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chenlaoshi\" post_id=\"2041803\" time=\"1633966196\" user_id=\"162894:

This is an informative series from Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre 😉 :
https://www.facebook.com/watch/1485486608381824/388827659623925/

1st 2 episodes are on Hokkien and Teochew respectively.
2 more episodes added: Cantonese and Hakka. Pri 4 kids learn the phrase \"方言\" in Pri 4A textbook - this series is one that parents can watch together with their kids. 🙂

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/83223/kids-knowing-their-dialects-what-is-your-takeRSS for NodeTue, 28 Apr 2026 12:27:04 GMTFri, 22 Oct 2021 07:20:52 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Kids knowing their dialects. What is your take? on Mon, 11 Oct 2021 15:29:56 GMT]]>This is an informative series from Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre 😉 :

https://www.facebook.com/watch/1485486608381824/388827659623925/

1st 2 episodes are on Hokkien and Teochew respectively.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2041803https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2041803Mon, 11 Oct 2021 15:29:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Kids knowing their dialects. What is your take? on Thu, 07 Oct 2021 12:16:17 GMT]]>

EarthQuek\" post_id=\"1970240\" time=\"1586233875\" user_id=\"183435:

I had a good laugh after reading this message shared by fellow KSP
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Yes... too funny :rotflmao: :rotflmao: ... reminds me of the story where a boy went to the police to complain about a can hitting his poor grandpa on the head... so he said:

\"Gong gong gong (Grandpa says)
Gong gong gong gong (A can hit Grandpa)
Gong gong gong gong (Grandpa became very blur)\"

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2041377https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2041377Thu, 07 Oct 2021 12:16:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Kids knowing their dialects. What is your take? on Tue, 07 Apr 2020 04:31:15 GMT]]>https://postimg.cc/f3XcYPqj


I had a good laugh after reading this message shared by fellow KSP
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1970240https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1970240Tue, 07 Apr 2020 04:31:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Kids knowing their dialects. What is your take? on Tue, 07 Apr 2020 04:26:40 GMT]]>It doesn't really matter whether our kids communicate in dialect or not. But they must be able to understand. Intermittently, i spoke dialect to them when they were younger. They can now understand what their grandparents say and usually replied in Mandarin. They can communicate and understand each other well

:snuggles: :hugs: 💋

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1970238https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1970238Tue, 07 Apr 2020 04:26:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Kids knowing their dialects. What is your take? on Tue, 10 Mar 2020 05:21:46 GMT]]>Speaking dialect is one thing, just like taking up a foreign language, if we can use it as a conduit for relating back to our own roots and culture, that is of essence.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1966415https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1966415Tue, 10 Mar 2020 05:21:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Kids knowing their dialects. What is your take? on Wed, 05 Feb 2020 03:42:00 GMT]]>[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdMYNPSjIdo]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOiNsnqbtCk]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI29HCtF9iM]

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1962141https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1962141Wed, 05 Feb 2020 03:42:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Kids knowing their dialects. What is your take? on Fri, 17 Jan 2020 06:35:29 GMT]]>😂

https://i.ibb.co/nry4nWD/hokkien.jpg\">

CalvinS\" post_id=\"1918275\" time=\"1562568682\" user_id=\"165808:
chenlaoshi\" post_id=\"1917867\" time=\"1562307388\" user_id=\"162894:

Not sure if this has been shared before:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_5iwrAZa3g]
Wouldn't have been able to communicate with my grandmothers without dialect since that's the only language they spoke.

Fellow Teochew 'nang', can have a look at this FB page: https://www.facebook.com/SGTCN/

Very inspiring video. Will let kids watch this so they will know the importance of knowing our dialects. :goodpost:


On a side note, Pri 4 students will learn the phrase '方言‘ in Chapter 1. Parents can take the opportunity to introduce to them which dialect group they belong to and chat about it. 😉

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1959583https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1959583Fri, 17 Jan 2020 06:35:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Kids knowing their dialects. What is your take? on Mon, 21 Oct 2019 03:41:16 GMT]]>kids should know their dialects…it’s their mother tongue.

china will be a very powerful country and knowing English is insufficient. even trump’s granddaughter is learning mandarin

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1942380https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1942380Mon, 21 Oct 2019 03:41:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Kids knowing their dialects. What is your take? on Mon, 21 Oct 2019 00:59:11 GMT]]>I am letting my child know the dialects of our forefathers because that will give them an edge and at the same time one way to express how they are proud of the roots they come from.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1942342https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1942342Mon, 21 Oct 2019 00:59:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Kids knowing their dialects. What is your take? on Fri, 02 Aug 2019 02:35:58 GMT]]>We can always expose our children to different mediums where they can learn our dialects like watching videos online. But it is also best we can teach them personally so you become part of his/her journey as they learn the language

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1925819https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1925819Fri, 02 Aug 2019 02:35:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Kids knowing their dialects. What is your take? on Wed, 31 Jul 2019 15:53:08 GMT]]>i learned cantonese through watching hk drama when i was a kid. we tend to pick up a language faster when young, with right guidance, being exposed to dialects wont affect their learning of english and chinese.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1925056https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1925056Wed, 31 Jul 2019 15:53:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Kids knowing their dialects. What is your take? on Fri, 26 Jul 2019 05:05:30 GMT]]>

lee_yl\" post_id=\"1904261\" time=\"1553867526\" user_id=\"17023:
floppy\" post_id=\"1922923\" time=\"1564116578\" user_id=\"97579:[quote=floppy post_id=1922923 time=1564116578 user_id=97579]Personally, I picked up Hokkien by listening to conversations in the army.
Able to swear in Hokkien rather proficiently now. Not sure that would be something I want to do teach my kids in the future though :evil:
Xiao Ming : Oi! KNN! ler mern an ni zueh KSML?!

