But while some are overenthusiastic, others are consciously or unconsciously playing down mother-tongue instruction, fearing that teaching dialect "goes against national policy." A few years ago when policies were still unclear, some schools already took the lead in providing mother-tongue schooling, but they did it furtively, not daring to publicize it.
相對於「做得過火」，也有人有意無意地漠視，深怕教方言就會「違反國家政策」，幾年前政策還不明朗時，曾有學校先自行開設母語教學課，但都是偷偷摸摸的，還不敢公開張揚。