Comments on: Global competitiveness http://www.luisteodoro.com/archives/2002/02/08/global-competitiveness/ Current and archived writings of Prof. Luis V. Teodoro Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:45:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Franz http://www.luisteodoro.com/archives/2002/02/08/global-competitiveness/#comment-13482 Franz Sun, 25 Jun 2006 11:18:49 +0000 /?p=85#comment-13482 we'll i believe that we need English to be globally competitive but can we be not competitve if we use our own language. there are lots of ways to do with our language to make our country prosper. We'll i'm telling this because i'm on a debate and i need to prove that the use and study of English makes a Filipino unpatriotic which is in my personal response, it is not true...but how can i prove that it makes a Filipino unpatriotic? in what small ways? in big ways? we’ll i believe that we need English to be globally competitive but can we be not competitve if we use our own language. there are lots of ways to do with our language to make our country prosper. We’ll i’m telling this because i’m on a debate and i need to prove that the use and study of English makes a Filipino unpatriotic which is in my personal response, it is not true…but how can i prove that it makes a Filipino unpatriotic? in what small ways? in big ways?

]]> By: arnel arsenal http://www.luisteodoro.com/archives/2002/02/08/global-competitiveness/#comment-5334 arnel arsenal Mon, 25 Apr 2005 06:19:31 +0000 /?p=85#comment-5334 We need the brief statement of filipinos competitiveness globally. We need the brief statement of filipinos competitiveness globally.

]]> By: arnel arsenal http://www.luisteodoro.com/archives/2002/02/08/global-competitiveness/#comment-5333 arnel arsenal Mon, 25 Apr 2005 06:17:49 +0000 /?p=85#comment-5333 we need the global competitiveness of pinoys in all field globally. we need the global competitiveness of pinoys in all field globally.

]]> By: marxnlennon http://www.luisteodoro.com/archives/2002/02/08/global-competitiveness/#comment-9 marxnlennon Tue, 03 Jun 2003 08:35:35 +0000 /?p=85#comment-9 I agree that the medium of instruction should not be in English but in the language that one speaks. I do not agree however that the native Tagalog speakers should get preeminence and privileges by replacing English as medium of instruction with Tagalog/Pilipino/Filipino. The current language policy needs a major overhaul. For those people who are neither native Tagalog speakers nor residents of Metro Manila, the only reason why they need to speak English and Pilipino is because these two languages are promoted at the expense of the regional languages. The non-Tagalog speaking majority know Tagalog because it has been drilled into their heads that "we need a national language" and presumably it can only be had in Tagalog. Tagalog is well-known throughout the archipelago because it was promoted as the national language, it wasn't chosen as the national language because it originally had more native speakers than any other language (that distinction is held by Cebuano). Learning English or Tagalog would not have been a problem, had the schools also taught the regional languages. However, this is not the case. To this day, there is no provision in the current curriculum about preserving the 160 indigenous languages except for Tagalog which is promoted as the "true language" while the others are denigrated as "dialects". The national leaders have this idea that the diverse cultures of the Philippines are a threat, by insisting that everyone learn English and Pilipino. The opposite is true, however, that diversity is a source of strength. If the current language policy is to be changed, I am hoping that the regional languages be somehow saved from the ongoing ethnic cleansing/genocide that is currently in force. For these reasons, I agree that making English the medium of instruction is not the way to go, but neither is the imposition of Tagalog/Pilipino/Filipino. Teach these 2 languages as subjects? YES! Choosing one of these 2 languages as medium of instruction in the non-Tagalog homelands? NO! I agree that the medium of instruction should not be in English but in the language that one speaks. I do not agree however that the native Tagalog speakers should get preeminence and privileges by replacing English as medium of instruction with Tagalog/Pilipino/Filipino.

The current language policy needs a major overhaul. For those people who are neither native Tagalog speakers nor residents of Metro Manila, the only reason why they need to speak English and Pilipino is because these two languages are promoted at the expense of the regional languages. The non-Tagalog speaking majority know Tagalog because it has been drilled into their heads that “we need a national language” and presumably it can only be had in Tagalog. Tagalog is well-known throughout the archipelago because it was promoted as the national language, it wasn’t chosen as the national language because it originally had more native speakers than any other language (that distinction is held by Cebuano).

Learning English or Tagalog would not have been a problem, had the schools also taught the regional languages. However, this is not the case. To this day, there is no provision in the current curriculum about preserving the 160 indigenous languages except for Tagalog which is promoted as the “true language” while the others are denigrated as “dialects”. The national leaders have this idea that the diverse cultures of the Philippines are a threat, by insisting that everyone learn English and Pilipino. The opposite is true, however, that diversity is a source of strength.

If the current language policy is to be changed, I am hoping that the regional languages be somehow saved from the ongoing ethnic cleansing/genocide that is currently in force. For these reasons, I agree that making English the medium of instruction is not the way to go, but neither is the imposition of Tagalog/Pilipino/Filipino. Teach these 2 languages as subjects? YES! Choosing one of these 2 languages as medium of instruction in the non-Tagalog homelands? NO!

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