Securing the motherland through the mother tongue policy

Current debates pertaining to the Ministry of Education’s review of the teaching of mother tongues have been about Singaporean Chinese and their relationship with the Chinese language. However, the obstacles to strengthening inter-ethnic relations posed by the allocation of the mother tongue...

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Main Author: Chin, Yolanda
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Commentary
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/91101
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-911012020-11-01T07:53:53Z Securing the motherland through the mother tongue policy Chin, Yolanda S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Humanities::Language Current debates pertaining to the Ministry of Education’s review of the teaching of mother tongues have been about Singaporean Chinese and their relationship with the Chinese language. However, the obstacles to strengthening inter-ethnic relations posed by the allocation of the mother tongue Singaporeans learn in schools have not been given as much attention. 2011-01-13T08:36:15Z 2019-12-06T17:59:46Z 2011-01-13T08:36:15Z 2019-12-06T17:59:46Z 2010 2010 Commentary Chin, Y. (2010). Securing the motherland through the mother tongue policy. (RSIS Commentaries, No. 016). RSIS Commentaries. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/91101 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/6567 en RSIS Commentaries ; 016/10 3 p. application/pdf
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Securing the motherland through the mother tongue policy
description Current debates pertaining to the Ministry of Education’s review of the teaching of mother tongues have been about Singaporean Chinese and their relationship with the Chinese language. However, the obstacles to strengthening inter-ethnic relations posed by the allocation of the mother tongue Singaporeans learn in schools have not been given as much attention.
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