<![CDATA[Does anyone know how to speak Scientific English?]]>Actually... the first time I read d)..... I know it is wrong already.


No need to push the teacher up the wall. After all it is a science test not english test.


... ok... my england not good actually... 😄

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/62208/does-anyone-know-how-to-speak-scientific-englishRSS for NodeWed, 06 May 2026 06:06:08 GMTThu, 03 Oct 2013 09:55:55 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Does anyone know how to speak Scientific English? on Thu, 03 Oct 2013 09:03:51 GMT]]>I only hope that MOE's reply or comment will not be in some form of Scientific English like so:


http://www.emse.fr/~yukna/ENG/scienceE.htm

I highly recommend that said HOD read the following on Scientific English:

http://users.wpi.edu/~nab/sci_eng/98_Mar_27.html

In particular, this part:[quote]5. A practical guideline about commas is to read your sentence aloud, and insert commas where you make slight pauses.[/quote]

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1111875https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1111875Thu, 03 Oct 2013 09:03:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does anyone know how to speak Scientific English? on Fri, 27 Sep 2013 08:37:06 GMT]]>Has this incident been forwarded to MOE for comment already?


Guess the reply from MOE would be greatly welcomed by many.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1105586https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1105586Fri, 27 Sep 2013 08:37:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does anyone know how to speak Scientific English? on Fri, 27 Sep 2013 08:35:17 GMT]]>What the kids need is the Babel fish


\"The Babel fish is small, yellow, leech-like, and probably the oddest thing in the universe. It feeds on brain wave energy, absorbing all unconscious frequencies and then excreting telepathically a matrix formed from the conscious frequencies and nerve signals picked up from the speech centres of the brain, the practical upshot of which is that if you stick one in your ear, you can instantly understand anything said to you in any form of language: the speech you hear decodes the brain wave matrix.

It is a universal translator that neatly crosses the language divide between any species. \"

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1105583https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1105583Fri, 27 Sep 2013 08:35:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does anyone know how to speak Scientific English? on Fri, 27 Sep 2013 07:34:43 GMT]]>Actually hor, this is a very serious thing. Cannot anyhow play play.


Firstly, we must assume that the HOD of the branded primary school, being a senior educator, must know what she was talking about. There must therefore be some truth to her claim that the ability to distinguish 'scientific English' from conventional English sets the A* students apart from the A students.

Could it be that our education establishment have been infiltrated by a group of 'scientific English' using educators? Could it be that our PSLE papers are set by members of this group? Does that explain why certain 'brand name' primary schools have disproportionate numbers of students who score A*? Is 'scientific English' merely a covert tool used by this group to give their own students an undue advantage - to set them apart from the non 'scientific English' using masses? Is 'scientific English' merely a tool designed to entrench elitism?

I think we should demand an assurance from MOE that our kids are not unduly disadvantaged in national exams merely because they are taught by teachers who are not into 'scientific English', or for that matter 'mathematical English' or any other form of Whathaveyou English.

:nailbite:









😉

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1105447https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1105447Fri, 27 Sep 2013 07:34:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does anyone know how to speak Scientific English? on Fri, 27 Sep 2013 02:36:33 GMT]]>i think limlim put it across nicely

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1104848https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1104848Fri, 27 Sep 2013 02:36:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does anyone know how to speak Scientific English? on Fri, 27 Sep 2013 02:15:25 GMT]]>

limlim:
That, is scientific English. If there are such things in the first place.

Never heard of scientific Singlish meh? :siam:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1104812https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1104812Fri, 27 Sep 2013 02:15:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does anyone know how to speak Scientific English? on Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:48:41 GMT]]>

AC_Power:
Sharing this from Mr Brown's blog which I feel the school should just admit that they should have phrased the question better. Such defensive stance is really making the matter worse in my opinion.


http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2013/09/got-english-english-and-scientific-english-one-meh.html
:slapshead:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1104515https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1104515Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:48:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does anyone know how to speak Scientific English? on Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:33:40 GMT]]>confused So must I send my children to learn Scientific English? Who is teaching? Please share lobang(I only know Singlish, not Sciglish). Thank you.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1104486https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1104486Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:33:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does anyone know how to speak Scientific English? on Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:20:41 GMT]]>IMO, Scientific English muz be penned such that there is no 2nd way of interpretation. The meaning must be unique.


e.g.

Light is only produced if electricity passes thru it.

Light is the only energy produced when electricity passes thru it.

Science is not meant to be a language guessing game. Only scientific concepts should be tested, not language interpretation.

That, is scientific English. If there are such things in the first place.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1104471https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1104471Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:20:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does anyone know how to speak Scientific English? on Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:42:20 GMT]]>

Nebbermind:
Chinese singlish...no backbone = 没骨气

So that scientific HOD will tell you, scientifically you cannot call a person 没骨气 only if he or she has no backbone but you need to also call the person an invertebrate. 🦆

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1104344https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1104344Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:42:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does anyone know how to speak Scientific English? on Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:15:12 GMT]]>Chinese singlish…no backbone = 没骨气

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1104303https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1104303Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:15:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does anyone know how to speak Scientific English? on Thu, 26 Sep 2013 11:47:04 GMT]]>

h3ngh3ngl4h:
I think a good example would be the use of the word backbone.


In layman English, we say this animal does not have a backbone. In scientific English we would say this animal is an invertebrate
pirate:
The moral of the story is don't send your kids to brand name primary schools. 🦆
How the MOE or teachers will know which kiddo is going to turn out to be a doctor or in medical profession? So, go go go, all go and learn \"invertebrate\", stop using \"no backbone\"... :evil:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1104263https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1104263Thu, 26 Sep 2013 11:47:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does anyone know how to speak Scientific English? on Thu, 26 Sep 2013 11:41:40 GMT]]>Like Singaporian doctor tell you \"Eat panadol only if you have fever.\" So eat or don't eat or eat only? :slapshead:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1104253https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1104253Thu, 26 Sep 2013 11:41:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does anyone know how to speak Scientific English? on Thu, 26 Sep 2013 08:23:35 GMT]]>so much drama ah!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1104030https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1104030Thu, 26 Sep 2013 08:23:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does anyone know how to speak Scientific English? on Thu, 26 Sep 2013 05:45:10 GMT]]>

pirate:
The moral of the story is don't send your kids to brand name primary schools. 🦆

have to agree with you on that! :celebrate:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1103746https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1103746Thu, 26 Sep 2013 05:45:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does anyone know how to speak Scientific English? on Thu, 26 Sep 2013 03:49:18 GMT]]>The moral of the story is don't send your kids to brand name primary schools. 🦆

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1103598https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1103598Thu, 26 Sep 2013 03:49:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does anyone know how to speak Scientific English? on Thu, 26 Sep 2013 02:12:19 GMT]]>I think a good example would be the use of the word backbone.


In layman English, we say this animal does not have a backbone. In scientific English we would say this animal is an invertebrate

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1103460https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1103460Thu, 26 Sep 2013 02:12:19 GMT