<![CDATA[PSLE Singlish book]]>

ChiefKiasu\" post_id=\"2133432\" time=\"1715000643\" user_id=\"3:

Language reflects that culture within it is spoken. Even British's Queen's English is spoken differently by Americans.
The Americans adores British English, but you don't see them denigrating their American English. The sad thing is: that is not the case with Singlish.

I guess this is us being a small country and always have to speak \"proper English\" for the sake of communicating with other countries, but we should be proud of Singlish because it is in us all. It makes us uniquely Singaporeans.
The US is big enough that they can mostly ignore the rest of the world. Those that venture beyond their own shores assume that they will be understood - the privilege of big and powerful countries. I agree that Singlish is something that we should hold dear as it is uniquely \"ours\", but we have to be realistic - unless we manage to produce the same quantity of movies and cultural influences, and flood the world, we have to also speak and write standard English if we want to be taken seriously by the rest of the world. But we can always aim to master both, rather than only one.

Back to the book in question - my daughters suggested that perhaps the images have been doctored, and there is no such book? Has any \"real\" person (i.e. someone we actually know) seen this book \"in the flesh\", so to speak?

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slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2133431\" time=\"1714991673\" user_id=\"28674:

I checked the reddit thread and also googled, but can't find author and publisher! Obviously no librarians in the dicussion!
Language reflects that culture within it is spoken. Even British's Queen's English is spoken differently by Americans.
The Americans adores British English, but you don't see them denigrating their American English. The sad thing is: that is not the case with Singlish.

I guess this is us being a small country and always have to speak \"proper English\" for the sake of communicating with other countries, but we should be proud of Singlish because it is in us all. It makes us uniquely Singaporeans.

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bolehboleh2435\" post_id=\"2133426\" time=\"1714989504\" user_id=\"204649:

Saw this post on reddit last week about a Singlish PSLE Book in Popular stores.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SGExams/comments/1cgq7pv/psle_singlish/#lightbox

Has anyone found it? I'm thinking of doing the book and also letting my kids try.
I checked the reddit thread and also googled, but can't find author and publisher! Obviously no librarians in the dicussion!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2133431https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2133431Mon, 06 May 2024 10:34:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to PSLE Singlish book on Mon, 06 May 2024 10:09:48 GMT]]>I was wondering if it was an April Fools joke, but the date posted was in May! Looks like a real fun book imo.

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