Spanish as 3rd language from 2014

SINGAPORE: From 2014, secondary school students would be able to take Spanish as a third language while junior college students can do so from 2018. The Ministry of Education (MOE) said it aims to develop a core group of Singaporeans to be proficient in Spanish to support Singapore's efforts in exploring new growth opportunities and forging partnerships with Spain, Latin America and other Spanish-speaking countries. Minister of State for Education Lawrence Wong announced this on Saturday at the opening of the second MOE Language Centre at Cairnhill Road. Mr Wong said the decision to offer Spanish is the result of an agreement on cultural, educational and scientific cooperation signed by Spain and Singapore during the official visit of former prime minister Zapatero of Spain in April 2011. MOE said having a ready pool of Singaporean Spanish speakers will facilitate and cont...

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@iZooDin » 02 Jun '12, 3pm
[link] SPANISH AS THIRD LANGUAGE BY 2014 O.O
@iZooDin » 02 Jun '12, 3pm
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@Pachoman » 30 May '12, 2am
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@CrowdAsia » 30 May '12, 1am
RT@ depaulz: Spanish, 3rd language to support efforts in exploring new opportunities in Spanish-speaking countries: [link]
@TwittedByYY » 27 May '12, 2am
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@fellyawe » 26 May '12, 1pm
My brother is in. Spanish as third language from 2014. CNA Connect: [link]
@jaeljmtang » 26 May '12, 11am
“@cnalatest: Spanish as 3rd language from 2014 [link]” // interesting move. PAP doesn't always get it wrong.
@maenadery » 26 May '12, 10am
RT @miyagi: Ho lah, hablas español boh? We got Singlish out of English, let's see what we do with Spanish. [link]
@RIVER1402 » 26 May '12, 10am
Spanish as third language from 2014 - Channel NewsAsia [link] so jealousssssssss
@miyagi » 26 May '12, 8am
Ho lah, hablas español boh? We got Singlish out of English, let's see what we do with Spanish. [link]
@burlesquemojo » 26 May '12, 8am
No harm learning worlds most spoken lingo RT @tocsg Spanish as 3rd language from 2014: SINGAPORE [link]
@depaulz » 26 May '12, 7am
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@Fordsterrr » 26 May '12, 7am
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@deeroshay » 26 May '12, 6am
Hah! RT @suehzr: Malay is now Singapore's third language. [link]
@HyQyle » 26 May '12, 6am
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Malay is now Singapore's third language. [link]
@rushhdee » 26 May '12, 6am
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@LimHuijuan » 26 May '12, 6am
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@OngWeiZhong » 26 May '12, 5am
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@studySingapore » 26 May '12, 5am
シンガポールの中学で第三言語としてスペイン語の選択が可能に。現在はフランス語、ドイツ語、日本語、アラビア語、インドネシア語、マレー語から選択 RT @cnalatest Spanish as 3rd language [link]
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遅い！So late! [link]
@anylanguage » 26 May '12, 4am
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