Some of you might have read the newspaper article. MOE has proposed a drop in the weightage of Chinese Language in examinations. It has sparked off a lively debate between teachers, the public, and of course, the students.
My take on this is it there are pros and cons to this proposal. Listed below are the main points of concern:
PROS:
- Students who are weak in Chinese but good in other subjects would not have their progress hindered by this intimidating (and in their view, boring) subject
- Students would not get their English and Chinese "sentence format" mixed up in their compositions
- Students can focus more on English, a widely used language around the world
CONS:
- People would be less bilingual
- Chinese heritage would be lost along with the Chinese language
- Students who actually interested in Chinese would not have a chance to learn it as deeply as before
All in all, I disagree with MOE's decision to lower the weightage of Chinese as we, Chinese ourselves are slow ly adapting to habits of the West, and if the weightage of Chinese is lowered, we might lose our "roots" in the Chinese heritage
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