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Sociological Imagination Timeline
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Davini Dav
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22 Sep 2017
Events
PSLE introduced
Tamil language compulsory second language for Indian students
English as first language and main medium of instruction
Mother Tongue not considered for points for admission into local universities
Speak Good English Movement
English Language Elective Programme
English most common home language
10.5% of Indian Singaporeans regard Malay as their home language
Bilingualism policy
88.3% of the Indian community spoke Malay
My grandparents raised my mother speaking Malay
This national examination posed a challenge for my Tamil language acquisition
Though this policy made my parents bilingual, its effect on me diminished as I became monolingual
My race determined my Mother Tongue
The need to learn Mother Tongue diminished
My parents relaxed their emphasis on the need to be proficient in Tamil
My family and I became more prescriptivist in English
My mother spoke with my grandparents in Malay at home
I decided to pursue English Linguistics
My family spoke English at home from birth
