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Direct linkWee, Lionel – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2014
The state in Singapore has long insisted that Singaporeans be bilingual in English and an officially assigned ethnic mother tongue. English is to serve as the inter-ethnic lingua franca and facilitate economic competitiveness. The official mother tongue (Mandarin for the Chinese, Malay for the Malays, and Tamil for the Indians) is to serve as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Ethnicity
