ALA EH! ABAH! KUNG MARUNONG BA TAYONG MAG ENGLISH EH YAYAMAN TAYO AT YAYAMAN ANG BANSA NATIN? EH KUNG GANUN MGA EGAN EH DAPAT ENGLISH NLANG LAHAT SUBJECT NATIN O DBA?
BAKIT KYA HNDI NLANG NTIN DERETSUHIN AT AAMININ NA TLGANG GANYAN DHIL DAMING DESPERADONG MGA FILIPINO NA GUSTONG MAG ABROAD PRA MABUHAY DAHIL OVER POPULATED TAYO AT WLA NMANG MA E OFFER NA COMPETITIVE JOB ANG BANSA NATIN O DBA? YONG RESULT NA YAN EH NORMAL LANG YAN DHIL UNG MGA TAO NA NAG TAKE DYAN AY HNDI NMAN TLGA MGA PROFESSIONAL HOLDER IN ENGLISH SUBJECT OR INTERNATIONAL COURSE! ABAH SUBUKAN NILANG ISALANG UNG MGA KABABAYAN NATING MGA JOURNALIST AT MASCOM! DPAT LANG NMAN NA IANGAT ANG ENGLISH SUBJECT LALO NA SA MGA KORSO NA IN DEMAND SA ABROAD! EH PAANO WLA NMANG GINAWA ANG BANSA NATIN KUNDI PURO CORRUPTION? ABA EH NOODLES NGAH LANG NA MAY MALUNGGAY PRA SA MGA MAHIHIRAP NA ESTUDYANTE MAKUHA PA NILANG MAG PADDING NG PRESYO? ESAMA MUNA DOON ANG KAKULANGAN NG MGA LIBRO, KATAMARAN NG MGA PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER DHIL HNDI MAN LANG MAINGAT ANG KANI KANILANG MGA SWELDO, EH UNG IBA NGAH JAN NA MGA TEACHER ANG DAMING ROCKET SA SCHOOL KYA HNDI NA TLGA MKAPAG TURO NG MAAYOS? NAGING DEPENSIVE LANG ANG GOBYERNO NATIN KYA PANAY PA POGI PERO ANG BOTTOM LINE NYAN AY CORRUPTION,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Gov't to address Pinoys' deteriorating English
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MANILA - The Philippine government on Tuesday said it is addressing the problem of deteriorating English proficiency in the Philippines as noted by a group tasked to administer the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) for local workers seeking jobs abroad.
Deputy Presidential Spokeswoman Lorelei Fajardo said the government remains committed to improving the quality of teachers in the Philippines, particularly in public schools. She said the Department of Education has an Every Child is a Reader program that tests reading comprehension of Grade 3 students before they enter Grade 4.
She said the education department is also putting up speech laboratories in different schools.
Andrew King, country director of IDP Education Pty. Ltd. Philippines, earlier said the Philippines was just second to Malaysia in proficiency in listening, speaking, writing and conversing in English based on IELTS scores of local jobseekers.
He said the average overall score of Filipinos who took the IELTS last year was a poor 6.69 points where 7.0 was largely the passing score for those who took the test for migration to the usual countries that Filipinos seek to migrate to such as Australia.
King said the overall average score was disappointing because many of the Filipino IELTS takers were supposedly “educated.”
“These are professionals with college degrees and are managers in their jobs here who seek to migrate to Australia,” he said.
IDP Education Philippines is a group accredited by the Australian government to administer IELTS to Filipinos seeking to work, migrate, or pursue higher education in Australia.
IDP Education Pty. Ltd. is also accredited in administering the IELTS in more than 50 countries all over the world. It also provides English training to those who need it for migration, employment or studying in Australia.
In a presentation before the country’s teachers and operators of English language teaching schools at the National English Conference spearheaded by the Center for International Education (CIE) at Malcolm Hall in UP Diliman last week, King said the Philippines did not even enjoy the top place in its English proficiency in Asia or even the Southeast Asian region since it was held by Malaysia.
According to King, Malaysians had an average overall score of 6.71, leading among countries in Asia in overall English proficiency.
Philippines was second to Malaysia with 6.69; third was Indonesia with 5.99; fourth was India with 5.79; and Thailand fifth with 5.71.
