By Clarissa Oon, Senior Political Correspondent

PHARMACEUTICAL researcher Rachael Ang, 27, spends her Thursday evenings struggling to master Teochew. She barely speaks a word of it.

Her 80-year-old grandmother, on the other hand, lives, breathes and thinks in the Chinese dialect.

Ms Ang is among a growing number of young Chinese Singaporeans striving to add to their command of English and Mandarin by attending dialect classes conducted by several Chinese clan associations.

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