Tag Archive: Aurelio Agcaoili

To MLE Advocates/Developers: An Extravagant Inspiration

Following is almost an hour’s worth of interview with Salman Khan, the man who gave up a bright and potentially rich future as a hedge fund manager to create the  free, not-for-profit Khan Academy which is featured as one of the prominent pages of this blog. To the Dina Ocampos, Aurelio Agcaoilis, Ricardo Nolascos, Ched …

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Reclaiming the Right to Learn in One's Own Language

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Here’s some helpful info on the forthcoming 3-day 1st Philippine Conference Workshop on Mother Tongue-based Multilingual Education to be held at the Capitol University, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, on Feb. 18-20, 2010: Plenary Sessions Doing Mother Tongue Based Multilingual Education (MLE) in Mindanao Amianan Experience in MLE Our MLE Tasks until 2015 “Teacher, Unsa …

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Solon pushes local language in schools

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By Leila Salaverria Philippine Daily Inquirer http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20090721-216575/Solon-pushes-local-dialect-in-schools First Posted 17:58:00 07/21/2009 MANILA, Philippines — Lawmakers in the House of Representatives should support the Department of Education’s policy of using the local language to teach the basics to young students by allocating a portion of their pork barrel for the development of training materials, according to …

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MLE Profile in Courage: Ricardo Ma. Nolasco

The first and last time Dr. Ricardo Ma. Nolasco and I actually had an exchange of opinion was when he invited comments to a draft of his article, What Philippine Ergativity Really Means, during the latter half of 2006.  I emailed my comments and to my surprise, he emailed me back his honest reply. The …

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