Who We Are
The Speak Good English Movement is helmed by a steering committee comprising academics, professionals and practitioners in Singapore as well as a secretariat.
The Speak Good English Movement in Singapore
The role of the Speak Good English Movement is to encourage Singaporeans to speak and write standard English and provide resources to learners who wish to improve their English.
The Speak Good English Movement recognises the existence of Singlish as a cultural marker for many Singaporeans.
We aim to help those who speak only Singlish, and those who think Singlish is English, to speak standard English.
It is important to understand the differences between standard English, broken English and Singlish.
To achieve all this, we wish to create an environment of good English in Singapore.
Chairman
Mr Jason Leow
Vice Chair & Head of APAC
Edelman Smithfield
Deputy Chairman
Associate Professor Ludwig Tan
School of Humanities and Behavioural Sciences (SHBS)
Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS)
Steering Committee Members
Mr Zulkifli Amin
Head (Adults), Service Development, Adults & Seniors Services
National Library Board (NLB)
Mr Ng Kai Yuan
Co-Founder
Our Grandfather Story
Ms Lee Su Shyan
Associate Editor
Straits Times, SPH
Dr Tay May Yin
Principal Master Teacher, English Language
English Language Institute of Singapore
Ms Chew Lee Ching
Managing Director
EthanEvan Pte Ltd
Mr Hairianto Diman
Presenter and Senior Producer, Channel News Asia (CNA)
MediaCorp Pte Ltd
Mr Shawn Hoo
Poet and Writer
Ms Sim Ee Waun
Publisher and Director
Pepper Dog Press
Mr Yong Shu Hoong
Director
Singapore Writers Festival
What We Do
We encourage Singaporeans to speak standard English, with the help of partners who run interesting programmes and develop learning content for the Movement.
Run Events & Programmes
Working with different partners every year, the Movement reaches out to Singaporeans from all walks of life. A wide range of workshops, seminars, contests and programmes all year round engages Singaporeans to improve their spoken English.
Co-Develop Learning Content
The Movement works with a variety of partners to develop audio lessons, phrases and English tips to help Singaporeans of various ages and needs to improve their English. These lessons and tips are popular with our readers, and we are always on the lookout for partners to collaborate with to produce more learning content.
Click here to download more information about the Movement.
The English Language
The English language is a complex one and the resources on this site are not intended to be exhaustive, but rather to illustrate common usage of the language.
To download English language tips, click on the following links:
Dr Ludwig Tan
Vice-Dean (School of Arts & Social Sciences)
SIM University
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