Languages

Eight English teachers receive award for building students’ confidence in communication

Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education and National Development Syed Harun Alhabsyi (centre), flanked by ST editor Jaime Ho (in white shirt) and Speak Good English Movement chairman Jason Leow, with Inspiring Teacher of English Award recipients (from left) Benson Pang, Zheng Kankan, Wong Sui Lee, Lin Weijia Amanda, Rafidah Ridzuan, Chiu Yee Qian Millie, Sasha Kaur Dhillon and Foo Khim Youn Justina.

ST Signature Series

Speaking multiculturalism in Singapore – literally

One of the performances during the National Day Parade preview held at the Padang on Aug 1, 2015.

Forum: Language services should be a standard of medical care, not an act of goodwill

Dear You director’s Back To Love is the next Teochew film to get a Singapore cinema release

Family comedy Back To Love stars (from left) Zhong Shaoxian, Zheng Runqi and Lu Shan.

In the age of AI, some in China wonder if learning English is worth the trouble

Since the late 1970s, China has embraced teaching English as crucial to its efforts to open up to the rest of the world.

The sound of an identity: What makes the Singaporean accent unique?

Confusing ‘mum’ for ‘horse’: New book helps Chinese-language teachers tackle common errors by pupils

The book was launched on Sept 8 at the Singapore Centre for Chinese Language’s eighth international conference on teaching and learning Chinese.

‘Unlock your DNA’: More young S’poreans taking up dialect classes

Eldred Wee exposing his son Eden to Hainanese language and culture at the Hainan Business Chamber.

If we want our mother tongues to live, we need reasons to use them

ln Singapore, English became the language of academic advancement, social mobility and economic opportunity, says the writer.

Actor Mel Gibson apologises after mocking sign language interpreter onstage

Mel Gibson said there had not been “intended maliciousness” behind his behaviour.

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