Re: Improving English standard.....much ado ...in vain

Heard on the radio
BBC pronunciations?????
Tanjong Katong - ten jong kaye tong
Jurong - J'rhong
Bukit Batok - Bukit Bay tok

hmmmm!!!



Bald eagle wrote:
Victory School is having native English teachers
from England to coach students on English. Hundreds
of Teachers are going back to schools to learn
how to teach English.....and the MOE is implementing
numerous other "projects" aimed at improving the
standard of spoken English in Singapore.

Will all these 'improvements' result better English
standards ?

The simple answer is an emphatic NO.
What is problem then ?

Let's face it. BBC English is NOT widely spoken
at home...Almost all children speak Mandarin, or their
mother tongues or Singlish at home and in school.
Many do not even practise English speaking in
class during English lesson.
In short, students learn English like other subjects
to pass Exams, ....NOT as a language for everyday
oral communication.

In this environment, whatever that is being done now
will NOT improve the standard of spoken English.












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