important but it 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
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we are at home‚ school‚ work‚ or even when we are with friends. When we were younger we are taught what is acceptable and not acceptable in different situations. Our behavior is influenced by what society dictates is normal and appropriate. An example of this structured way of thinking is the behavior expected when we go to church. In church people are expected to quietly listen and contemplate what the priest‚ minister‚ or leader is saying. There is no running‚ there definitely is no making loud
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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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discuss how articles‚ a “Mother Tongue‚” “Se Habla Espanol‚” and “At This Academy‚ the Curriculum is Garbage‚” are similar and different in many ways within violating equal rights. These essays have a common connection with people not being treated equally because of their occupation or culture‚ but equal rights are expressed differently in each article. The concept that every person is to be treated equally by the law is having equal rights. A “Mother Tongue‚” is about how Tan’s mother speaks “limited
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5 Questions About Having A Furrowed Tongue Do you have fissures or deep cracks on your tongue’s surface? This is known as a furrowed tongue‚ or also referred to as a scrotal tongue or fissured tongue. These are 5 questions you may have about this problem. What Are Signs of Having a Furrowed Tongue? When you have a furrowed tongue‚ you’ll notice that there are many deep grooves or cracks along the surface. The grooves are what make it possible for bacteria and food to become stuck in the surface‚
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Research Paper: English As A Global Tongue LanguageFree Language essays posted on this site were donated by users and are provided for informational use only. The free essay on this page was not written by our writers and should not be viewed as a sample of our writing service. We are neither affiliated with the author of this essay nor responsible for its content. If you need high quality‚ fresh and competent research / writing done on the subject of Language‚ use the professional writing service
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we are expected to follow what is supposed to be normal. We are supposed to conform and appear regular‚ If not you can be discriminated against. The discrimination of others plays a role in creating monsters in society. The monsters of society pose a problem where they cannot accept other for who they are. Influence of media and language being a barrier helps give a reason to discriminate and become a societal monster. In the story “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan her mother was a Chinese immigrant who
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A Personal Dialect In Amy Tan’s essay‚ “Mother Tongue‚” Tan expresses that she uses different versions of the English language depending on the type of relationship she shares with particular individuals. While Tan gave a speech to a group of people‚ she noticed a difference in her register of speech when she spoke to a group of people versus when she spoke to her mother. She noticed her use of “carefully wrought grammatical phrases” and “the forms of standard English that I had learned in school
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Forked Tongue Andrew had thought he saw smoke when he filled his jugs from the spring. The old farm had been abandoned for years‚ since the fire that burned the house to the ground. He wondered if what was left of the rotted barn was on fire. Andrew had put down his jugs and started through the line of trees into the field to get a better look. Half way through the acre of dead‚ waist high weeds he stopped. There were two men and a young woman ahead. The woman was laughing and yelled at one
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Introduction Background of the Study Language has always been vital in the effective transfer of 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
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