English in Singapore and Japan
INTRODUCTION
Have you ever heard “Singlish”? Singlish is English, spoken in Singapore. It has a strong accent of their languages. Singapore is a multiethnic county and people used to speak Chinese, Malay and English as their common language. The government of Singapore decided that English is their common language and tried making people speak English. People started to learn British English since Singapore was a colony of Britain from 1945 to 1965. However, people started to speak Singlish which has a strong accent of their own languages. On the other hand Japanese people also have a different accent of English.
Youtube Clips
Lessons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZCrLMUAMyE&feature=fvsr
Making fun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u2LRCJ_oFI&feature=related Lots of clips showing "good English" vs Singlish, possibly for school projects
Surveys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ess4LnyrhQU Singlish documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf38S97qg4A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avGVLw8-mfI&feature=related Talk show discussing whether Singlish is embarrassing
Singapore English
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110006994449
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/40016649593
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/40005724141
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110000985671(need to order)
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110006232951(need to order)