Do you agree that its better to use english as the medium of instruction in philippine schools?

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McMaevie

Yes..I agree.

annabelle p

Yes. Most students don't know how to write in English moreso communicate in English. The English language is a universal language and should be taught and learned because this is how we communicate with the rest of the world. Its importance was not given enough weight by the academe, focusing instead on Tagalog. It had its drawback because we now have half-baked graduates who cannot speak English or even construct grammatically correct sentences. And you wish that these graduates get employment as fast as you can wink your eyes?

luosechi é§±å£«åŸº

Yes, English is definitely preferable. But... right now I am not sure if the teachers are qualified to teach in English. Some are doing it in Taglish :-(

missmama

Yes I agree. Look at the Koreans flocking in our country , they just want to learn English. In Thailand it is a very expensive lesson that is why only few can speak and understand English. Most of the English teachers there are Filipina, receiving basic monthly income around 30k Thai baht, that is php38k.
Imagine if we don't know how to speak English , there will be no call centres here and only few can apply a job overseas, that is why Filipinos are world class.

CHOCO CRUNCHIES

Yes!!

John W

Yes!!! The world of commerce is predominately "English". No way around that fact.

Yum E.Soul

Definitely! In the real world, to get a job you should have good English communication skills and to have that you should've been practising the language way before. You pick up Tagalog outside the school anyway. Having a Filipino subject is still part of the basic Filipino education even if it may not be very useful in the future. It's just the way it is, really.

thinkdifferent

absolutely! there isn't enough filipino text to aid learning

anna m

Yes. We still have the Filipino subject anyways. and we use Filipino in our everyday lives..so, using it as a medium would be helpful.

Noypi

Oh,yeah!
A common language has the ability to allow people to learn about each other and understand other peoples lives and cultures.

In terms of safety - flying is much safer since it became the required language. In science, engineering, physics it is essential not just to be able to communicate but also to learn.

Whilst the Earth has a rich culture of many languages which must be preserved and nurtured, having a single understood language is a valuable tool to aid learning, communication, understanding and hopefully aid the way to peace.

A child that learns English is being taught something as valuable as maths and probably more valuable than a lot of other subjects.

spritelite

YES! data will show that our "major export" are OFWs and they are the ones who are salvaging the country's economy. since english is the universal language, we have to leverage on our command of the language in order to be globally competitive. for a long time, we have led other asian nations when it comes to sending skilled and unskilled workers to the western and european countries until india and china decided they have to learn the english language as well as we do. it appears now that we have competition since some claim that the workforce from other asian countries (aside from filipinos) are less expensive. now, we are losing that niche that we used to have, our good command of the english language. not only this, if we want to attract foreign investors to our country, then we have to be able to communicate with them effectively...so again, yes, it is better that we use english as a medium of instruction if we want to stay globally competitive.

heartburn

with so many dialects in the philippines,it should made our medium of instruction

j_timberLate

Yes.

seys

exactly....

TRIGGER

hmm. of course, its the universal language, many students can speak impeccable english although there are some who speak "carabao" english..but they should not forget to use the national language

ihatemath_camilla

Filipino can speak English. Remember that english is the universal language. We should know how to express it! Only to survive in this world is to know how to speak English. Actually when I was in the Philippines my school there were using English instructions. But I do believe that even in Public school they used to do that. So yeah we have to learn how to speak English. Filipino here in America are the best! so be proud on it!

la_ciudadista

Yes, because a lot of scientific and mathematical knowledge is already in English. The government has to spend millions just to translate them to Filipino or the other regional languages.

While I love the national language, I admit that due to foreign occupation, it has not grown to incorporate scientific concepts and new knowledge. Its better for the country to use English as it will always be a source of competitive advantage.

jamiehappy97

Except Makabayan (Sibika) & Filipino, yes.

Dave_Hounddriver

According to the Philippine government, "the Philippines is the fourth-largest English-speaking nation in the world" and yet my recent visit to Cebu illustrated to me that English is only spoken by those who are college educated.

So instead of answering the question you ask, I must ask you: Do you, the citizens of the Philippines, really want to continue to be the "fourth-largest English-speaking nation in the world"? Because if you do, then you have answered your own question.

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bikolJoe

The way things are going, Chinese might be better!

Catholick my b_lls

It doesn't make anything better in the long run. English is a good skill for any immigrant planning on working overseas to have, but when the actual education that is being taught purely in english is downright mediocre, it makes very little difference. Tagalog is a very limited language and there are many ideas and concepts that cannot be expressed in tagalog as well as in english, but the usage of english by Filipinos will obviously never be as extensive as that used in native english speaking countries. For that reason, I think it causes more confusion than anything. Most countries stick with one native language and perfect that language, but Filipinos have no perfected language they can rely on. I also think the Philippines' use of two different languages on a sub-par level affects the entire culture much far beyond the area of education.

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