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LKY : Do Not Speak Singlish. Agree?
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He is absolutely right. But you still see Singlish speaking Sinkies think they are speaking the King's ENGLISH.
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It's impossible not to speak Singlish if you are born and bred in Singapore. The Singlish-speaking culture will overwhelm you. Even MediaCorp is not shy in promoting Singlish.
You need to get out of the country and spend your tertiary education in Australia, UK or Canada where nobody speaks Singlish. And when you have finally flushed Singlish out of your system, don't come back.
You need to get out of the country and spend your tertiary education in Australia, UK or Canada where nobody speaks Singlish. And when you have finally flushed Singlish out of your system, don't come back.
It requires discipline and effort to speak proper English.
Attending university and studying at a foreign university does not guarantee that an individual will speak proper English with a neutral accent. Several of the scholars speak English that is painful to hear.
Attending university and studying at a foreign university does not guarantee that an individual will speak proper English with a neutral accent. Several of the scholars speak English that is painful to hear.
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Our Govt attributes the declining standards of English competency to the widespread use of Singlish. Even though English is considered a global language, most S'poreans like you, appear to have command of less than 35% of the words in the lexicon. Adding Singlish into the mix serves only to confuse and hinder the learning of Standard English like it has done to you. Proper written and spoken English instantly defines us as highly educated people whose views and opinions are taken more seriously.
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Singlish is pidgin, which when thoughtlessly acquired, hinders the learning of Standard English.
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If the newscasters speak at home like the way they do at work, their children will thank them later in life.
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Proponents of Singlish view it as unique to S'pore and an expression of our multicultural identity. However, the reality is that most S'poreans are unable to code switch effortlessly between Singlish and grammatically correct English. Adding Singlish into the mix serves only to confuse and hinder the learning of Standard English.
I speculate that the newscasters had speech training
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This fucker never spoke Singlish because he was never accepted by Singaporeans when he was growing up. Imagine a chinese in singapore who cannot speak chinese. Imagine a chinese whose first language spoke at home is Malay and hakka. Imagine a chinese who cannot read or write chinese until he after he became PeeM. How can u expect this person to speak singlish when he never was like one of us.
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the first training they had was not speech but brainwashing indoctrination training so they will read what the teleprompter says.
that is so true. when my daughter was a pre schooler, she didn't speak singlish since i never spoke singlish to her but after gg to pre-school for a while, she started speaking singlish. when i asked why was she suddenly speaking in this manner, she said everyone in school spoke in this manner.
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When Singlish is thoughtlessly acquired, it will be saved in the long term memory as an acceptable form of English by our children. Their ability to speak Standard English suffers when they spend too much time interacting with others who speak a sub-standard form of the language, since we naturally tend to adopt the speech that is heard most of the time around us.
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many people (including the media) advocate the use singlish insisting that we should be proud of the way we speak. herein lies the problem as it creates confusion. many even believe singlish is correct usage of the english language in our own accent. unfortunately, singlish isn't just that. it's full of ungrammatical structures, wrong usage of words, weird pronunciations, influences from mandarin/cantnese/hokkien/malay etc. the result is that many will find it hard to codeswitch when needed to do so. it also doesn't help when less than proficient speakers themselves try to teach the language to their kids.
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Unfortunately, most of our students fail to articulate their words clearly and distinctly according to the rules governing the English language. The declining standards of English competency led to the launch of the Speak Good English Movement in April 2000 that championed the use of Standard English over its English-based patois. Proponents of Singlish view it as unique to S'pore and an expression of our multicultural identity. However, the reality is that most S'poreans are unable to code switch effortlessly between Singlish and grammatically correct English. It is hardly surprising that the majority of our young are not proficient at handling different varieties of the language. After all, an estimated 50% of households are ill equipped to support the use of Standard English.
on top of that, i find most local people (more so amongst the young) these days have very poor diction. i always struggle to understand what was being spoken as words are rarely enunciated properly
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