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By singcitizen, on March 9th, 2009
  Source: The Straits Times Forum Page A19, 9 March 2009 As a result of the ‘no dialect’ policy, we now have a whole generation of children who cannot communicate with their grandparents who know only dialects. It saddens me that my two adult sons, both graduates who speak only English and Mandarin, cannot carry [...] By singcitizen, on March 8th, 2009
Source: http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/03/a-response-to-mm-lees-private-secretary-on-dialects/, retrieved 8 March 2009 Mr Chee is wrong on all counts. Firstly, the Chinese dialects which he refers to are rightfully languages. Spoken Chinese is distinguished by a high level of internal diversity. There are between six and twelve main regional groups of Chinese (depending on classification scheme). The key language groups include Wu [...] By singcitizen, on March 7th, 2009
Source: The Straits Times Forum Page A32, 7 March 2009 Many Singaporeans are now fluent in both English and Mandarin. It would be stupid for any Singapore agency or NTU to advocate the learning of dialects, which must be at the expense of English and Mandarin. That [...] |
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