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Monday, July 5, 2010
To Implement Multi-lingual Education in the Philippines
Final paper for ENG2
The Multi-lingual Education and Literacy Act of 2008 should be approved by the Philippine government for the good of the Filipino students. This house bill will help the students develop the of use the national language of the Philippines, Filipino and their native language, as well. It will also help the students to understand their lessons, their teachers and their classmates better by speaking in their common native language. Also, multi-lingual education is flexible for the different capacities and abilities of the students. At the same time, the use of English will be enhanced by the students for global competitive reasons. This bill would also enhance bilingualism and multilingualism of the Filipinos also for local competitive reasons. The approval of the act establishing a multi-lingual education and literacy program would be good for the Filipino students.
Filipino students would be able to develop their skills in speaking the national language and their respective native languages. Beals and Hoijer define language as “a way of speaking, distinct in every culture.” (as cited in Lardizabal, 1985, p. 154) Filipino language is the identification of the Filipinos and for them to be distinct and known, they should be able to speak their national language well and correctly. (Lardizabal, 1985, p. 160) It should be delivered sincerely, proudly and whole-heartedly. Consequently, their respective native languages which are also their first languages should not be forgotten. Practice and constant use of the national language and the native languages is the best way to carry out these things. Doronila (1989) said, “Are our schools educating Filipino
children to be Filipinos?” It is a job for the school to teach Filipino students how to be good Filipino citizen. Using the languages in school, which is the second home of the students and where they spend most of their time, is one good way to practice these languages. Through this, the skills of the Filipino students in speaking the national language and their respective native languages will be enhanced.
The implementation of this bill would also make it easier for the students to understand their lessons, their teachers and their classmates better by speaking in their common native language. Dr. Dina Ocampo, a professor in the University of the Philippines Diliman’s College of Education, said that without language models such as teachers who are skilled enough to teach English, there is no way that a child can efficiently learn a foreign language. (as cited in Gamalinda, 2006, para. 5) Accordingly, it would also be difficult for students to use English as a medium of instruction in education if they do not have enough knowledge about the foreign language. “… If you really want the Philippines to have a high functional literacy, let’s use the regional languages, the mother tongue of the children in giving them the education that they need. No amount of textbooks, classrooms, teacher training and computers will lift the quality of education if you’re using the wrong language,” Gunigundo explained. (as cited in Barawid, 2009, para. 13) Dr. Ricardo Ma. Nolasco, associate professor, UP Department of Linguistics and is also a board member of the Linguistic Society of the Philippines and the adviser for multilingual education initiatives of the Foundation for Worldwide People Power Inc. also said that to have a quality education in the Philippines, it is best to use the first language of the children and build a foundation of the Filipino and English language as they grow up. (as cited in Barawid, 2009, para. 15-17) Establishing this quality education in the Philippines would require the students’ good performances in their studies thus, the language used would be very helpful for them to perform better in classes. It would be easier for them to express themselves. It would also be easier for them to communicate with their schoolmates, ask questions and interact with one another if they are using their first language. It would be easier for the students to understand their lessons, teachers and classmates by speaking through their common native language.
Multilingualism is flexible for students’ capacities and abilities to perform the languages. An education system should not only give equal opportunities and just serve what is being offered moreover, it should ensure that what is being offered is appropriate for all the students. (Kelly, 1995, pp. 106-107) Every student has its own capacity and ability to cope with the English language so having a multi-lingual education can help every student adjust to other students capacity and capability. Also, in a class of Filipino students with different first languages, this system of education gives them connection and a chance to understand each other easily. Multilingualism can help the students adjust depending on their own capabilities and abilities on the languages involved.
In this bill, English would also be enhanced by the students for global competitive reasons. English is one of the most spoken languages in the world especially in the business sector. According to Gullas, “Mounting global unemployment due to the worsening economic slump has merely underscored the need for our human resources to be proficient in English – the world’s lingua franca – in order to stay highly competitive in the job markets here and abroad.” (Barawid, 2009, para. 10) In the case of the Philippines, being proficient in English is hardly needed to able to cope with the world’s business. Because of this, English being introduced in this bill would help Filipinos exercise the English language.
