Children Literacy: Although Singapore has a 94.2% of literacy and ranked 107 worldwide, but how well do people actually write and speak?

Survey published on pollograph.com, and summary graciously shared by Asatoka. It has been running since 28th Feb'10.

1. Which age group are you from?

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Total
below 101 (4%)
11 - 170 (0%)
18 - 2123 (92%)
22 - 300 (0%)
31 - 401 (4%)
above 400 (0%)
Total responses: 25

2. How do you rate literacy in Singapore?

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Total
Excellent!3 (12%)
Good15 (60%)
Average6 (24%)
Poor1 (4%)
Bad!0 (0%)
Total responses: 25

3. Do you think good exploration of literacy at a young age should be encouraged?

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Yes25 (100%)
No0 (0%)
Total responses: 25

4. Do you think Singaporen children express their thoughts clear enough through words(both verbal and written)?

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Total
Yes12 (48%)
No13 (52%)
Total responses: 25

5. Does literacy affects one's confidence? (e.g. Singaporean kid does not have the confidence to speak up because of poor literacy)

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Total
Yes25 (100%)
No0 (0%)
Total responses: 25

6. Do you think students are applying the knowledge learnt from school well in their daily lives? (writing letters, blogging, etc…) yes or no, and why

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Total responses: 25

7. What do you think affects children in not doing well in literacy?

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Summary of Statistics

Total
Video Games6 (24%)
Instant Messaging (Msn, Sms)15 (60%)
Online blogging7 (28%)
Television Programmes1 (4%)
Parents5 (20%)
School/Teachers3 (12%)
Others6 (24%)
Total responses: 25

8. Looking from your answer in Qn 7, please write down your answer here again and explain your choice.

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9. How do you think by having poor level of literacy since young, will it affect the children’s lives in long term? (less job opportunities, social problems, etc...)

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10. Do you think that Singlish plays a big role in affecting the children's improvement in literacy?

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Yes18 (72%)
No7 (28%)
Total responses: 25

11. Do you think the level of literacy of the children affects their fluency of the language? (yes or no, and why?)

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12. How effective are the “Speak Good English Movement” and “Speak Mandarin” campaigns working on Singaporeans?

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Total
Very effective1 (4%)
Effective1 (4%)
Average, it's not strong enough to convince me to change.14 (56%)
Not working, but i hope to learn more about it.0 (0%)
Not working, and i don't want to know about it.9 (36%)
Total responses: 25