So apparently not everyone in Singapore was as impressed as I was with the little ang moh kids’ Mandarin on this ‘be heard in Mandarin’ campaign:
APPARENTLY. Seeing little ang moh kids on television, with Mandarin better than theirs, causes young Singaporean kids to feel inadequate about themselves.
Adversely, if I saw little Chinese kids speaking English better than me (which is not difficult, trust me) would I feel the same way?
How about those three year old calculus geniuses that pop up from time to time in India too? My life would be a ruin if I were to think… “Oh no! I’m supposed to have some fancy degree yet these little three year old Indian kids pwnz my maths any day!”



May 16, 2009 at 12:28 pm |
I don’t know. Having an ad entirely in Mandarin to encourage those who can’t speak Mandarin to learn Mandarin doesn’t seem to be a particularly effective path to take.
May 16, 2009 at 6:47 pm |
I am going to post these videos on my learning Chinese website.