Glocalisation, English and Singlish: Creating a Singaporean Identity

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Prakash, Pravin
• مؤلفون آخرون: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• التنسيق: Commentary
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2016
• الموضوعات: Country and Region Studies; Non-Traditional Security; Southeast Asia and ASEAN; Singapore and Homeland Security
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81330; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40753

The English versus Singlish debate reflects an element of the social fabric of Singapore. The concept of glocalisation brings a deeper understanding to a weak argument on Singlish’s role and imperative for competence in English. The need to redouble efforts at teaching Standard English is underlined.