Glocalisation, English and Singlish: Creating a Singaporean Identity

• 主要作者: Prakash, Pravin
• 其他作者: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• 格式: Commentary
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2016
• 主題: Country and Region Studies; Non-Traditional Security; Southeast Asia and ASEAN; Singapore and Homeland Security
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81330; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40753
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

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...