[lg policy] Malaysia: Was Chinese wrongly taught for 30 years?

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From: : edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


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."



Full story:

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/features/44861-was-chinese-wrongly-taught-for-30-years


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