Lastly, bilingualism and multilingualism would also be enhanced for local competitive reasons. Being a bilingual or a multilingual is an advantage because a person could easily adapt to certain places. It is necessary to know the language of people you would deal with and being able to comprehend their language could create a good public relations with them. (Lardizabal, 1985, p. 160) Being able to practice English, Filipino and a certain native language at the same time could help the Filipinos communicate easily with other Filipinos in business. Through this bill, Filipinos would be able to enhance bilingualism and multilingualism for local competitive concerns.
References
Barawid, Rachel C. (2009, February 26). English vs. the Mother Tongue? Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation. Retrieved March 11, 2009, from http://beta.mb.com.ph/node/197190
Doronila, Maria Luisa C. (1989). The Limits of Educational Change. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press
Gamalinda, Natasha B. (2006, October 1). SWF forum zeroes in on medium of instruction. UP newsletter, 10 (27). Retrieved March 11, 2009, from http://www.up.edu.ph/upnewsletter.php?issue=21&i=246
Kelly, Av. (1995). Education and Democracy: Principles and Practices. London: Paul Chapman Ltd.
Lardizabal, Amparo S. (1985). Foundations And Education. Manila: Rex Printing Company, inc.
Filipino students would be able to develop their skills in speaking the national language and their respective native languages. Beals and Hoijer define language as “a way of speaking, distinct in every culture.” (as cited in Lardizabal, 1985, p. 154) Filipino language is the identification of the Filipinos and for them to be distinct and known, they should be able to speak their national language well and correctly. (Lardizabal, 1985, p. 160) It should be delivered sincerely, proudly and whole-heartedly. Consequently, their respective native languages which are also their first languages should not be forgotten. Practice and constant use of the national language and the native languages is the best way to carry out these things. Doronila (1989) said, “Are our schools educating Filipino
children to be Filipinos?” It is a job for the school to teach Filipino students how to be good Filipino citizen. Using the languages in school, which is the second home of the students and where they spend most of their time, is one good way to practice these languages. Through this, the skills of the Filipino students in speaking the national language and their respective native languages will be enhanced.
The implementation of this bill would also make it easier for the students to understand their lessons, their teachers and their classmates better by speaking in their common native language. Dr. Dina Ocampo, a professor in the University of the Philippines Diliman’s College of Education, said that without language models such as teachers who are skilled enough to teach English, there is no way that a child can efficiently learn a foreign language. (as cited in Gamalinda, 2006, para. 5) Accordingly, it would also be difficult for students to use English as a medium of instruction in education if they do not have enough knowledge about the foreign language. “… If you really want the Philippines to have a high functional literacy, let’s use the regional languages, the mother tongue of the children in giving them the education that they need. No amount of textbooks, classrooms, teacher training and computers will lift the quality of education if you’re using the wrong language,” Gunigundo explained. (as cited in Barawid, 2009, para. 13) Dr. Ricardo Ma. Nolasco, associate professor, UP Department of Linguistics and is also a board member of the Linguistic Society of the Philippines and the adviser for multilingual education initiatives of the Foundation for Worldwide People Power Inc. also said that to have a quality education in the Philippines, it is best to use the first language of the children and build a foundation of the Filipino and English language as they grow up. (as cited in Barawid, 2009, para. 15-17) Establishing this quality education in the Philippines would require the students’ good performances in their studies thus, the language used would be very helpful for them to perform better in classes. It would be easier for them to express themselves. It would also be easier for them to communicate with their schoolmates, ask questions and interact with one another if they are using their first language. It would be easier for the students to understand their lessons, teachers and classmates by speaking through their common native language.
Multilingualism is flexible for students’ capacities and abilities to perform the languages. An education system should not only give equal opportunities and just serve what is being offered moreover, it should ensure that what is being offered is appropriate for all the students. (Kelly, 1995, pp. 106-107) Every student has its own capacity and ability to cope with the English language so having a multi-lingual education can help every student adjust to other students capacity and capability. Also, in a class of Filipino students with different first languages, this system of education gives them connection and a chance to understand each other easily. Multilingualism can help the students adjust depending on their own capabilities and abilities on the languages involved.
