The Best Medium to be Used for Instruction: English or Filipino? Posted by Markleen on September 27‚ 2011 at 9:15 AM Introduction The poor quality of basic education is reflected in the low achievement scores of Filipino students. International test results like 2003 TIMSS rank the Philippines 34th out of 38 countries in HS II Science. For grade 4‚ the Philippines ranked 23rd out of 25 participating countries in both Math & Science. In 2008‚ even with only the science high schools participating
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The paragraph in question contains many things that can easily be examined and be projected across the essay as a whole. To give a summary of the paragraph‚ the speaker Amy Tan is speaking to a large group of people about her new book. Then she remembers that her mother is in the group‚ and she feels strange using more formal English than any she has ever used by her mother. Other portions of the essay talk about how her mother’s English can be described as broken or simple‚ and she feels that this
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The Importance of Bilingual Education in America First off‚ it’s important to understand the difference between learning and education. Learning is the ability of an individual’s brain to acquire and retain information for a lifetime‚ whereas education is an aide to further strengthen a student’s learning capacity with the use of resources: teachers‚ libraries‚ classroom environment‚ etc. All students are essentially equal when they enter the educational environment‚ however students who don’t
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A Discussion of the Advantages and Disadvantages of English As A Global Language A widely accepted definition of global English which can be found at "www.reference.com" is "English as a global means of communication in numerous dialects‚ and also the movements towards an international standard for the language‚ it is also referred to as world English‚ common English or general English." In regard to history and why English developed into a global language‚ Crystal(1977) points out that the current
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Reflection of Bilingual Education Elisabeth Avryanne S. Indonesia is a country that is incredibly famous for its heterogeneous culture. The relationship between language and culture is deeply rooted. Language is used to maintain and convey culture and cultural ties (Leveridge). Formerly‚ in colonial era‚ Dutch language became the main language that was spoken by educated elite of Indonesia. Malay language was spoken at the time of independent by native speakers. In 1942‚ Japanese occupied Indonesia
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English and me Watching the two videos made me realized how different‚ in a way‚ was my experiences learning English. In the first video “World English”‚ I noticed that almost all of the people from the video were still struggling with the language. It remained me how much trouble I had the first time I started learning English. On the other video “We not speak Americano”‚ the girls were more fluent on the language because they seemed as if they have been studying in the US for a longer period
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Reasons Why You Should Learn English “If you talk to a man in a language he understands‚ that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language‚ that goes to his heart.”- Nelson Mandela. There are numerous benefits to learn English as a foreign language but in this article I will try to explain only three reasons that why you should learn English as a second language. As we know languages are most important part of communications and especially these days communication
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First online task(TW10103) 2ND APRIL 2011 Share with us know your thoughts and your experiences in Teaching Listening and Speaking in your school. Candidly share your opinions on the following topics. 1.What are your best accomplishments in teaching these two skills to your students? 2. What are some of the challenges/problems you encountered in teaching this two skills? 3.What are your hopes and expectations of this course? Thank you Dr Lee Dear Doc‚ Thank you for posting these questions;
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English a Medium of Instruction A question we are still grappling with in Pakistan after 60 years is‚ what should be the language of instruction in our schools? In Dhaka Quid-e-azam said “let me make it very clear to you that the state language of Pakistan is going to be Urdu and no other language. Anyone who tries to mislead you is really the enemy of Pakistan. Without one state language‚ no nation can remain tied up solidly together and function. Look at the history of other countries. Therefore
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English as a Second Language (ESL)‚ alternatively known as English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and English for Speakers of other Languages (ESOL)‚ refers to an intensive English language learning program or course taken by speakers of other languages. In other words‚ ESL is a course that is designed to teach English to individuals whose native language is not English or who are not proficient in this language or who cannot fluently speak‚ write‚ or read English. People across the globe take ESL
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