The young generations have made their choice to speak their language. Non of the above, but…..DIALECT
Kudos to them all.
An article featured in the Straits Times Monday June 4, 2012:
Building bridges with elderly through dialects By Sarah Giam,
mentioned that what started as a school project: visiting elderly people in their one room flats has got Kenneth Leong hooked on dialect.
Now, he and his team of volunteers;
‘has held more than 10 workshops at which they share their volunteering experience with primary and secondary school students.’
During these workshops, they taught simple phrases in Hokkien, which were compiled into a 59-page book in 2010. It includes Hokkien phrases, games that the young can play with the elderly, and chords for classic songs.
Armed with similar objective of wanting to help volunteers or the public pick up basic dialect, students from The National University of Singapore’s Community Service Club, Chinese cultural organisations have been organising lessons as well.
Teochew Poit Ip Huay Kuan, says
‘since 2003, young Singaporean have made up about a third of those taking their Teochew classes’.