In this bill, English would also be enhanced by the students for global competitive reasons. English is one of the most spoken languages in the world especially in the business sector. According to Gullas, “Mounting global unemployment due to the worsening economic slump has merely underscored the need for our human resources to be proficient in English – the world’s lingua franca – in order to stay highly competitive in the job markets here and abroad.” (Barawid, 2009, para. 10) In the case of the Philippines, being proficient in English is hardly needed to able to cope with the world’s business. Because of this, English being introduced in this bill would help Filipinos exercise the English language.
Lastly, bilingualism and multilingualism would also be enhanced for local competitive reasons. Being a bilingual or a multilingual is an advantage because a person could easily adapt to certain places. It is necessary to know the language of people you would deal with and being able to comprehend their language could create a good public relations with them. (Lardizabal, 1985, p. 160) Being able to practice English, Filipino and a certain native language at the same time could help the Filipinos communicate easily with other Filipinos in business. Through this bill, Filipinos would be able to enhance bilingualism and multilingualism for local competitive concerns.
References
Barawid, Rachel C. (2009, February 26). English vs. the Mother Tongue? Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation. Retrieved March 11, 2009, from http://beta.mb.com.ph/node/197190
Doronila, Maria Luisa C. (1989). The Limits of Educational Change. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press
Gamalinda, Natasha B. (2006, October 1). SWF forum zeroes in on medium of instruction. UP newsletter, 10 (27). Retrieved March 11, 2009, from http://www.up.edu.ph/upnewsletter.php?issue=21&i=246
Kelly, Av. (1995). Education and Democracy: Principles and Practices. London: Paul Chapman Ltd.
Lardizabal, Amparo S. (1985). Foundations And Education. Manila: Rex Printing Company, inc.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Keep the Philippine Comics Industry Alive and Kicking
(for the final requirement/speech in Oralcomm.)
A hundred and twenty years. Old enough to be called a culture. Old enough to greatly affect human lives. Old enough to be praised. But old enough to die? Not yet. No. Never. The Philippine Comics Industry now exists for almost 120 years in our country. Though the continuous success of comics began by the year 1929, when Tony Velasquez published in the Liwayway Magazine the comic strip “Kenkoy”, it was believed that the first comic strip ever in the Philippines is “The Monkey and the Tortoise” created by no less than Dr. Jose Rizal. The industry has already experienced fame, fun and failure. Fame as for these years it had been read all over the Philippines and I’m proud to say that we, Filipinos had adapted this to our culture. Fun because we also consider comics as our entertainer just like those tv dramas and radio programs. But failure for at present, the Philippine Comics Industry is declining. Many chose to stop reading comics because of the rise of other and more interactive forms of entertainment such as televisions and the internet. It is still there. It is still alive but we need to keep it alive and kicking. Let us move to rebuild the Philippine Comics Industry. Contribute, support or promote.
Contribute. We, as future journalists and writers can definitely write comics. Simple one-liners can create comic strips or if you feel like sharing more, you can create comic books such as the ever popular Pugad Baboy of Pol Medina. As for the cartoons, if you have the skills, you can do it alone or if not, you could easily partner-up with someone with the talent and they are everywhere. Here, in our classroom, many have the skill to draw or even in our University, most of them are at the Beato Angelico. Rebuild our comics industry, write and draw comics.
If not contribute, support! If you do not prefer to write comics, I bet you’ll love to read it. I guess almost every one of us here has already read even one comic strip, who would not have? Comic books and comic strips are very accessible. Tabloids, broadsheets, magazines, internet, bookstores or just borrow from your friends. Rebuild our comics industry, read comics.
If not read, watch. Many of our legendary and great comics before are relived today by different television companies. Darna, Captain Barbell, The Spectacular Adventures of Zsa Zsa Saturna are some of these. Movies are also made from old comics, such as Lastikman and Dyesebel. Rebuild our comics industry, watch comics.
If not contribute, neither read nor watch, promote! Encourage others to contribute and support Philippine comics. Rebuild our comics industry, promote comics.
Comics have been a part of the Filipino culture. It is part of our identity. We have it in ourselves. We own it. And we should fight for it. The future of the Philippine comics industry is in our hands, in your hands. Contribute, support and promote; rebuild the Philippine Comics Industry.
Friday, March 5, 2010
BEFORE AND AFTER's || cultivation theory
Okay. For the application of our lesson about Cultivation Theory, our JRN201 professor asked us to make a blogpost about a common idea that many people get from watching television regularly.
