Firstly, the advantages that reducing the Mother Tongue weighting may have could be that students who are not as strong in Mother Tongue language can take this chance to focus more on the other subjects like English, which is known as the common language for communication among people in the world and with so many foreigners coming into Singapore to work, therefore having a good grasp of the English language is vital so that you can communicate effectively with them, which is why probably this idea was suggested in the first place. Socially, it would also be good in a sense such as it would encourage more students to take the English language more seriously so that they can communicate and write more effectively when they go out to the working world in the future as they would have a better command of the language and also reducing the dependency on using the Mother Tongue language everywhere for the students in the process.
However, in reducing the Mother Tongue weighting, individually, it is unfair to the students who are good in the subject, thus affecting their morale as they would not be as motivated to study the subject anymore. They would gradually lose all interest in the subject because through this idea of reducing Mother Tongue weighing, they are sending out the message that Mother Tongue is not as important as the other subjects and the students would think that "if they are not as important as the other subjects, why should I put more effort into studying this subject?" Therefore, this would send a very negative message to the students and about the subject. Socially, it would not be good as well as we would live in a society where everyone speaks the English Language and no one is speaking the Mother Tongue language, which would make the subject lose its purpose of communication and it may gradually die out and no one wants to see that day to come. It is because the Mother Tongue Language identifies who we are, what our culture is and symbolizes our race.
In conclusion, while reducing the weighting of the Mother Tongue language would lead to various benefits such as encouraging students to take the English Language(which is no doubt an important language for communication) more seriously, but you just can't do that as i feel that they would be sending the wrong message to students through this suggestion, morally and socially. I am sure everyone wants to live in a society where the presence of the Mother Tongue language is still there and wont die out easily, as well as communicating effectively through the use of the English Language.
WEI JIE
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