Nowadays,elementaryandsecondaryschoolsaretryingtheirbesttopromoteMandarin,whilesomedialectsarepushedaside.Inrecentyears,theargumentabouttheabolitionandprotectionofCantonesehasbeenexistedconstantly.TheprincipalofZhuhaiBoaiKindergarten,ChenShouhongsaidthatshewenttoBeichuan,Sichuanprovinceforinvestigationin2009foundthatthelocalQiangethnicchildrencanonlyspeakalittletheirlocallanguage,andmostofthemcouldn’twrite.ThisremindsherofCantonese;remindsthegraduallossofsouthernCantoneseculture.
目前中小学校大力推广普通话,一些地方方言反被晾在了一边。近年来,关于粤语存废与保护的争论一直不断。珠海博爱幼儿园园长陈守红说,她2009年到四川的北川考察,发现当地羌族孩子对本民族语言只会说一点点了,并且绝大部分小孩已不会书写。这种现象让她联想到粤语,让她联想到岭南文化的逐渐流失。
ChenShouhongrealizedthattoprotectthelocalcultureshouldgrabfrombabyinanexchangingmeetingofCantonesecultureinheritancewiththeCantoneseArtists.Boaikindergartenwillholdafestivaleveryyear.TointroduceCantoneseopera,childrenhavetolearnCantonese.SoChenShouhongdecidedtostartteachingCantonese.
在一次与粤剧艺人交流粤文化传承时,陈守红意识到,保护本土文化应该从娃娃抓起,博爱幼儿园每年要举办一次戏剧节,如果引进粤剧,必须让孩子学会粤语。因此陈守红决定:开始粤语教学。
ChenShouhongsaidthataccordingtotheeducationdepartment,ZhuhaiBoaikindergartenisstillmainlyteachingMandarinatpresent.
陈守红说,根据教育部门规定,目前珠海博爱幼儿园小朋友的教学依然以普通话为主,粤语将通过其他有趣的方式让小朋友接触。
Zhuhaiisanimmigrantcity.ManyfamiliesarespokenMandarin,andchildrenalsogrowupinthiscontext.
珠海是一座移民城市,不少家庭讲的是普通话,小孩从小也在这种语境下长大。
ForthephenomenonthatZhuhaiBoaikindergartenteachesCantonese,thesupportiveparentsaremore.OneparentthinksthatlearnCantoneseisnotonlylearningthelocalculture,butalsoletchildrenlearnalanguageskill.Itisgoodforthekids,nomattertheywilllifeinGuangdongorgoabroadinthefuture.ButtherearealsosomeparentsworriedaboutitwouldbeastressforthekidstolearnMandarin,English,andCantonese.
对于珠海博爱幼儿园开展粤语教学,持支持态度的家长比较多。一位家长认为,学习粤语除了可以了解本土文化,更重要的是让孩子掌握一项语言技能。无论今后孩子在广东生活还是出国,都有益处。但也有家长担忧,现在小孩既学普通话,又学英语,再学粤语,是否成为一种压力?