Speak Good English Movement/Campaign -- again !
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:thankyou: for posting the wonderful videos! Simply love them!
I've got one too. Must read the subtitles!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dowNFKCC_ZA&feature=player_embedded -
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:rotflmao: I like the 'one dollar!':thankyou: for posting the wonderful videos! Simply love them!
I've got one too. Must read the subtitles!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dowNFKCC_ZA&feature=player_embedded -
Singapore from Taiwanese perspective:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYuIg7Tnc7g&feature=related -
No doubt there is a bigger difference between Singlish and English, what’s so different is American English from British English (other than the accent and spelling) that we should learn from? Please correct me if I am wrong.
Isn’t it more important that we are able to speak good and proper English and can understand English of different accents? What, just because America is more powerful we should learn American English? So when do we need to start learning Beijing Chinese - or should it be Shanghai Chinese? -
What I fear, and may already be happening, is that Singaporeans will be speaking part-British, part-American, part-Singlish and part-Chinglish !! :faint: :faint:
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If the Singapore Government is really serious about raising the standard of English used by Singaporeans, it should start by instructing the people in charge of the "Speak Good English Movement" to take their job more seriously. It’s tragically ironic when an English test, especially one to be taken by the public as part of the “Speak Good English Movement”, contains such glaring grammatical errors and examples of far-from-good English as
“Sumi goes to school at 7.30 am every morning.” The phrase "every morning" renders the expression "am" redundant: it can’t possibly be "7.30 pm" in the morning. The sentence should read: "Sumi goes to school at 7.30 every morning."
“The Port Authority is an 81-year old institution.” The correct punctuation is 81-year-old, with a hyphen between "year" and "old" as well.
“Now choose the correct ones.” While the sentence is not incorrect grammatically, it is an example of extremely poor communication — and good English is, of course, all about effective communication. What is the word “ones” supposed to refer to?
In fact, the entire test is an example of extrremely poor communication: the test-taker is given no instructions on how he is to complete the test. It can be argued of course that "that’s understood" and that anybody who’s taken multiple-choice tests should know what to do, but effective communication is about making yourself clear.
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