Malaysia: Was Chinese wrongly taught for 30 years?

[Francis Hult]

The Malaysian Insider

 

Was Chinese wrongly taught for 30 years? 

 

For Chinese Singaporeans who had struggled with their mother tongue in school, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's recent remarks that bilingual education had proceeded on the wrong assumptions for 30 years were a breath of fresh air.

 

One of those who felt vindicated was Andrew Koh, 43, who studied at an English-stream mission school.

 

It was there where he developed "a phobia of the Chinese language, no thanks to the rigid way it was taught", says Koh. "I am sure we all feel vindicated by MM Lee's acknowledgement and now know that it is not because we are intellectually inferior." 

 

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