Speak Good English! How many times in your life or living in singapore have you heard this. Apparently, it is quite frequent, and it is something that our school and the leader of our country emphasized and enforced. However, have you ever wonder why do we need to speak good english? aint we all chinese, some malay and some indian. then shouldn't we speak our own mother tongue instead? What about this, since we are all singaporean, then let speak language.
Well, during lecture this week, our lecturer talked about culture imperialism. COuld this be the case? Since 85percent and more of our mass media( shows and entertainment is being imported and largely from amercia. Could this resulted us in putting too much emphasize on the speaking good english campaign and all? Or is there other reason.
Well, apparently, the reponse to my lecturer question is spontaneous. Not long later, someone mention the use of singlish. Why, does people view singlish as a low class or even no class thing. Aint we suppose to be proud of it?Being a singaporean, should we take pride in the language that we invented?
Well, that is an open-ended question. STILL IS!!! so you are welcome to give me your suggestions/comments and answers.
As for me, i guess, this might have something to deal with our history and the our media import. Firstly, we use to be a small colony of britain. Thus, this might influence us to speak english instead of our own langauge. SEcondly, although now that we are no longer a colony of someone else's country but due to our history influence and because our mass media depends largely on the import from america, thus, the mindset of must speak good english direcctly and indirectly affect us. This is one form of culture imperialism. OUr mass media screen shows imported from amercia and all, indirectly we are learning and accepting other people culture and soon we will forget our own culture, take on the one we always see on tv, and change our perception to thing. Well, i guess i am tired, i don't really know what i am rumbling about, however, i guess this is what we so called ' culture imperialism'.
If this is so, then i will have to ask, when will we import more chinese shows? So that culture imperialism will act on us again, we will become more chinese. SInce now, china is rising up. Is it beneficial and good for everyone.
Now, please watch the video and choose for yourself. Do you want to be a singaporean that speak singlish or english.
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And last but not ,and never going to be, least our lecturer.
