3. Factor that shapes my cultural identity in Malaysia: education, language and customs. In the process of acculturation in Malaysia, the non-dominant group was allowed to integrate into the culture of the dominant group in the state of Malaysia and maintain our heritage culture in the process of acculturation of Malaysia. Therefore, most Malaysian Chinese still practice Chinese ways in terms of religion, language and culture, because this made me become a Malaysian Chinese. Education: Education in terms of philosophical system can be the dominant factor in the formation of my cultural identity as education. promotes nation building and patriotism in the individual (Brown, 2007). Education determines my culture by teaching me the core beliefs, values, and relationship rules that have taught me well in my work ethic. In order to define the Chinese ethnic group in Malaysia, the need to define Chinese cultural education originating from another Asian country is essential. Chinese education in China is of great importance in the study of Confucianism (Faure and Fang, 2008). Confucianism emphasizes five codes of ethics: the understanding relationship between parent and child, conformity to orders between elders and younger ones, and reciprocal faith between friends (Faure and Fang, 2011; Grumbine and Xu, 2011). . The four principles: Ren (Benevolence), Li (Manners), Yi (Justice) and Zi (Wisdom) which derive from the code of ethics of Confucianism. These are the values ​​and practices defined by Confucianism that were essential to the development of my culture during my elementary school. Historically, Confucianism was integrated into the formal curricula of the East Asian education system under the Chinese dynasties and in other countries such as Korea and Japan for centuries (Faure and Fang, 2008 ). Today, phi...... middle of paper ......en is based on symbols (Fang & Faure, 2011; Grumbine & Xu, 2011). In Malaysia, the official national language is Malay, which is also the language of the dominant ethnic group, Malay. The privilege of being Malaysian is that we have not had to assimilate into the dominant group in this society. This allows us to maintain our native language, Mandarin Chinese, through education as well as all the dialect that is widely spoken for Malaysian Chinese. This even applies to Chinese educated for another ethnic group (Azizan, 2013). I am trilingual and can interact in Chinese, English and Malay with Malay. As a country with a diverse culture, globalization has had a greater impact on Malaysia, as some Malaysian Chinese preferred to speak the international language, English or the national language, if they did not prefer to speak Chinese (Azizan, 2013;)., 2013).