Should you improve your command of English
or
learn more languages?

Alex talked with Kai, Vernon, Kevin, and myself last month, for the Limpeh Is Foreign Talent V-log series. We had a very interesting, open and unscripted discussion on many topics related to: Singlish, accents, languages, and pronunciation.

Featuring

• Kai – Linguist, Polyglot, Language Guru (Finland)
• Vernon – Writer, researcher (Singapore)
• Kevin – English Literature Academic
• Rob – IT guru, Engineer, Founder of Eureka Languages (UK)

Enjoy the video below

Topics discussed:

• Introduction to oral communications in Singapore Schools
• Problems with maintaining proper pronunciation
  • Singlish – Peer pressure – A lot of students are influenced by their friends to maintain the Singlish pronunciation, rather than the received Pronunciation (RP).
• What can teachers do? How are out-of-school influences hindering English pronunciation?
• Code-switching – Respect the code in which you are delivering to. Know when to switch.
• Accents and snobbery
• The best English accent to have for global communications.
• Can Angmohs understand Singlish?
• Should we be spending money on improving one’s English or Learning a foreign language?