi nanti See you later Joom-pah lah-gee nahm-tee