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坚持双语,坚持到无人可用, 无法了解,无法与北京、新德里沟通。 何必自欺欺人?明明会中文,脸书却不见中文。

 坚持双语,坚持到无人可用,

无法了解,无法与北京、新德里沟通。

何必自欺欺人?明明会中文,脸书却不见中文。


其实,应该也包括吉隆坡和雅加达。我们的马来同胞友族朋友,虽然比华人和印度人更加维护和保留母语和文化,但是,掌握的程度和水准,严格说来,也无法了解马来西亚和印尼的政治、经济动态。

新加坡似乎已经成为一个为英语服务的社会,似乎不需要其他语言,就能够生存、发达、发财的地方。政府一再呼吁双语有多重要,似乎变成拉拢老一辈选民的政治手段。

政府坚持维持特选中学,事实上,今天的特选中学,如何和80年代设立的时候相比,更不用说和早期的华校相比。即使如此不堪的经营,社会上很多精英还是认为这些中学应该关门。不然,会影响新加坡的团结和前进。

国际货币基金组织、世界银行等组织已经肯定中国和印度将会是世界经济的火车头。50%的经济成长来自这两个国家;而亚太地区将带动70%的世界经济。

新加坡原本就有这些语言和文化优势。60年过去,我们坚持英语至上,取得经济奇迹,但是同时,我们也出现另一个奇迹,语言文化流失。英语以外的语言无用论,没有因为中国和印度的崛起,被纠正过来。

如果你看一看行动党议员的脸书,明明会中文,懂得母族文化,在社区活动,如卡拉OK,民生问题,廉价食物,猪肉供应,唱歌表演,咖啡店走访等等,几乎都是英文,其中还不三不四加入一些中文。

我们所谓坚持的双语,就是这个模样。一个与居民的对话,变得以英语为主,英语成了主要的沟通媒介,如何留得住根,做到身份认同。

无需自欺欺人,我们离单语社会不远了。



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