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Edits for the Speak Good English movement page

Added two more themes to the list as well as changed the wording in the paragraph preceding it:

Since 2003, the Speak Good English Movement has been launched annually with year-long programmes and activities held island-wide to increase the awareness among Singaporeans that speaking good English matters in their daily lives. Each year a different theme focusing on the target audience is created. The themes that were used in the campaign up until 2015 are:


 * 2000–2004: Speak Well. Be Understood.
 * 2005–06: Speak Up. Speak Out. Speak Well
 * 2006–07: Be Understood. Not only in Singapore, Malaysia and Batam
 * 2007–08: Rock Your World! Express Yourself
 * 2008–09: I Can
 * 2009–10: Impress. Inspire. Intoxicate.
 * 2010–11: Get it Right
 * 2011/12: How You Speak Makes A Difference
 * 2012/13: Make Good English Stick
 * 2013/14: 10 Tips to Improve Your English
 * 2014/15: Grammar Rules Matter. Use Good English

Criticisms:

The SGEM has received mixed reactions from its beginning; its strongest opponents have included linguists advocating that Singlish and Standard Singapore English are both legitimate varieties on a post-creole continuum. A complementary perspective to the SGEM are social commentators who are trying to advocate for Singlish as a form of national identity rather than something that needs to be erased from Singaporean cultural identity and heritage. In response, Liew Choon Boon, Director of the Arts & Heritage Development Division from the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts and Ho Peng, Director of Curriculum Planning and Development from the Ministry of Education, wrote in a letter published in The Straits Times on 12 December 2008:

Edits to Singlish Vocabulary page

Singlish is the English-based creole or patois spoken colloquially in Singapore. English is one of Singapore's official languages, along with Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil. Although English is the lexifier language, Singlish has its unique slang and syntax, which are more pronounced in informal speech. It is usually a mixture of English, Mandarin, Tamil, Malay, and other local dialects like Hokkien, Cantonese or Teochew. It is used in casual contexts between Singaporeans, but is avoided in formal events when certain Singlish phrases may be considered unedifying. Singapore English can be broken into two subcategories. Standard Singapore English (SSE) and Colloquial Singapore English (CSE) or Singish as many locals call it. The relationship between SSE and Singlish are viewed as a diglossia, in which SSE is restricted to be used in situations of formality where Singlish/ CSEi s used in most other circumstances.

Phonology:

Consonants used in Singlish vocabulary Vowels used in Singlish Vocabulary :