Yesterday, a few of my friends and I gathered for a get-together during dinner. The food and company were excellent.
During the discussion, I mentioned that many Chinese teachers are teaching Pinyin wrongly causing many kids to shut down/disengage from learning to read.
One of my friends quickly retorted that this statement was uncalled for. We had a healthy discussion on this matter.
This morning the first Chinese lesson I listened to, coincidentally, relates to our discussion. This lesson was on an idiom which translated means eating whole dates. It is used to point out when a person accepts information without digesting and analysing it.
It relates to our discussion last night where my friend started retorting/defending without first asking what exactly I meant or was trying to impart.
Most people today, jump to attack or rebut without understanding the matter being discussed.
I am proud that China that was nowhere on the chart
some 40 years ago when Malaysia was among the top countries has now left
Malaysia far behind.This is an achievement beyond imagination.
However, my complaint is that China should ensure its citizens don’t teach Pinyin wrongly via social media. This affects the Malaysian teachers who learn from these teachers and in turn teach our students here wrongly. Several Chinese schools in Sabah are teaching Pinyin with Bopomofo sounds which is detrimental to students predisposed to shutting down.
Many students in China can't read in Pinyin and English because of teaching sounds wrongly.
Refer to my posts at:
https://www.dyslexiafriend.com/2024/07/pinyin-being-screwed-up-by-wuyue-may.html
and
https://www.dyslexiafriend.com/2024/07/teachers-from-china-screwing-up-pinyin.html
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