SINGAPORE: When Talking Point host Steven Chia recently engaged in a session of Mandarin storytelling, the class barely looked attentive, let alone able to understand him. Its participants were aged ...

The literature review discusses mother tongue-based bilingual or multilingual education for children starting in early childhood. The report: (1) informs policy-makers of existing research and ...

Primary education in mother tongue can boost children's self-esteem and creativity and it should be made the primary medium of instruction at least until Class 5, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said ...

Families can look forward to an enriching experience for their children at the MOE Mother Tongue Languages Symposium 2023 on Aug 26, with free admission to fun activities that teach Chinese, Malay, ...

An author, Mr Tony Olaniji, has advocated the teaching of children in the mother tongue, saying such will improve literacy. Olaniji, at the presentetion of his book, ‘Kíyèsi – A Collection of African ...

SINGAPORE - Young children and their parents can soon read more books in the mother tongue languages at public libraries or by using an application on their mobile phones. Under a new deal between ...