How should chinese be taught in Singapore?
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How?
Teach less, test more?
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No test is the best. Remember last time always need to memorise all those vocabs. Waste of time.
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Get Vynn Soh, and Shawn.
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dun teach...
den one less subject to study
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Not really.Originally posted by SexyChin:No test is the best. Remember last time always need to memorise all those vocabs. Waste of time.
Memorizing and application is how we learn languages. -
there are 3 tracks
the language itself, literature and chinese culture/traditions
language is speak and write
literature is appreciation analysis of past and modern literary works
culture is the way of life, festivals, customs, philosophies, etc...
u need good lang foundation to be able to read and write literature
culture will encompass lang and lit oredi but other things tt are taught through upbringing, the environment and the people around u
in singapore, chinese is just a subject in school.....
this mindset is difficult to change...
there are chinese who hates chinese becos they always get D7....totally ignoring the fact that it's their root....
the main problem does not lie with the teaching method or the syllabus but the learning attitude.....
looking around u, we do have channels to allow us to connect to our culture but how many ppl are actually aware of or bother to participate? -
pai seh hor,lim bei ka li kong ,wa ah ah kong ah ma bo kong hua ke ah horOriginally posted by FireIce:there are 3 tracks
the language itself, literature and chinese culture/traditions
language is speak and write
literature is appreciation analysis of past and modern literary works
culture is the way of life, festivals, customs, philosophies, etc...
u need good lang foundation to be able to read and write literature
culture will encompass lang and lit oredi but other things tt are taught through upbringing, the environment and the people around u
in singapore, chinese is just a subject in school.....
this mindset is difficult to change...
there are chinese who hates chinese becos they always get D7....totally ignoring the fact that it's their root....
the main problem does not lie with the teaching method or the syllabus but the learning attitude.....
looking around u, we do have channels to allow us to connect to our culture but how many ppl are actually aware of or bother to participate?
simlj root, ur ancestors frm beijing si boh ,kns ah ..bo eng brain ah..kana brainwash by some political party in spore liao
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Chinese, not Hokkien.Originally posted by Chelzea:pai seh hor,lim bei ka li kong ,wa ah ah kong ah ma bo kong hua ke ah hor
simlj root, ur ancestors frm beijing si boh ,kns ah ..bo eng brain ah..kana brainwash by some political party in spore liao -
Dont teach,waste time nia...after jc or sec sch ..e written part of it is returned to e cherOriginally posted by Icemoon:How?
Teach less, test more? -
Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:Chinese, not Hokkien.
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hokkien is a chinese dialect......
actually our current chinese oso dialect.....beijing dialect..... -
paiseh hor, not my MT horOriginally posted by FireIce:hokkien is a chinese dialect......
actually our current chinese oso dialect.....beijing dialect.....
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But actually the beijing qiang1 and putonghua sounds different leh.Originally posted by FireIce:hokkien is a chinese dialect......
actually our current chinese oso dialect.....beijing dialect..... -
our cheena cannot make it, our engrish also cannot make it, si liao lah ! .....
the average Singaporean is in linguistic limbo .... -
our english half pail
our chinese half pail
add together one pail loh! -
agreed...Originally posted by Fatum:our cheena cannot make it, our engrish also cannot make it, si liao lah ! .....
the average Singaporean is in linguistic limbo .... -
But they liak bo kiu when we talk.Originally posted by FireIce:our english half pail
our chinese half pail
add together one pail loh! -
I belong to this statistics...............Originally posted by Fatum:our cheena cannot make it, our engrish also cannot make it, si liao lah ! .....
the average Singaporean is in linguistic limbo .... 
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look upon it as our local dialest and we should be proud of it.Originally posted by littlestream:I belong to this statistics............... -
you are right in a sense dat:Originally posted by FireIce:there are 3 tracks
the language itself, literature and chinese culture/traditions
language is speak and write
literature is appreciation analysis of past and modern literary works
culture is the way of life, festivals, customs, philosophies, etc...
u need good lang foundation to be able to read and write literature
culture will encompass lang and lit oredi but other things tt are taught through upbringing, the environment and the people around u
in singapore, chinese is just a subject in school.....
this mindset is difficult to change...
there are chinese who hates chinese becos they always get D7....totally ignoring the fact that it's their root....
the main problem does not lie with the teaching method or the syllabus but the learning attitude.....
looking around u, we do have channels to allow us to connect to our culture but how many ppl are actually aware of or bother to participate?
u need good chinese language foundation to excel in chinese literature, because chinese literature is carved in a way dat u really need a lot of ideas and be good in your writing in order to understand it. In singapore, chinese literature are not taught unless u take chinese A or higher chinese in junior colleges or millienia institute, as most of the time, AO chinese, N level chinese, O level normal chinese and O level higher chinese only teaches you and emphasize on the building of foundation of languages.
however, can we blame pple's attitude towards chinese?...though government has recently juz adjusted its policy towards taking higher chinese in secondary sch and more emphasis on and changing of different methods of learning of chinese, however, our society is such that a lot of pple still cant grasp the language well...pple tend to tink dat english is more important as it is a medium language used to teach everything like maths science humanitites....ask urself this qns: do u reallie nid to excel in both languages in order to survive in singapore??....obviously not!...in fact if u r a chinese idiot u still can get a job and live well!.....
why we chinese hav to learn chinese?...u talk abt roots, talk abt culture, but my ans to this qns is dat how pple from china n taiwan n hong kong view u as. Singapore is the only country outside china n taiwan which has the most population made up of chinese. Where did our ancestor come from? there is only one answer and it is obvious.
tink abt it, if i tell you that singapore sec1's chinese standard is only equivalent to malaysia's pri4's chinese, wad do you tink?
and also the fact that many of my frenz who are reallie hardcore hatefans of chinese during their sec sch days now find demselves regretting for not studying hard enough for chinese........ -
dont worry.
our education ministry is very creative.
they always think out of the box.
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Got teach chinese literature in secondary school mah.Originally posted by hiphop2009:u need good chinese language foundation to excel in chinese literature, because chinese literature is carved in a way dat u really need a lot of ideas and be good in your writing in order to understand it. In singapore, chinese literature are not taught unless u take chinese A or higher chinese in junior colleges or millienia institute, as most of the time, AO chinese, N level chinese, O level normal chinese and O level higher chinese only teaches you and emphasize on the building of foundation of languages. -
oni SAP sch offer c.litOriginally posted by Icemoon:Got teach chinese literature in secondary school mah. -
Interesting discussion going on here..
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. -
Wad toking you? Our native language is SINGLISH!Originally posted by ^spidee^:Interesting discussion going on here..
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.