Interesting piece on Singaporeans who get good grades in mandarin but can’t speak it well

Adrianna Tan

I have the opposite problem! My grades were not great but I speak 3-4 Chinese languages, including mandarin

Mandarin as it was taught in our schools was not fun or useful

I scored an A1 for O-Level Chinese but struggle to speak a coherent sentence

How can we reverse declining standards of mother tongue proficiency among Singaporean youth? First, they must get comfortable with conversing in their second language, CNA TODAY journalist Eunice Sng says.

CNA (www.channelnewsasia.com)

#Singapore #TootSea #Languages #Chinese #Mandarin

tuban_muzuru

@skinnylatte

What do you think could have made learning Mandarin more fun / useful ?

Adrianna Tan

@tuban_muzuru not focus so much on rote learning. A lot of mandarin studies is based on memorization and testing and is extremely boring