Teaching Chinese in Singapore

Chinese,chinese and more chinese. The subject that has been bothering more and more students,chinese. Everytime we hear complains from parents about their children being very stressed about studying and getting good grades for chinese. The bilingual policy was implemented by Lee Kuan Yew when he was still a prime minister( correct me if I am wrong). At that time, there were families with children who had difficulties with chinese emigrated to other countries like Australia. Their reason, they did not want their children to live in "misery" anymore. A mother even voiced out her opinion out to the forum of the Straits Times.

However, those people who are good in chinese said that these people are running away from reality as a solution to the problem. They just cannot see eye to eye. The issue of bilingualism in Singapore have been raised for many years. Arguments, arguments and more arguments. Recently, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew decided to change the policy by using english to teach chinese for the benefit of those students who had difficulty studying chinese. People cheered and some said that Minister Mentor Lee has finally corrected his mistake after so many years.

I feel that using english to teach chinese is a feasible solution to those with poor chinese results. It may make chinese an easier subject to these pupil as an encouragement for them not to give up. The exams can also be made easier too. However,this does not benefit the crowd with good chinese results. They would think that the lessons are boring, teachings of the basics over and over again. They can also ace the exams easily. There should be another class set up for these students with a teacher to teach separate things. Exams should also be set to their standard to make sure that they benefit from learning.

The Ministry of Education is launching their education plan of chinese to the public this month. More parents are curious about their child's learning of chinese. Everyone wants to know what are the changes made, including me.

So what are your thoughts? Leave a comment! Thank you