1) Do you speak* any dialect? If no, what language do you speak mainly and SKIP QUESTION 2 (*by speak, we mean ability to comprehend
and articulate)
Yes. Teochew and Hokkien
2) If yes, to whom? How do you rate your proficiency level? (comprehension only,
or plus articulation)
Friends, relatives
Teochew - fairly proficient
Hokkien - poor
3) Do you find that Mandarin is replacing the role of dialects in
places eg.
home/market/hawker centre? If yes, has Mandarin "diluted" your dialect? (eg. do you replace the words you can't say in dialect with Mandarin instead?)
Yes. I think its not only diluted by dialects but by all the different
kinds of lang that singaporeans are exposed to. Its a mixure of
all these different langs
4) What is your opinion of people who speak dialects?
cool
5) Given a chance, would you join classes provided for the learning
of your dialect?
Probably would.
6) If you have children of your own in the future, would you want
them to learn
your own (or any) dialect? Why and why not?
Yes. It's always good to learn another lang/dialect, even if its
not economical..hell Latin, hebrew, greek are all around...why
not hokkien and teochew.