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Sunday, June 7, 2026

Chinese Dilemma - Part 3: Systemic Silence, Cultural Inertia, and the Cost to Future Generations

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  The pattern is unmistakable. Multiple outreach attempts to Chinese official channels—embassies, consulates, education ministries, and ev...
Saturday, June 6, 2026

Part 2: The Chinese Dilemma – Face Saving and the Pinyin/Bopomofo Standoff

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The core issue isn't just phonics or romanisation —it's a deep cultural and political reluctance to admit that a system introduce...
Friday, June 5, 2026

The Chinese Dilemma – Part 1: Face-Saving Culture and the Pinyin Problem

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  I have been learning Mandarin and have attained survival Mandarin and continuing my journey. Along the way, I have also spent consider...

Why Teachers, PhDs, and Even Skilled Readers Struggle to See the Real Cause of Reading Shutdowns

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  The Hidden Damage of Extraneous Sounds For years, I've argued that one of the main reasons many intelligent children shut down o...
Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Teaching a 5 1/2 year old boy to read

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Lena Loganathan, a dedicated teacher, started her reading program with a 5½-year-old boy. Inspired by his excellent progress in Lessons 1 an...
Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Bersama’s Bold Education Vision: Building Thinking Citizens from the Ground Up

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  Parti Bersama’s 12 agendas are ambitious, but three stand out immediately:   Agenda 3 (Universal Early Education), Agenda 5 (Dual ‑ Tr...
Sunday, May 31, 2026

QR Code in 'Teach your Child to Read'.

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Each chapter in my book, Teach your Child to Read , has a QR Code as shown above. Click on the QR Code and the lessons will be read for...