Greetings, it's me, AAL Svperstar again~ -waves-
I would like to bring up something regarding why English remains important in Singapore, regardless of whether China is a rising economy or not.
Even if in the next 1o years, China will be better than USA's economy, we still cannot emphasise it as the language we should use. Do you know what is the purpose of English being used in Singapore? It is not because we were once a British colony (Think Sri Lanka's national language being Sinhala after independence). Rather, it is because it is the linking language amongst the different races in Singapore. English is used basically is because of the fact that it gives no one an advantage over others because we are non-native English speakers.
Even if Mandarin's gonna an important language, it's not going to happen in just 10 years. English will continue to be the most widely used language.
Also, I would like to ask you guys a question: are liannies only bad in English? More often than not, they are bad in both languages. They struggle with BOTH English and Mandarin or their respective mother tongues. If one were to be an epic-failure in English, and also is horribly bad in their mother tongue, where are they going to be? If they decide to not take part in the global competition and stuff, well, I guess go ahead, fail English :D
Okay, that's all folks! Thanks for tuning in!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers
Mandarin is the most spoken language worldwide (:
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