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我国华文教育失败的症结
作者:王昌伟 (任教于新加坡国立大学中文系) 据报章报道,李光耀资政认为政府早年在推行双语政策时走错了方向,那是因为他错误地以为,只要智力相同,人们就能学好两种语文。 其实在我国,即使不是每个人都能精通双语 (bilingual),能学好两种语文的人为数并不少。根据个人的观察,在我们这一代受过大专教育的人当中,精通华文的人一般也能自如地使用英文,但精通英文的人却往往无法有效使用华文。问题的关键,不在于华文比英文难学,而在于我国华文教育的失败。 我们的双语政策的确是走错了方向,但我认为问题并不出在我们高估了学生同时掌握双语的能力,而恰恰是我们在华文的学习方面,太过“纵容”学生,太过为他们“着想”。 李资政经常以他学习华文的经历作为例子,说明一个人不可能同时精通两种语言,那我也想谈谈自己学习双语的经历。我的华文程度和李资政的英文程度一样,都达到母语(native...

Dr Chee Soon Juan’s foreign liaisons: an act of patriotism or treachery?
Written by our Correspondent Singapore opposition politician Dr Chee Soon Juan is not new to controversy and this time round he managed to get himself in the spotlight both at home and abroad again for a series of damning interviews he gave to U.S. radio stations castigating the Singapore government for its "political repression"...
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