Trends in language, literacy and education in Singapore
Digitised Book 18.222.35.126 (0)
1984
Information About
This monograph is the second in a series of monographs sponsored and published by the Department of Statistics which was also responsible for conducting the 1980 Population Census of Singapore. It describes significant trends as suggested by the census data on education, literacy, language-speaking habits at home and exposure to languages used in the newspaper, television and radio.
Other issues in the series
Trends in language, literacy and education in Singapore
This monograph is the second in a series of monographs sponsored and published by the Department of Statistics which was also responsible for conducting the 1980 Population Census of Singapore. It describes significant trends as suggested by the census data on education, literacy, language-speaking habits at home and exposure to languages used in the newspaper, television and radio.
Additional Details
- Creators
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- Tay, Mary Wan Joo
- Subject
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- Language and culture--Singapore
- Literacy--Singapore
- Education--Singapore
- Language and languages
- Language and education--Singapore
- Singapore--Census, 1980
- Publisher
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- Dept. of Statistics, 1984
- National Library Board Singapore, 1984
- Contributors
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- Singapore. Dept. of Statistics
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, 16.09 MB, 136 p.
- Provenance
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- Table of Contents
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- an overview. 1.1 Definitions of language and related terms; 1.2 Classification of languages; 1.3 Types of information about language in censuses; 1.4 Limitations of census data on language; 1.5 Definitions of literacy; 1.6 Limitations of census data on literacy; 1.7 Definitions of bilingualism and bilingual ability; 1.8 Limitations of census data on bilingualism and bilingual ability -- 2. Trends in language. 2.1 Questions asked about language in the 1980 census; 2.2 Interpretation of data : key principles; 2.3 Analysis of data; 2.4 Implications for research on language-learning, language planning and language in education -- 3. Trends in literacy. 3.1 Questions asked about literacy in the 1980 census; 3.2 Principles of interpretation of data; 3.3 Analysis of data; 3.4 Literacy and language -- 4. Trends in education. 4.1 Questions asked about education in the 1980 census; 4.2 Principles of interpretation of data; 4.3 Analysis of data; 4.4 Education and languages spoken at home; 4.5 Education and literacy -- 5. Summary and recommendations. 5.1 Principles of interpretation; 5.2 Trends in language; 5.3 Trends in literacy; 5.4 Trends in education; 5.5 Future trends; 5.6 Recommendations -- Appendices. I. Sampling errors; II. Concepts and definitions; III. References.
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- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.