Does learning your mother tongue still matter?
The Usual Place host Natasha Ann Zachariah hunts for new perspectives on issues that matter to young people.
HeyKaki content producer Zhang Xi Ying, Tamil Murasu’s branding and promotions executive C Aishwarya and Berita Harian’s deputy audience and growth editor Rabiatul Adawiya Binhan share their views with me on what it takes to be bilingual in Singapore now. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said in his Mandarin speech that he understood that the Chinese community is “very concerned” about the standard of Mandarin in Singapore.To begin with, Xi Ying and Aishwarya say, it’s now cool to be fluent in your mother tongue.She says: “But I see the perspective changing as I grow up, and more people are more open to Chinese. Now they’ll be like wow, you’re so good at Chinese… they’ll be impressed.
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