remains a second language in Singapore. So parents must be realistic in their expectations. Mr Lee was alluding to the furore which erupted after media reports that the Education Ministry was looking at whether to reduce the weighting of the Mother Tongue Language‚ reports that have since been debunked. Speaking at a dialogue following a Joint Conference of Confucius Institutes in East and Southeast Asia‚ Mr Lee said no one can master two languages at the same level. So if parents want their
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Amy Tan’s "Fish Cheeks" and Maya Angelou’s "Champion of the World" Maya Angelou and Amy Tan discuss religious problems and culture differences in their literature. The authors have captured these differences by their past experiences of friends and family. Both authors come from a diverse culture‚ but both face the same harsh society of the American culture and beliefs. The Author’s both tell about situations in their short stories of being outcasts and coming from different racial backgrounds
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Mother Tongue Based Multilingual Education has been encouraged by United Nations Educational‚ Scientific‚ and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to early childhood and primary education since 1953. Mother Tongue Based Bilingual or Multilingual Education is a program used since 1953 by different countries around the world like Indonesia‚ Cambodia‚ Nepal‚ Philippines and a lot more. This way of teaching is using the child’s first language‚ their mother tongue which is called the L1 in teaching in school
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Issue 1 (22)‚ Volume 8‚ 2009‚ http://www.esp-world.info ROLE OF MOTHER TONGUE IN LEARNING ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES Galina Kavaliauskienė Mykolas Romeris University‚ Vilnius‚ Lithuania Abstract A revival of interest to using a mother tongue in the English classroom is stipulated by necessity to improve language accuracy‚ fluency and clarity. This paper aims at examining students’ perceptions of the use of mother tongue and translation in various linguistic situations. The activities that
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subtly imply an underlying theme of a lack of communication. Waverly and her mother seem to be talking in different worlds as both daughter mother struggle to understand each other’s culture. For example‚ Lindo tells Waverly that the people in China "already know that [she] is an outsider‚" which confuses Waverly‚ because the Americanized Waverly cannot understand Lindo’s Chinese metaphors. Afterwards‚ as Waverly and her mother meet for coffee‚ Waverly remarks to Lindo that she "is her own person"‚ only
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“What’s the Matter with Kids Today?” is an article written by Amy Goldwasser‚ an author of young adult books. She has edited and written for various publications including‚ but not limited to Vogue magazine‚ The New York Times. Amy has been writing for many leading publishers for fifteen years. She currently lives in Manhattan where she teaches editing and writing in the Columbia Publishing Course and the Lower Eastside Girls Club. In this article‚ Goldwasser’s thesis is that although people think
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backgrounds. Discipline creates a label of parenting‚ by either being critiqued or accepted by others. One parent in particular‚ Amy Chua‚ makes her own label as a strict parent. In Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior by Amy Chua‚ the main focus is to show how Chinese parenting leads to stereotypically successful kids. A critic Victor Sherman assesses that “Chua’s premise that Chinese mothers raise ‘stereotypically successful’ children hinges on a limited definition of success‚ and‚ ultimately‚ this undermines
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In the article‚ “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior”‚ author Amy Chua discusses many of the morals of Chinese parents and what is ultimately behind the decisions they make for their children. She begins by acknowledging the stereotypes of Chinese parents‚ and she explains that she too fell into this category. The author explains how she did not permit certain activities for her daughters because they were not in their best interest. She further explains how being a Chinese parent applies to more
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learning. Effective communication often relies in the utilization of language. In a school setting‚ the medium of instruction often plays a fundamental role in the success of the teaching- learning process. The K-12 Curriculum emphasizes the use of mother tongue as a medium of instruction with the intent of improving the learners’ understanding. The familiarity of the language is purported to be a great factor in the pupils’ learning. A better understanding of lessons would also lead to the learners’ better
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The Grammar of Visual Design In the picture book ‘The Arrival’ by Shaun Tan‚ there is an image shown in chapter three on page 18 and 19 that illustrates a chaotic scene taking place involving four gigantic beings looming over a municipality that holds frightened citizens running for their lives. A technique that Tan has used is the viewpoint in which the illustration is placed. The citizens are drawn as minuscule‚ petrified objects cowering in terror contrasted against the huge‚ dark‚ mysterious
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