On the issue of teaching methods, many English-educated people seemed to think that Chinese teachers are an old-fashioned lot of strict disciplinarians who only make students learn by rote methods.

• 有关华文教学法这一类，我该补充说，许多英文教育者一向以为华文老师都是严肃的、呆板的，只会命令学生死背书的一群老古板教师。