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lim.amanda\" post_id=\"1920012\" time=\"1563263236\" user_id=\"178935:

Personally, I picked up hokkien by listening to converstions as I grow up.
Able to communicate in hokkien rather fluently now so I guess I will be doing the same thing to my kids in the future!.
Personally, I picked up Hokkien by listening to conversations in the army.
Able to swear in Hokkien rather proficiently now. Not sure that would be something I want to do teach my kids in the future though :evil:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1922923https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1922923Fri, 26 Jul 2019 04:49:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Kids knowing their dialects. What is your take? on Fri, 26 Jul 2019 02:32:18 GMT]]>

lim.amanda\" post_id=\"1920012\" time=\"1563263236\" user_id=\"178935:

Personally, I picked up hokkien by listening to converstions as I grow up.
Able to communicate in hokkien rather fluently now so I guess I will be doing the same thing to my kids in the future!.
Nowadays, it can be your edge when you know more than 2 languages. You'll never know when you needed it the most!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1922831https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1922831Fri, 26 Jul 2019 02:32:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Kids knowing their dialects. What is your take? on Tue, 16 Jul 2019 07:47:16 GMT]]>Personally, I picked up hokkien by listening to converstions as I grow up.

Able to communicate in hokkien rather fluently now so I guess I will be doing the same thing to my kids in the future!.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1920012https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1920012Tue, 16 Jul 2019 07:47:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Kids knowing their dialects. What is your take? on Mon, 08 Jul 2019 06:51:22 GMT]]>

chenlaoshi\" post_id=\"1917867\" time=\"1562307388\" user_id=\"162894:

Not sure if this has been shared before:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_5iwrAZa3g]
Wouldn't have been able to communicate with my grandmothers without dialect since that's the only language they spoke.

Fellow Teochew 'nang', can have a look at this FB page: https://www.facebook.com/SGTCN/
Very inspiring video. Will let kids watch this so they will know the importance of knowing our dialects. :goodpost:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1918275https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1918275Mon, 08 Jul 2019 06:51:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Kids knowing their dialects. What is your take? on Fri, 05 Jul 2019 06:16:28 GMT]]>Not sure if this has been shared before:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_5iwrAZa3g]
Wouldn't have been able to communicate with my grandmothers without dialect since that's the only language they spoke.

Fellow Teochew 'nang', can have a look at this FB page: https://www.facebook.com/SGTCN/

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1917867https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1917867Fri, 05 Jul 2019 06:16:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Kids knowing their dialects. What is your take? on Sat, 30 Mar 2019 13:35:39 GMT]]>Hokkien? What's that? Presumably you mean the Xiamen or Southern Fujian (闽南) dialect? :siam:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1904341https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1904341Sat, 30 Mar 2019 13:35:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Kids knowing their dialects. What is your take? on Sat, 30 Mar 2019 07:59:32 GMT]]>

janet88\" post_id=\"1904289\" time=\"1553913019\" user_id=\"12950:

...
ah gong said go bilingual in order to be buddy with china. but I find it such a pity our kids don't understand mother tongue (which is not mandarin but the dialect).
I don’t think Ah Gong has that much foresight and that much credit TBH.

When China adopted a modern system of education in the early 1900s, Chinese schools in Singapore were also set up following a similar model (e.g. Tao Nan, The Chinese High School). By that time, Mandarin had already replaced the Chinese dialects as a medium of instruction in schools. Thus, it makes sense for the early G and for a matter of convenience to adopt the same medium of instruction used by vernacular schools. It also makes sense for Singapore to have a common language to communicate to a disparate ethnic group because the various Chinese dialects are mutually intelligible.

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lee_yl\" post_id=\"1904287\" time=\"1553912133\" user_id=\"17023:

Both objectives are not mutually exclusive, learning dialects may even facilitate the learning of Chinese and better help the younger generations to stay rooted.

Even in China, despite more than 50 years of putonghua policy, the various provinces, especially the Southern ones, still use dialects extensively.
in china, those in Beijing will speak mandarin. different province will still speak their cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew, Shanghainese etc. my aunt told me there is discrimination if the chinese speak mandarin in Shanghai or canton.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1904290https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1904290Sat, 30 Mar 2019 02:34:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Kids knowing their dialects. What is your take? on Sat, 30 Mar 2019 02:30:19 GMT]]>

MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"1904257\" time=\"1553866626\" user_id=\"43981:

I like cantonese too..what a pity if our next next generation maybe dont speak dialects anymore..already now we mostly speak dialects with our family members only.
hubby and I speak cantonese to our parents. even my father has to 'switch channel' and speak to the kids in English.

ah gong said go bilingual in order to be buddy with china. but I find it such a pity our kids don't understand mother tongue (which is not mandarin but the dialect).

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1904289https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1904289Sat, 30 Mar 2019 02:30:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Kids knowing their dialects. What is your take? on Sat, 30 Mar 2019 02:17:24 GMT]]>Don’t get me wrong. I agree both subjects are mutually exclusive and can co-exist.


However, to enforce interview in dialect (although I understand the suggestion was made in jest) means it will side step the dialect policy in Singapore.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1904288https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1904288Sat, 30 Mar 2019 02:17:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Kids knowing their dialects. What is your take? on Sat, 30 Mar 2019 02:15:33 GMT]]>Both objectives are not mutually exclusive, learning dialects may even facilitate the learning of Chinese and better help the younger generations to stay rooted.


Even in China, despite more than 50 years of putonghua policy, the various provinces, especially the Southern ones, still use dialects extensively.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1904287https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1904287Sat, 30 Mar 2019 02:15:33 GMT