49 sats \ 6 replies \ @Undisciplined 17 Aug \ on: Parent’s Corner: 大人 vs 小人 mostly_harmless
Will most of the kids at your son's school speak Mandarin?
The young generation these days learn Mandarin at school because we have a long-lasting bilingual policy, but they won’t use it with each other. I think 60% of all households use English at home, so children are more used to speaking Singlish to one another
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Is that in Taiwan, or Mainland China?
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We learn Simplified Chinese in Singapore, so we follow Mainland China’s style
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I just meant the "most households use English at home" bit. I find that incredible, and I'm certain it's not true for Mainland China. Singapore makes more sense. Still amazing, though.
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You mentioned your son being bilingual before. Is he trilingual now?
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To varying degrees, yes
His Japanese trumps mine though
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