PRC study mamas ask for English exemption for their children in Singapore

[Watchman]

If China students can do it, why can't we?
Apr 26, 2010

THE debate on whether to cut mother tongue weighting in the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) has gone on for some time.

I was lucky to be brought up in a Chinese-educated family and I had no problems coping with Chinese and Higher Chinese in the PSLE and O and A levels. I did, however, have problems with English. But with hard work, I managed to do well and went to a Special Assistance Plan secondary school.

In my school, there were many scholarship holders from China. These students, who had never studied English before, had to cope with an unfamiliar language, which was also used in the teaching of other subjects. Yet, with hard work, most scored A1 or A2 in that subject.

Thus I do not understand why there is a need to review mother tongue weighting in the PSLE because some pupils cannot cope.

Using the same reasoning, pupils from Mandarin-speaking homes can argue that English is difficult and its PSLE weighting should be cut as well.

Yap Xiao Jun (Miss)

 

[po2wq]

ah jun ...

u r rite! ...

u gotta pay so much mor than locals 2 study in sg ... ur total expenses goes a long way 2 help boost ze gdp of sg ... ze world's bestest paid politicians can now boast dat dey hv ioncreased gdp n, hence, justify their increase in salary, thx 2 ppl like u ... dey, in return, shud b gr8ful 2 pple like u n juz take ur orders n implement dem ...

 

[NoNewsGood]

If China students can do it, why can't we?

Using the same reasoning, pupils from Mandarin-speaking homes can argue that English is difficult and its PSLE weighting should be cut as well.[/B]

Using the same reasoning, pupils who are weak in mathematics can argue that mathematics is difficult and its PSLE weighting should be cut as well.

 

[senatorabudelai]

If China students can do it, why can't we?
Apr 26, 2010

THE debate on whether to cut mother tongue weighting in the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) has gone on for some time.

I was lucky to be brought up in a Chinese-educated family and I had no problems coping with Chinese and Higher Chinese in the PSLE and O and A levels. I did, however, have problems with English. But with hard work, I managed to do well and went to a Special Assistance Plan secondary school.



Thus I do not understand why there is a need to review mother tongue weighting in the PSLE because some pupils cannot cope.

Using the same reasoning, pupils from Mandarin-speaking homes can argue that English is difficult and its PSLE weighting should be cut as well.

Yap Xiao Jun (Miss)

in singaporean schools, english is the main medium and mandarin is only an extra language. you can reduce the weightage of the "extra language" and you should; but you obviously cant do that to the main medium itself.

why do people learn mandarin anyway? it is a useless language. only china and taiwan speaks it. i have no interest in either countries. french or spanish would be a more useful second language.

 

[singveld]

they are lucky to have a gov which kowtow to them. still want more special treatments ?

 

[cooleo]

They are going to demand for monkey brains as their daily staple food soon!

 

[besotted]

TS is a useless loser, anyhow label and tarnish PRC

PRC when coming here can hardly speak English and still manage to top their class

Sinkie loser born ethnic Chinese but Pinkerton cannot speak Chinese, ask for exemption for Mother Tongue requirement

I have said many times - the new generation of Singaporeans are not like their forefathers

The new generation is weak and unless we dilute them with PRC talent who are hardworking, the economy will go down the drain

Now I love it when property prices are beyond the young. Fuck them. Those above 30 already locked in, and those above 40 and 50 got them much better prices

Sweat the under 30s, torture them and let them eat grass

 

[Received_by_Kings]

Using the same reasoning, pupils who are weak in mathematics can argue that mathematics is difficult and its PSLE weighting should be cut as well.

Using the same reasoning people who are weak in life can argue that life is difficult and they should commit suicide as well.

 

[Received_by_Kings]

Suicide is a punishable offense not only because it is an economic crime but also, more importantly, it is an unforgivable spiritual crime.

 

[yellow people]

Now I love it when property prices are beyond the young. Fuck them. Those above 30 already locked in, and those above 40 and 50 got them much better prices

Sweat the under 30s, torture them and let them eat grass

Shit.. Who banned you?

 

[senatorabudelai]

TS is a useless loser, anyhow label and tarnish PRC

PRC when coming here can hardly speak English and still manage to top their class

Sinkie loser born ethnic Chinese but Pinkerton cannot speak Chinese, ask for exemption for Mother Tongue requirement

I have said many times - the new generation of Singaporeans are not like their forefathers

The new generation is weak and unless we dilute them with PRC talent who are hardworking, the economy will go down the drain

Now I love it when property prices are beyond the young. Fuck them. Those above 30 already locked in, and those above 40 and 50 got them much better prices

Sweat the under 30s, torture them and let them eat grass

The new generation of Singaporeans under 40 are indeed not like their forefathers. They are educated, worldly, contemporary, speak English, skilled, gracious, reasonable. They are not uneducated, semi brained sub human drones.

Singaporean born Chinese are ethnic Singaporeans not Chinese. How can you be Chinese when you have never been to China? Most Singaporean Chinese learn Chinese as an extra language in school and don't use the language once they graduate. Some don't even learn Chinese in school.

China is a thoroughly third world country in the same league as African nations. Dirt poor, dirty, run down and very polluted. China is only the second biggest economy in the world because they have 1/4 of the world's population. If you combine the EU and North America (1.3 billion people) their economy would be 50 times China's.

The Chinese are so poor that they are not even Swaziland's level.

 

[kingrant]

The Chinese language and the English language are as different as night and day. It is inherently more difficult to master Chinese than English. A Chinese school student will learn rather quickly to speak and write English fairly well compared to an English stream student coping with Chinese. This is a truism.

Each Chinese character is a word by itself and based on pictograms, and you can be totally clueless on how to pronounce it or write it if you should forget. The English language is built on 26 letters of the alphabet, and words are formed using them. Pronouncing an English word is easier because you can tell from the phonetics from the vowels.

So this thread is a non starter. No use arguing. Chinese is hard; English is easier. English is more universal due to the legacy of the British Raj. Even the PRCs in China are trying to master English.

 

[senatorabudelai]

The Chinese language and the English language are as different as night and day. It is inherently more difficult to master Chinese than English. A Chinese school student will learn rather quickly to speak and write English fairly well compared to an English stream student coping with Chinese. This is a truism.

Each Chinese character is a word by itself and based on pictograms, and you can be totally clueless on how to pronounce it or write it if you should forget. The English language is built on 26 letters of the alphabet, and words are formed using them. Pronouncing an English word is easier because you can tell from the phonetics from the vowels.

So this thread is a non starter. No use arguing. Chinese is hard; English is easier. English is more universal due to the legacy of the British Raj. Even the PRCs in China are trying to master English.

chinese is just a rather useless language. nobody in the world uses it except a poor third world sub african country called china.