Are English standards slipping?

last SG · 2010-04-13T18:07:13+00:00

We MAY speak singlish on our everyday basis but just don't let it inflict us so much that we write singlish on our english exams....yeah,imagine if you forgo...

Kevin(: SG

Hahaha making me crave for goreng pisang :D

Clivebenss SG

Bananas on the double.

Kevin(: SG

Bananas on th split :P

Louis dave36 SG

our english is bad because we were not taught the basics properly like grammar and phonetics. our teachers were also not taught these also during their time. all we were taught were doing the silly comprehension and composition all the time.

Kevin(: SG

Wah i got learn in mime tuiton class in th past and forced to buy a book on this verbs grammers etc -.-

Rooney9 SG

ok whats transitive and intransitive verbs?

Kevin(: SG

past tense and present tense ?

Junyang700 SG

Bolo Santosi is Eurasian. LOL... Reported in Sunday Times last Sunday. Singapore born Eurasian but now resides in London.

Anyway, it has to do with our kindergarten teachers and parents alike.

Since childhood, we have already been exposed to Singlish. No doubt it is in our tongue.

I cant help it, but feel like "Zzzz" ... especially when I go to the zoo... Those aunties and uncles who cant speak proper English try to speak to their children in English.

"See that one, that one is monkey".... Monkey you know... Monkey...

I was like "WTF"... Thats an orang utan, not a monkey! Zzz....

Most of our kindergarten teachers in the past, no doubt, are probably only secondary school eduated. They cant speak proper English, especially at those heavily subsidised childcare centres and kindergartens.

Kevin(: SG

yeah quite true :D

Clivebenss SG

"See that one, that one is monkey".... Monkey you know... Monkey...

I was like "WTF"... Thats an orang utan, not a monkey! Zzz.. ..

not only their English is bad, their biology suck.

Rooney9 SG

past tense and present tense ?

u see, u sure u got learned your grammar at tuition centres for transitive and intransitive verbs.

these is a must have for every sentences. what are they?

what is a noun and a verb?

ktwè SG

Yes

Junyang700 SG

One more to add:

At the supermarket:

Mummy and Daddy: Lai... Pay money liao... Come come give (or throw) cashier.

Child: OK lor....

When it should be. Lets checkout now. Pass your items to the cashier.
OR Let's pay up. Pass your items to the cashier.

-StarDust- SG

English standards are dropping .

Clivebenss SG

The standard of English is declining worldwide but faster with the SMS culture.

Also many cannot distinguish the use of "affect/effect", "than, then" and irregular verbs regularise like "burn, burrnt" to "burn, burned".

Some reputable writers and news too add to the problems. A common error is "Most importantly". The correct use should be "Most important".

-StarDust- SG

SMS has disadvantages.

China's chinese proficiency dropping too due to smses I think .

Clivebenss SG

the degeneration of languages by SMSes.

Kevin(: SG

I use t9 dict to type :D

@rooney :X sori la i so long nv go school , er noun is th main thing verb is th action :/

we sacrifice SG

Say yes with disappointment

The man who was death SG

i just know i really suck in grammar ever since i got to pri 6 when your tests has no more grammar MCQ, only two compre passages....

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