Speak Good English Movement

Media Coverage 2009/10

Media coverage on the Speak Good English Movement for the year.

• Print Coverage
• Broadcast Coverage
• Online Coverage

Print Coverage

Print Coverage

Date	Publication	Clipping
1 Jun 2010	My Paper	Radio shows can help banish Singlish (PDF, 117KB)
25 May 2010	My Paper	Citizens must play a part in banishing Singlish (PDF, 87KB)
21 May 2010	My Paper	Here’s your online English teacher (PDF, 119KB)
21 May 2010	My Paper	Be a Grammar Ninja, give bad english the kick (PDF, 216KB)
03 May 2010	The Straits Times	Shanghai must master English to be top banking hub (PDF, 124KB)
20 Apr 2010	TODAY	More Initiatives to Better English Speaking Skills (PDF, 68.9KB)
14 Apr 2010	The Straits Times	Heroine With Local Accent (PDF, 236KB)
18 Mar 2010	TODAY	Good English begins at work (PDF, 92.4 KB)
12 Mar 2010	My Paper	Be a Grammar Ninja (PDF, 141KB)
10 Mar 2010	TODAY	New English Language Institute Coming Up (PDF, 91.8KB)
18 Feb 2010	My Paper	Nominations open for English teacher award (PDF, 62.2KB)
8 Feb 2010	The Straits Times	How to beat campaign fatigue among youths (PDF, 1.18MB)
7 Jan 2010	The Straits Times	What makes Singaporeans happy (PDF, 923KB)
6 Jan 2010	TODAY	Polytechnics unleash new offerings (PDF, 829KB)
4 Jan 2010	Sin Ming Daily	Simplified Words on the Internet (PDF, 261KB)
19 Dec 2009	The Business Times	Speak Good English message spreads to sign makers (PDF, 331KB)
18 Dec 2009	My Paper	Fix that sign:Here are the winners (PDF, 790KB)
15 Dec 2009	The Straits Times	Spot anything wrong in this notice? (PDF, 926KB)
14 Dec 2009	The Straits Times	Forget Singlish, polish your English (PDF, 880KB)
10 Dec 2009	My Paper	Dry or wet? (PDF, 471KB)
3 Dec 2009	TODAY	Only if they speak English (PDF, 561KB)
23 Nov 2009	My Paper	National campaigns go digital (PDF, 635 KB)
20 Nov 2009	TODAY	Satisfaction not guaranteed (PDF, 865KB)
19 Nov 2009	The Straits Times	New book a Primer for better English (PDF, 1.27MB)
18 Nov 2009	TODAY	Frontline staff not to blame (PDF, 642 KB)
14 Nov 2009	TODAY	Local blogger shows good English can be entertaining too (PDF, 149KB)
12 Nov 2009	The Straits Times	Don’t play the blame game (PDF, 278KB)
07 Nov 2009	The Straits Times	Have English standards really fallen? (PDF, 2.79MB)
07 Nov 2009	The Straits Times	Going back to basics of effective English-language learning (PDF, 726KB)
06 Nov 2009	NTUC This Week	STU word warriors stop butchery of English Language (PDF, 2.25MB)
12 Oct 2009 19 Oct 2009 26 Oct 2009 2 Nov 2009	The Straits Times (A four-part series on Speak Good English Movement by The Straits Times)	Signs of bad English (PDF, 1.16MB) Tourists more forgiving of bad English (PDF, 782KB) Clinical English (PDF, 843KB) Getting it right in campus notices (PDF, 745KB)
23 Oct 2009	The Straits Times	Thanks for spicing up English lessons (PDF, 735KB)
23 Oct 2009	My Paper	Poetry rock hard? Not do (PDF, 951KB)
19 Oct 2009	Lianhe Zaobao	Learn if you can’t understand (PDF, 491KB)
11 Oct 2009	The Sunday Times	Here’s the Wikipedia of English (PDF, 831KB)
04 Oct 2009	The Sunday Times	Good diction? It’s as easy as BBC (PDF, 1.3MB)
04 Oct 2009	The Sunday Times	Revamping how English is taught (PDF, 903KB)
01 Oct 2009	The Straits Times	Shun Singlish or lose out on global stage (PDF, 431KB)
01 Oct 2009	The Straits Times	Reality Check (PDF, 165KB)
29 Sep 2009	The Straits Times	Teachers can’t do it alone (PDF, 386KB)
28 Sep 2009	The Straits Times	Let students have a taste of good Standard Singapore English (PDF, 172KB)
26-27 Sep 2009	Weekend TODAY	How to not be understood (PDF, 302KB)
23 Sep 2009	My Paper	Newscasters’ role in language debate (PDF, 137KB)
22 Sep 2009	The Straits Times	Make it ‘can write, can speak’ (PDF, 523KB)
22 Sep 2009	TODAY	Parents root of problem? (PDF, 358KB)
20 Sep 2009	The New Paper on Sunday	Singlish: Bad English but good for communication (PDF, 248KB)
19 Sep 2009	The New Paper	Internet Hot Bites: Comments on the use of Singlish (PDF, 100KB)
19 Sep 2009	The Straits Times	Speaking good English: What schools are doing
19 Sep 2009	The Straits Times	Speak better, please. (PDF, 100KB)
19 Sep 2009	The New Paper	Women help women bridge barrier to English (PDF, 835KB)
17 Sep 2009	My Paper	English language courses for new migrants (PDF, 657KB)
13 Sep 2009	The New Paper on Sunday	She works hard to improve her English (PDF, 174KB)
13 Sep 2009	The Sunday Times	Who are you to laugh at me? (PDF, 3.43MB)
13 Sep 2009	The Sunday Times	How come talk like dat? (PDF, 2.04MB)
31 Aug 2009	Straits Times	Troubled teens ask for help if they don’t have to speak. (PDF, 2.01MB)
31 Aug 2009	Straits Times	All that Twitters is not good English (PDF, 1.97MB)
29 Aug 2009	Straits Times	Signs with good English please! (PDF, 748KB)
29 Aug 2009	Lianhe Zaobao	Upping the notch when it comes to speaking standard English (PDF, 154KB)
29 Aug 2009	The New Paper	Wanted: Signs with good English (PDF, 556KB)
29 Aug 2008	Tamil Murasu	English is essential and important towards the growth of the republic (PDF, 148KB)
25 Aug 2009	Straits Times	Getting youth all a-Twitter over speaking Good English (PDF, 191KB)
25 Aug 2009	The New Paper	Good English campaign goes on social networking sites (PDF, 179KB)
25 Aug 2009	TODAY	When Good English goes futher (PDF, 885KB)
25 Aug 2009	My Paper	New media to get youths to speak English well (PDF, 679KB)
25 Aug 2009	Lianhe Zaobao	Survey shows that young people have no motivation to learn how to speak proper English (PDF, 307KB)
25 Aug 2009	Lianhe Wanbao	Focus of this year’s Speak Good English Movment is on using standard English to express oneself clearly (PDF, 792KB)
25 Aug 2009	Tamil Murasu	New methods to encourage people to speak good English. (PDF, 560KB)

