Speak Good English Movement

13 November 2009 – Few would connect mrbrown, best known for his hugely popular podcasts and blog posts punctuated with Singlish, to the Speak Good English Movement. Yet this year, the Movement engaged mrbrown to write a story to show that with good English, you can impress, inspire and intoxicate.

The Speak Good English Movement 2009 was officially launched today, marking its tenth year in encouraging Singaporeans to speak Standard English. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Mr Teo Chee Hean, was the Guest-of-Honour at the launch held at the Lasalle College of the Arts this afternoon. Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean urged

The Speak Good English Movement has a new tagline for the year – Impress. Inspire. Intoxicate. The key message for this year’s campaign is that speaking good English is about communicating well. Going beyond the use of correct grammar and accurate vocabulary, communicating well is about being able to express yourself better with the language