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Friday, May 14, 2010
Mother Tongue has always been a language that all of us have to learn and speak since young. Yet now, the Ministry Of Education ( MOE ) are having thoughts on making some changes to the weighting of Mother Tongue in the Primary School Leaving Examination ( PSLE ). People are arguing over the suggestion made by the MOE. However, there is an advantage and disadvantage to everything. Right now, people are blinded by their own decision. For every decision made, there will be consequences. Is Singapore ready to handle the consequences? Why will making the change bring about benefit to us, be it in the present, or in the future? You have to agree, by changing the weighting of Mother Tongue in the PSLE, students who don’t excel in it will have an easier time as they can spend lesser time studying it and this allows them to have more time for other subjects. However, only minority of students are bad at Mother Tongue language, some can be really good at it and this allows them to have a slight edge over those who are not. With this, you have to agree that, as quoted from the passage, ‘PSLE should reward those who work hard to excel in Mother Tongue, not 'punish' them by reducing its weighting’. If MOE goes ahead with their decision, these students would be at a disadvantage as their good results will not be recognised anymore. What will the consequences be if PSLE reduces the weighting of Mother Tongue language? Students will not strive hard to do well in that subject because they know that it is not as important as other subjects like Mathematics, Science and English. As they grow up, their Mother Tongue will only be sub-standard, because they will believe that even though they may not be able to speak well in their Mother Tongue language, they can always speak in English. How about in years to come, will Mother Tongue be a foreign language to our descendents? We have to admit it, if we start neglecting the importance of Mother Tongue, it will be a foreign language to our descendents. What if we think of Mother Tongue as a heritage? This heritage of ours, will soon be history if our people don’t try and brush up on their own Mother Tongue language now! Going overseas to do business transactions are normal in Singapore. China, especially, is a place that is frequented by businessmen all over the world due to the cheap rent for factories and land and the huge population that can be used as labourers. The common language used for communication is Chinese. By reducing the weightings of Mother Tongue, Chinese students will have a communication barrier if they were to do business at China. Reason is simple, because as Chinese no longer hold a high weighting in PSLE, people will take it for granted. Either it will be forgotten, or people will only understand the basics of it. Start standing by your own Mother Tongue, don’t let it be a forgotten language! - MELISSA.
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