As part of my introduction, I quoted this description from Hilbert College's site so you would somehow cope with what am I going to say later in this blogpost if ever you're not a part of our class. And for my teacher and my classmates, I hope you'll like my post. :)
"Cultivation Theory is a theory of mass communications that states that society's perceptions of reality are cultivated by what we watch on television. In other words, the theory surmises that because an individual watches "ER" on television, that individual assumes that all hospital emergency rooms are just like the one portrayed in the show. The theory is most famous for its applications to the correlations between media violence and violent behavior, but cultivation research has covered all aspects of television's effects on society."
Okay. BEFORE AND AFTER's. Out of my random thoughts, I find this idea very interesting and funny so here is it. It is my topic.
We commonly see them in shampoo, soap and lotion commercials. Sometimes, it has also been used in television dramas (like when the ugly daughter of Bakekang became beautiful and when an obese woman became sexy). It has been usual in advertising products that a bad or ugly figure is shown before you use the product and after use, a better and beautiful figure will be shown. Most advertisments follow that story. And yeah, many people buy it.
I remembered a joke about a filipino who sells his detergent soap in another country where reading is in the other way around. They read from right to left, instead of left to right so the man's product did not sell in that country because the posters he made features a dirty shirt on the left side and a clean white shirt on the right. Poor man. Who would buy a detergent soap that would make their clothes dirtier after wash? haha.
We are cultivated in a way that most of us think that this or that product would make us look better or we will get better result when we use those products that have been advertised that way. Most of us would be dependent to those products since they were caught up by the "before and after" effect. And most of us are expecting BIG changes and I guess that's the real effect of BEFORE and AFTER's. We expect huge and fast changes which in reality would take some time to happen.
I can say that this idea gives some good benefits because they somehow make the people think that he or she has a chance to improve him or herself. The bad part is that, it makes the people think that he or she has a chance to improve him or herself only if they use those advertised products and sometimes could make he or she disappointed of the result and might lead to over use or overdose.
okay! That's it. Hope I did it well. I'm sorry for the errors if you would find some.I love you. :)
As part of my introduction, I quoted this description from Hilbert College's site so you would somehow cope with what am I going to say later in this blogpost if ever you're not a part of our class. And for my teacher and my classmates, I hope you'll like my post. :)
"Cultivation Theory is a theory of mass communications that states that society's perceptions of reality are cultivated by what we watch on television. In other words, the theory surmises that because an individual watches "ER" on television, that individual assumes that all hospital emergency rooms are just like the one portrayed in the show. The theory is most famous for its applications to the correlations between media violence and violent behavior, but cultivation research has covered all aspects of television's effects on society."
Okay. BEFORE AND AFTER's. Out of my random thoughts, I find this idea very interesting and funny so here is it. It is my topic.
We commonly see them in shampoo, soap and lotion commercials. Sometimes, it has also been used in television dramas (like when the ugly daughter of Bakekang became beautiful and when an obese woman became sexy). It has been usual in advertising products that a bad or ugly figure is shown before you use the product and after use, a better and beautiful figure will be shown. Most advertisments follow that story. And yeah, many people buy it.
I remembered a joke about a filipino who sells his detergent soap in another country where reading is in the other way around. They read from right to left, instead of left to right so the man's product did not sell in that country because the posters he made features a dirty shirt on the left side and a clean white shirt on the right. Poor man. Who would buy a detergent soap that would make their clothes dirtier after wash? haha.
We are cultivated in a way that most of us think that this or that product would make us look better or we will get better result when we use those products that have been advertised that way. Most of us would be dependent to those products since they were caught up by the "before and after" effect. And most of us are expecting BIG changes and I guess that's the real effect of BEFORE and AFTER's. We expect huge and fast changes which in reality would take some time to happen.
I can say that this idea gives some good benefits because they somehow make the people think that he or she has a chance to improve him or herself. The bad part is that, it makes the people think that he or she has a chance to improve him or herself only if they use those advertised products and sometimes could make he or she disappointed of the result and might lead to over use or overdose.
okay! That's it. Hope I did it well. I'm sorry for the errors if you would find some.I love you. :)
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