Many Filipino parents want their children to speak the English language in that they enroll them in exclusive schools. Without them knowing it, they have become easy preys of the highly commercialized Philippine educational system. But becoming themselves gullible to the demands of these exclusive schools they do not mind. It’s because they feel a certain degree of pride seeing and hearing their kids speaking like birds!…
Today, English language is widely used not only in the Philippines but throughout the world. It is mostly consider as a second language of non- English speaking countries and the world’s international language. It is widely used as a medium of instruction and communication in many fields such as in education, business, and sciences and even in the day to day activities of man. It unites the whole world…
In Philippines, English language has been used and taught in schools, workplaces and home. Filipinos are known to be fluent and effective English speakers.Early exposure with the English language is also a good head start for the children, if their parents and caregivers would speak and teach English to them, they can have an early preparation for school. It is good that schools are very strict with the implementation of English language as medium of teaching subjects. There are debates about the language that must be used to teach subjects in schools, imagine teaching Science and Technology in the Filipino? Isn’t it hard for the student to understand and absorb the lesson in that way? In this way, English language should be taught in the appropriate subjects for more effective delivery of the lessons. As English as taught to be the universal language, it is also good that schools try to enhance and practice the students more in the English language, in these ways they also prepare and expose the students in the battlefield of employment. The schools fully gear-up the students to answer competently in entrance examinations and job interviews. Having a country with huge percentage of call center companies with almost 400,000 Filipino employed in the industry, it is not surprising that foreigners would invest in the country because they view how good and competent in the English language Filipinos are. Koreans, Chinese and Japanese are also choosing to study in the…
Over many historical stages, English has proven its prominent position among many hundreds of languages around the world. It is considered as an international language and the only language that truly links the whole world together and widely used in all parts of the world, in every aspect of human life and many other fields. Undoubtedly, the Internet, cable TV, magazines … almost everything we see every day now is in English. Thus, the best way to approach a new modern world with fewer obstacles is to learn English. English, for that reason, is being learnt in many schools in Vietnam as a compulsory subject. However, teaching and learning English in Vietnam still not reach the desired effects. This seems to be the main factor that affecting student ability in using English in communication.…
Obtaining a job in an English speaking country, or having to frequently interact with English speaking colleagues overseas. With trading between countries is at a high, people are expected to speak more than one language in order to ensure the completion of a transaction. This means that English as a second language is becoming more common and expected in the business community.…
In this era of globalization, the role of language has become important in order to be able to communicate with each other and swiftly interact to technological development and information. Without capability of mastering a foreign language, it is almost impossible to communicate with people around the world. World population that is so multifarious and multi cultural has languages of their own. Therefore world interaction and communication must be supported by one global language. And this one global language is English. Learning English is advantageous as it provides us many chances in life.…
English has become a language that is widely used by almost all parts of the world for international interactions. For higher education studies, it is used as the learning language in many parts of the world. Developing countries especially Malaysia, widely use the English language as their learning language. There is the need for university students to have a good base in English language. My opinion in our nation’s context is that I totally agree that the university students need to be good in English to excel academically and professionally. The case is that it would let students understand subjects, learn facts of the world, join international programmes, undergo interviews and communicate during internship.…
The English Language dominates a higher prestige in the Philippines just as it enjoys a higher part in the Philippine Education System. Thus, authentic English Language teaching and learning environment should be given a full blast attention naturally and effectively.…
The presence of English as a universal language assumes importance in the fact that more and more people leave their countries not only for the sake of business and pleasure, but also for studying. Education has increased the role of English. People who go to another country to study can only have English as their medium of study. This is because the individual will not be able to learn a subject in the local language of the country. This again reinforces the fact that the English language is very important.…
If we here talk of the English language and the use of it as the medium of education then it can be said here that every country now has understood the significance of providing education to its citizens in English language. Now, every country instructs their edu governor or the edu representatives or the officials or the professionals to divert the attention of the students or the learners to the language which will be helpful not just in improving the standard of the one’s living…
Purpose: To know what is the level of English Proficiency of students here in our country, and how to enable or bring out the potential of many Filipino students in speaking and using the international language.…
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The piece is about the effects of the declining English literacy in our country due to various reasons like mislaid nationalism and the media. The author wrote this article in order to let us recognize problems that our country is facing. It is indicated that, even though, us, Filipinos are regarded as one of the largest English-speaking countries, it cannot be denied that most of us do not seem to know how to speak English properly. And prior to this, rises a problem that has to do with many things such as difficulty in communicating with foreign people which makes it harder for us to catch up with other fast-growing countries. To justify the author’s statements, certain things were pointed out like her observation that made her rethink about our country’s proficiency in speaking and the factors that brought forth these dilemmas, and of course, to give us a speck of hope, things that can lighten up and lessen these problems were also tackled. One of the most compelling reasons about the said problem is the issue about pseudo Nationalism.Other factors like the abatement of education and the misunderstood improvising efforts of the media were also discussed. But despite of the negativity, there were still things that brimmed positivity like the willingness of the government to solve the difficulties we are facing.…
English is the national language of numerous sovereign states and a second language or a foreign language in other countries which is of common knowledge that improving the teaching of English in our schools is a universal effort.…
Therefore, declining of English mastery that has taken root for decades must be given a remedy, otherwise, inadequate learning moves on at any rate: pupils and students will constantly getting below-average rank in English or in any related subject and examination. Thus, these continued outcries must spur teachers and other concerned individuals to take accountability on the restoration of quality education, primarily on English as a medium of instruction in the Philippine Educational System.…