@@saideng2761 我不知道你是中国人还是加拿大华裔，但我觉得我们得多谅解海外华人学华语时所面对的困难。华语确实很重要，但是如果语言环境不佳，是很难达到母语水平。因此很多海外华人的普通话水平不如中国人。 马来西亚的情况有点特殊，大马华人的第一语言都不一样。有些孩子上华校，所以华语是他们第一语言，其他孩子则上政府学校/国际学校，所以英语是他们第一语言。由于家庭背景和学历都不一样，有些人可能不太会讲英语/马来语/华语。如果父母选择送孩子去国小/国中，为的是让他们有更高几率进马来西亚大学，你还是会排斥他们中文讲得不流利吗? 父母这么做也只是为孩子的前途着想，而这些选择都不是小孩能控制的。所以我能明白他们的处境，也不会因为他们不会讲华语而看不起他们。同样，上华校的孩子英语/马来语可能讲得不流利，我也不会小看他们。不过如果他们贬低这些语言，完全不尽力学习，那我觉得这是不合理的。马来西亚是个多元种族的国家，最主要的还是跟其他种族沟通，所以英语/马来语还是有它们的重要性。 身为大马华人，我的马来语是我三个语言中最差的。但我从来都不觉得马来语不重要，至今天天都在学习。 First of all, I don't know if you are a Chinese national or a Canadian of Chinese ethnicity. However, I think it is important to understand the difficulties one may face when learning Chinese in a non-ideal language environment. I think it's important to remember that without the ideal language environment, it is difficult for children to master the minority language. This is why many overseas people of Chinese ethnicity don't speak/read/write Chinese as well as Chinese nationals. Malaysia's situation is a little unusual in that many Chinese Malaysians have different first languages, depending on the schools they went to and their family background. Those who went to Chinese schools tend to be most fluent in Mandarin, while those who went to national/international schools are most fluent in English (or even Malay). Those who went to national schools are not fluent or cannot speak Mandarin at all. Their parents may have made the decision to send them to national schools in the hopes that their children become fluent in Malay/English, increasing their chances of thriving in school and gaining admission into national universities. Will you still discriminate them just because they can't speak Mandarin well? I, for one, think that this is unreasonable. After all, their parents are just doing the best for their kids and the kids are not fluent in Mandarin through no fault of their own. In a similar vein, it is understandable that those who went to Chinese schools exclusively may not speak Malay/English that well. I don't think it is reasonable to look down on their standards of Malay/English because they just did not have the ideal environment to learn it properly. However, I think it is unreasonable if they don't make the effort to learn or purposely discriminate these languages. Malaysia is a multi-racial country and not being able to speak the common languages (Malay/English) well will only serve as a barrier between races that can be hard to overcome. As a Chinese Malaysian, Malay is the worst out of my three languages. But I've never once thought that Malay is not important, nor have I once resented the fact that I had to spend time on Malay language lessons. Till today, I am still taking the time to improve my Malay.
this is so fking fake!! LKY got rid of cantonese and hokkien dialect, and tell everyone to learn chinese! he even forced his sons to go to chinese speaking school! Fake fake fake!!!
随着中国崛起，中文的确变得越来越重要。不过前提是，你得先掌握好英文。英语算是国际语言。如果英语不好，在某种程度上一定会负面地影响国家的发展了…如果新加坡当时不选英语为官方语言，就不会有今天的成就了 Following the rise of China, it’s true that Chinese is becoming more important. But the thing is, you need to speak good English in the first place. Not having good English will hinder your country’s development, especially in this globalised world with English as an international language. If Singapore didn’t choose English as an official language, it definitely won’t be as successful as it is today.
English enables better Communication which is the key to racial harmony. In Singapore, all races live and grow together with equality, I am proud of the Singaporeans for their achievement regardless of races and religions but with the spirit of Sg United.
