Teachers from India join S'pore schools

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jtoh:

When the students get to university they'll have to contend with even more foreign accents. I remember my lecturers had Indian accents, Sri Lankan accents, Pakistani accents, Irish accents, Scottish accents... Makes your lectures quite unforgettable.

our local u are also facing similiar problem with foreign-accented English for quite some time already and I saw from a forum discussing this. One undergraduate complained that at times his PRC classmates ask/answer questions in Mandarin with the PRC lecturer and this poor guy thought he's attending a chinese lecture instead :stupid: :stupid: :stupid:

[SAHM_TAN]

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jtoh:

When the students get to university they'll have to contend with even more foreign accents. I remember my lecturers had Indian accents, Sri Lankan accents, Pakistani accents, Irish accents, Scottish accents... Makes your lectures quite unforgettable.

our local u are also facing similiar problem with foreign-accented English for quite some time already and I saw from a forum discussing this. One undergraduate complained that at times his PRC classmates ask/answer questions in Mandarin with the PRC lecturer and this poor guy thought he's attending a chinese lecture instead :stupid: :stupid: :stupid:

Hope they feedback to the uni

[linden2000]

jtoh:

When the students get to university they'll have to contend with even more foreign accents. I remember my lecturers had Indian accents, Sri Lankan accents, Pakistani accents, Irish accents, Scottish accents... Makes your lectures quite unforgettable.

Yes, No offence to anyone but I remember I had a hard time trying to figure out what some of them are saying during the uni lectures.

Think for uni students, even though struggle to understand but still won't be so bad as for priimary school students. Primary school students' command of English may not be strong in the first place since they are so young so they may be further confused.

[SAHM_TAN]

Seems now they only teach Sec and JC level?

[linden2000]

SAHM_TAN:

Seems now they only teach Sec and JC level?

Oh, then hopefully won't be extended to pri level...

[jtoh]

linden2000:

jtoh:

When the students get to university they'll have to contend with even more foreign accents. I remember my lecturers had Indian accents, Sri Lankan accents, Pakistani accents, Irish accents, Scottish accents... Makes your lectures quite unforgettable.

Yes, No offence to anyone but I remember I had a hard time trying to figure out what some of them are saying during the uni lectures.

Think for uni students, even though struggle to understand but still won't be so bad as for priimary school students. Primary school students' command of English may not be strong in the first place since they are so young so they may be further confused.

Yah. At university we just relied on written notes to make sense of what was being said.

[Suz855]

Thanks goodness, its only for Sec and beyond ... imagine the accent our children will pick up but this is till not the worst part ... what if our children start to shake their head for YES ... OMG :slapshead: !


disclaimer : just for laugh no offence

[Happy Mama]

Suz855:

Thanks goodness, its only for Sec and beyond ... imagine the accent our children will pick up but this is till not the worst part ... what if our children start to shake their head for YES ... OMG :slapshead: !


disclaimer : just for laugh no offence

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[LOLMum]

i dont mind british indians or american indians cos’ they speak better and accent is definitely nicer and easier to understand.


some india indians are educated overseas so they are pretty okay as well.

however, i do need a bit more time to fully understand what some australians said as well.

[linden2000]

jtoh:

linden2000:

[quote=\"jtoh\"]When the students get to university they'll have to contend with even more foreign accents. I remember my lecturers had Indian accents, Sri Lankan accents, Pakistani accents, Irish accents, Scottish accents... Makes your lectures quite unforgettable.

Yes, No offence to anyone but I remember I had a hard time trying to figure out what some of them are saying during the uni lectures.

Think for uni students, even though struggle to understand but still won't be so bad as for priimary school students. Primary school students' command of English may not be strong in the first place since they are so young so they may be further confused.

Yah. At university we just relied on written notes to make sense of what was being said.[/quote]Once had one with a French accent and he doesn't give out written notes. Just scribbles on transparencies as he speaks. We were all frantically trying to decipher his handwriting and make sense of what he is saying before he removes the transparency that he's scribbling on. :roll: