An analysis of local press coverage pertaining to the speak good English movement between 1999 and 2014

• Main Author: Kubo Loh, Hidenobu
• Other Authors: Kingsley Bolton
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Sociolinguistics::Language policy; DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Sociolinguistics; DRNTU::Humanities::Language::Linguistics; DRNTU::Social sciences::Journalism::Reporting on public affairs and politics; DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Public opinion; DRNTU::Social sciences::Journalism::Social aspects
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/63432
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Speak Good English Movement (SGEM) is an annual initiative to promote the speaking of ‘correct’ or ‘standard’ English in Singapore. Previous research on the movement have focused on Singlish and not on the SGEM per se. The present study explores the arguments and ideologies that emerge in press...