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Timeline (expansion of visa privileges) No historical visa requirements: Brunei (visa-free); Indonesia (visa-free); Ireland (visa-free); Schengen Area (European Union + Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway, San Marino, Switzerland, and Vatican City; applies to Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, and Romania; excludes Ireland) (visa-free); United Kingdom (visa-free)
The Speak Mandarin Campaign (SMC; traditional Chinese: 講華語運動; simplified Chinese: 讲华语运动; pinyin: Jiǎng Huáyǔ Yùndòng) is an initiative by the Government of Singapore to encourage the Chinese Singaporean population to speak Standard Mandarin Chinese, one of the four official languages of Singapore.
Many online courses in Standard Mandarin, Standard Cantonese and some other varieties are available through commercial, governmental and nonprofit websites catering to speakers of English and over a hundred other languages. [38] Free and Paid-for courses are also offered via podcasts. Software is also available to help students pronounce, read ...
The government adopted Mandarin Chinese as one of the four official languages in Singapore and it is mandatory that the Chinese population in Singapore learn Mandarin Chinese as their mother tongue in schools. In addition, the government launched the Speak Mandarin Campaign to promote the prestige of Mandarin Chinese against other Chinese ...
The Goh Report, an evaluation of Singapore's education system by Dr. Goh Keng Swee, claimed that less than 40% of the student population managed to attain the minimum level of competency in two languages. [1] The Government then alleged that learning of Mandarin amongst the Singapore Chinese was hindered by the home use of various varieties of ...
The Singapore government has admitted to using the wrong teaching methods to teach languages in the past; particularly with regards to its efforts in encouraging bilingual proficiency. In the past, with constant review of the curriculum, the government has admitted the flaws lying in their bilingual policy, pointed out by Lionel Wee: [2]
The visa policy of Singapore deals with the requirements a traveller must meet to enter Singapore. A foreign national, depending on their country of origin, must meet certain requirements to obtain a visa, which is a permit to travel, to enter and remain in the country. A visa may also entitle the visa holder to other privileges, such as a ...
Hokkien (Min Nan) briefly emerged as a lingua franca among the Chinese, [5] but by the late 20th century it had been eclipsed by Mandarin. The Government promotes Mandarin among Singaporean Chinese people, since it views the language as a bridge between Singapore's diverse non-Mandarin speaking groups, and as a tool for forging a common Chinese ...