MULTILINGUAL PHILIPPINES

K to 12 program goal: Jobs for high school graduates

admin — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:24:50 +0000

By Fernando del Mundo Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 10, 2013 . . . . Malacañang’s keeper of the purse once likened the Philippine education system to a frog in a kettle put to a boil. “The frog will not know it is dying until it is too late,” Florencio “Butch” Abad told me in 2007, …

K to 12: Teaching in local language a hit among kids

admin — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:06:26 +0000

By Rima Jessamine Granali Philippine Daily Inquirer, Tuesday, June 4, 2013 PADDLING TO SCHOOL Pupils take a makeshift boat going to Panghulo Elementary School in flood-plagued Malabon City on the first day of classes. The short ride costs them P5 each. MARIANNE BERMUDEZ (Second in a series) With a lapel microphone, Marilou Lucas acted more …

‘K to 12′ still struggling

admin — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:43:13 +0000

Inquirer News, Monday, June 3rd, 2013 First of a Series . Usual backlog of classrooms, teachers remains, says Luistro . SOURCES: DEPED AND CHED / COMPILED BY: SCHATZI QUODALA, INQUIRER RESEARCH The birth pains that marked the launching last year of K + 12—a bold program meant to align the Philippines with the global 12-year …

Multilingual in another dimension

admin — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:35:17 +0000

A ken Nga

admin — Wed, 29 May 2013 07:09:12 +0000

About a year ago, Dr. Joel B. Lopez, Education Program Supervisor at the Ilocos Norte DepEd, and Dr. Maria Eliza Lopez, submitted their version of an Ilocano Orthography to the DepEd Central Office for the latter’s consideration. Judging from the reaction in the social media, notably Facebook, the Lopez orthography caused a bit of a …

Ti/Dagiti ken Iti/Kadagiti

admin — Wed, 29 May 2013 05:37:30 +0000

In a language resource designed for mass consumption, there is no quicker disincentive to explore further than the more technical linguistics jargon relative to, for instance, when to use either of the two articles ti or iti — and so we shall try to avoid them for now. We shall instead look at illustrative phrase …

Pres. Aquino Signs Enhanced Basic Education Act

admin — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:08:38 +0000

“For kindergarten and the first three (3) years of elementary education, instruction, teaching materials and assessment shall be in the regional or native language of the learners. The Department of Education (DepED) shall formulate a mother language transition program from Grade 4 to Grade 6 so that Filipino and English shall be gradually introduced as …

A Toast to the Cebuano Google Translate Team!

admin — Thu, 09 May 2013 00:25:35 +0000

Today, Christopher Sundita, through our friend Lino Gerona, informed us that Cebuano is now among the languages available at Google Translate. Here’s a toast to our Cebuano Google Translate Team! Mr Sundita is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Linguistics at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He is affiliated with the Cornell Phonetics …

The Effect of Language on Economic Behavior: Evidence from Savings Rates, Health Behaviors, and Retirement Assets

admin — Mon, 06 May 2013 22:04:25 +0000

by Keith Chen Associate Professor of Economics Yale School of Management Comments are welcome at keith.chen@gmail.com . [Quite frankly, I am not sure that Keith Chen's new research suggesting that the language you speak may impact the way you think about your future has anything to do with Ilocanos' being generally naimut, kuripot, skinflints, tightwads, thrifty, …

An Open Letter to KWF Commissioner Virgilio S. Almario re Draft of the Filipino Orthography Guide (2013)

admin — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:07:35 +0000

Dear Mr. Almario, I posted the above guide on orthography for Filipino (2013) in Multilingual Philippines in the hope of helping generate some discussion/suggestions/comments on the subject. As I recall, the 2001 Revision which was subsequently pulled back was rendered in both Filipino and English. I wish you could render the 2013 Gabay Edition in …