Re: Science and Maths in English / Chinese ?


....lobert...... wrote:
> kyle wrote:
> > I wonder if the children of the leaders of the Chinese-based parties or
> > the Dong Ziao Zong study at Chinese schools. Do they send their kids to
> > Chinese or private schools ? How about their tertiary education ? Local
> > Chinese independent schools or overseas ?
> >
> > They talked so much about preserving the character and identity of
> > Chinese primary schools. Do they encourage their children to become
> > teachers ? As far as I know, many Chinese parents discourage their
> > children to become teachers because of the money factor.
> > If they don't, how to preserve ?
>
>
> The standard of Science and Maths will go down if the students don't
> understand what are taught when the subjects are taught in English !
>
> There will be no more Chinese schools when most subjects are taught in
> English! The Chinese community in Malaysia has to protect the Chinese
> primary school, otherwise, it will ended up lowering the standard of
> Chinese as in the case of Singapore.

But the standard of Mandarin is already low. Do you think we can
compete with the mainland chinese when it comes to Mandarin
proficiency? Indeed do you think the mere 6 years of chinese education
would have enable anyone to compete with the mainland chinese?

So what then is the real motive of learning mandarin? For the love of
the motherland??

CKSF

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