How should chinese be taught in Singapore?

dragg SG

dont worry.

our education ministry is very creative.

they always think out of the box.

Embarassed

Icemoon SG

Got teach chinese literature in secondary school mah.

FireIce SG

oni SAP sch offer c.lit

^spidee^ SG

Interesting discussion going on here.. Smile

I view Chinese as more than just a language, it is an identity. Perhaps the younger generation is brainwashed by Americanism, so much so that they diss Chinese as a subject not worth studying for. Economics and other agenda aside, being well-versed in one's native language is only natural.

As Singaporeans, we are fortunate to be bilingual by birth. The Chinese language is a heritage worth preserving.

Cenarious SG

Wad toking you? Our native language is SINGLISH!

^spidee^ SG

Singlish is not an official language. And how long has it been in existence? 40 years?

Cenarious SG

So what? If you're talking about "native" then singlish is confirm our native language!

^spidee^ SG

Ok, but we are not talking about Singlish here, buddy.

mystiv SG

Either you're not a Chinese, or your genes have been modified somehow. In either case, please do not come and BS here..

mystiv SG

ack, for me, i dont view Chinese as a subject that's not worth learning. Rather, the teaching style doesnt appeal to me..

1stly, i wonder why textbooks have to be used in Chinese..its seriously dry. If english can be thought without the use of textbooks, im sure Chinese can be too. Im not saying that english is better than chinese or something, just commenting that the teaching style aint appealing..

2ndly, it doesnt help that most Chinese teachers are rather conservative in the things that they say, as compared to English teachers. For me, our class can easily communicate with our Eng teacher, cuz we feel that our views are better accepted, and she's more daring to probe into more sensitive topics..

FireIce SG

english no textbooks meh?

where mr yakki mr wollie and ms lala come from???

king108 SG

Mr. Green I am not good using Hanyu, but Chinese 2nd lang still OK. Proper teaching on reading, spelling (proper stroke), meaning, histories (for how some of the words came from), application etc may help.

Using Hanyu can tell the sound like, but writing and recognising the appropriate word could be more important. Chinese characters can be very interesting if you start to find out more..

I don't see any problem for me using chinese, speaking mandarin and understanding them even I had not use them for ages.

Personal view only. Cheers.

Mr. Green

Icemoon SG

You mean the content in the chinese textbook are dry? I agree some are really dry but of course it depends on preference. I am a more history person than literature. So I'd more readily accept a story from Romance of the Three Kingdoms than let's say the Story of Ah Q.

A lot of the textbook "stories" teach you "values". Some stories are pretty inspiring. One memorable one I remember today is the story of Lord Mengchang. (Mengchang Jun) It is a story of winning people's heart, which I feel is relevant even today.

On the other hand, I feel the teaching of english quite unstructured. Machiam own time own target. Sometimes the teacher throw you comprehension and esssay writing .. and it is called teaching. No wonder my grammer and vocabulary CMI Embarassed I bet most people here learn english more from reading and watching dramas/movies. Do you remember your English teacher teaching you anything memorable?

Icemoon SG

probably depends on age bah. If the teacher is young, more likely they are more open.

Chelzea SG

Please, my grandparents came frm fujian province in china and dey dont speak chinese. i believe dat e native language of chinese singaporeans is nt mandarin ok Exclamation
Most likely e real mt of spore chinese is hokkien or teochew. Rolling Eyes

So does it make my grandparents any less chinese if dey cant speak mandarin?????

So in dat case since hongkongers dont have a gd grasp of mandarin ,dey arent chinese????Rubbish

The bottomline is dat our real MT is not mandarin and we shld be learn our dialects instead which is our REAL mt Evil or Very Mad

Either u have been brainwashed by a certain political party or yr ansectors are frm beijing........dats all i can say.....

AND I AM PROUD TO BE A SINGAPOREAN CHINESE N I FEEL U ARE E 1 TALKING BULLSHIT..... Rolling Eyes

Icemoon SG

Then you are making hell for the school.

You expect the school to open language classes for ALL the dialects?

Chelzea SG

AIYAH, WHY NT ....BANGALI IS OSO OFFERED AS SECOND LANGUAGE WAD Mr. Green ONLY GT 3 KEY DIALECT WAD,HOKKIEN,TEOCHEW N CANTO WAD

Icemoon SG

Personally I feel that unification and standardization is important. While hokkien might be your grandparent's MT, that mentality (of recognizing hokkien and not chinese as MT) is 'obsolete' in this globalized village.

A common language binds people. Hokkien might bind your grandparents in their village last time, but hokkien cannot bind people from other dialect groups in Singapore, though this is not always true since even people from other dialect groups know hokkien. In any case, hokkien cannot bind students who know only chinese and their own dialect MT.

Icemoon SG

Discrimination. I am a Khek you know. Evil or Very Mad

Somemore got Hainanese and Hockchews also.

Bangali is a language .. but is Hokkien a language?

Chelzea SG

Dont worry,can all dialects learn yr mt de.i noe of a gal in my class who learns
a mt language which only have 9 students in entire level as JC1 Mr. Green

If moe can do dat 4 e indian language ,why nt mt.

And btw, hokkien is a language but in spore ,it is considered sub standard by e govt thus it is called a dialect Laughing

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