Online Coverage

Online Coverage

Date	Website	Clipping
24 Nov 2009	Omy.sg	National campaigns go digital (PDF, 297KB)
19 Nov 2009	CNNGo.com	Video: John & Leng’s big fat fake wedding
14 Nov 2009	Yahoo! News	SGEM engages mrbrown to write story showcasing good English (PDF, 58.8 KB)
14 Nov 2009	ChannelNewsAsia.com	SGEM engages mrbrown to write story showcasing good English
14 Nov 2009	938 Live Online	Blogger known for Singlish asked to write story about good English
22 Oct 2009	AsiaOne	Ten receive awards for inspired teaching (PDF, 333KB)
22 Oct 2009	Omy.sg	Teacher uses songs to teach English (PDF, 379KB)
22 Oct 2009	Straits Times Interactive	They jazz up lessons (PDF, 207KB)
13 Oct 2009	TODAY Online	Online only : Singlish is a “cultural bridge” (PDF, 286KB)
30 Sep 2009	Straits Times Interactive	Teachers do their best in correcting poor English (PDF, 209KB)
19 Sep 2009	Straits Times Interactive	Keeping Singlish by the bay (PDF, 600KB)
18 Sep 2009	TODAY Online	Raise standard of English: Ng Eng Hen (PDF, 358KB)
18 Sep 2009	Straits Times Interactive	Focus on Oral Skills (PDF, 188KB)
17 Sep 2009	The Central News Agency	New language institute aims to raise standard of English (PDF, 202KB)
28 Aug 2009	Razor TV	Speak Good English Movement Launch (Part 1)
28 Aug 2009	Razor TV	Speak Good English Movement Launch (Part 2)
28 Aug 2009	Razor TV	Speak Good English Movement Launch (Part 3)
28 Aug 2009	Razor TV	Interview with DPM Teo Chee Hean
25 Aug 2009	Yahoo News	SGEM aims to get youths intoxicated with language (JPG, 384KB)
25 Aug 2009	Zaobao.com	Survey findings show that youth lack motivation to speak standard English (JPG, 388KB)
25 Aug 2009	AsiaOne.com	New Media to get youths to speak English well (PDF, 406KB)
24 Aug 2009	ChannelNewsAsia.com	Speak Good English Movement aims to get youth intoxicated with language (PDF, 190KB)
24 Aug 2009	Straits Times Interactive	Campaign targets youth (PDF, 410KB)