King warned that the Philippines’ weakening English proficiency should be a cause for concern since there is an increasing demand for people who can speak it well all over the globe.
He pointed out that employers in countries where many Filipinos seek to enter to earn higher wages are now seeking quality English skills.
“The demand in English is going higher and higher,” King noted. “How good you are in English is becoming more important.”
In their review of the IELTS test results for 2008, King said the Philippines, with their overall average score of 6.69 points in the IELTS, would rank 5th in the level of proficiency in English along with other countries where IDP Education administer the test.
South Africa, he said, was number one with an average overall score of 7.72; Germany second with 7.16; Malaysia third with 6.72; Poland fourth with 6.70; and the Philippines.
King said the Philippines should address the problem of its deteriorating English proficiency considering that it was benefiting hugely from remittances of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and the call center industry, which is providing employment to hundreds of thousands of mostly young Filipinos. With a report from the Philippine Star
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Pinoy English
Bakit pa mag aaral ng English e yung di nga marunong ng English naging Presidente. Pwede na yung pang Row 4 na English,75% pass na yun. Sa USA nga Presidente, Amerkano na yun pero bubo din sa English di ba? Pinoy pa kaya?
Kung gusto mong maging sikat na Newscaster...gaya nila
Ted,Julius,Alex,Tina,Karen,Bernadette at lahat ng magagaling at magagandang mukha sa balat ng TV,like
ABS-CBN, kilangan 95-99% sa English, sa Filipino language
100% at hindi garalgal pag nagsasalita.
Bother not 6.69 rating ng IELTS, unless you need to teach or use the English language as an OFW in USA,Canada(or SakaNa),UK,Australia or maybe China(with nasal tone).
Or you dream 2b lyk Rico Hizon, Arnel,Charice and all famous International Pinoys, you must be a Certfied English User,plus to learn the local idioms, slang and twangs.
vicious cycle
if there's one negative impact of corruption, other than poverty and immoralities, that would be deteriorating education and poor quality of graduates. and most likely than not, these graduates are not only "corrupted" -- being victims of corruption -- but will become corrupt individuals. that's the vicious cycle.
Submitted by ymman on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 18:23.If you're afraid to make enemies, how can you tell the truth?
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overhaul the educational system
one stupid thing in our educational system -- other than money-making and corruption -- is that in their first two years in college students are required to take "basic/general education" subjects -- like basic english grammar/speech, basic math, basic filipino, basic science, etc. and only two more years are devoted to "specialized courses". all these "basic/general education" subjects should have been dealt with rigorously in elementary and high school, not in college. some have been dealt with already in high school and are just being repeated in college -- like philippine history. critical thinking should be introduced already in high school. our educational system and teaching approaches are so poor; tertiary education just bombarded students with mere "introductory" subjects! most teachers spoon-fed students with "their knowledge" -- as if they have the monopoly of knowledge -- and require students to simply memorize (or murmurize) concepts. that's what they call "learning" in the philippines!
Submitted by ymman on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 18:10.If you're afraid to make enemies, how can you tell the truth?
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treat the disease, not just the symptoms
basic education is very crucial. the government should encourage (especially public schools) teachers to do postgraduate studies and give study grants to deserving teachers in basic education -- not only in college. DepEd and CHEd should increase the standard in teacher education. there should be periodic tests (just like board re-certification for physicians and surgeons) for practicing teachers, not just for students. give incentives (salary increase) to teachers who are performing well in their profession. otherwise, they should be sacked! implement departmentalized teaching -- english teachers should major and teach only english, science teachers should major and teach only science, and so on -- so that teachers will have "mastery" of their subjects. the fact is, in our public schools, teachers become a "jack of all trades, master of none," teaching eight or more different subjects in a day. "preparation factor" is important in teaching mastery. another sad reality -- most filipino parents think that teacher education is only for the not-so-bright students. as if teacher-education is the last resort for those who fail to pass other "highly-technical" courses.
Submitted by ymman on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 17:53.If you're afraid to make enemies, how can you tell the truth?
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We used to be number 1!
Yes, its true, we were number 1 before Joseph Ejercito Estrada entered politics as San Juan Mayor. Right after that people began to believe they don't need to speak good English or even finish school because their role model became President of the poor country - the Philippines.
Submitted by rioalma on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 16:21.
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