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This is very similar in my country, the Philippines. English is the medium of instruction or the language used to teach in school - Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and everything except Filipino, however I didn't come from a Filipino/Tagalog speaking city, we spoke Cebuano, the 2nd most spoken Philippine language. I think in places such as Manila where Filipino is the main language, Filipino should be the medium of instruction while in my city and other places where they don't speak Filipino as a regional language, they should teach in the native language. However, most of the Filipinos that don't speak Filipino as 1st language actually learn it as a 2nd language and often are fluent in it.
So that is my point, in India's case where not every Indian speaks and understands Hindi, I think they should teach them in their regional language and neither Hindi or English.
0 votedJuly 10, 20140please correct it :-) thank you Tagalog message to a friend
Magandang hapon kaibigan! Kamusta kayo? May mga pagbabago ba? Ako'y Nag-aaral ako ng konti lang araw-araw. Miss na miss na kita. Sana'y maging masaya ang araw mo at hindi maging malamig. Mag-ingat ka at kung maaari ay tumawag kayo sa akin.
Wow, ang galing mo'ng magtagalog! Nasurprise ako ah! Saan ka natuto nito at bakit ka nag-aaral ng Tagalog? (Wow, you're so good at tagalog! I'm surprised! Where did you learn it and why are you learning Tagalog?)
Tagalog is just my 3rd language by the way but I am a Filipino. The 1st language being Cebuano and 2nd being English, I became fluent without study! I just used to watch national television and ask my babysitter what this and that means when I was about 8-10 and before that I didn't know any Tagalog. Cheers!
-Manuval
0 votedJuly 10, 20140- My language is dying... Maybe.
So, I speak Cebuano as a native language (A language of the Philippines) And it is the second most spoken language at home in my country with about 20M speakers. However, The language is never regulated and it usually isn't taught in school. In most private schools, we are not allowed to speak Cebuano and people force us to speak in English, and they even allow us to speak Filipino, but never in Cebuano. Every single prayer, meeting, assembly, presentation in school is in English. But there is one month - August, where we don't really speak English, but we speak Filipino. It is called "Buwan ng Wika" or "Month of the Language", but we never have the chance to speak in Cebuano. Most rich and fancy people prefer to speak English to their children, at home, and in business because they think it's proper. This is due to the lack of vocabulary in Cebuano. We don't have words for website, computer, laptop, vacuum cleaner, washing machine, and a lot more words because we keep using the English term, and we're not inventign new words. Also, when someone asks another Filipino if what's their number, no one says "Sero-Siyam-Anim-Pito", everyone says "Zero-Nine-Six-Seven". In school, everything is taught in English, Mathematics is in English, Science is in English, and of course, English is in English. But Filipino is taught in Filipino of course. And, letters are always individually said in English. So "A" would be "Ey", "B" would be "Bi", and so on, instead of the traditional Abakada. I feel very sad about this but sometimes I think it's a good thing, I mean maybe English isn't corrupting our language, but rather giving more loanwords, just like why we have so many Spanish words in Cebuano/Filipino. I really think that they should teach us in Cebuano, while they teach people in Manila in Filipino, Ilocano in Ilocos, Maranao in Lanao, and so on. Thoughts?
July 8, 201412 Surprised
I'm very surprised with the people here. There are so many gentle people and they bring me help, i'm very exited (<em>excited</em>) becouse (<em>because</em>) I believe that my English can get better very soon here!
Yeah I agree with you! I just found this website yesterday and I'm very happy that I did :D people are very helpful indeed. Your English is excellent :D just a few spelling mistakes. Just keep on practicing.
Hablo Español también, todavía estoy aprendiendo :D
0 votedJuly 8, 20140- Mi primera entrada notebook ¡Hola! Creo que yo sea de trabajo duro pero soy también muy perezoso. Normalmente, veo un video español en youtube (vídeos de humor) y yo las disfruto pero no estaba aprendiendo mejor que cuando yo solía leer un historia de Wattpad. Tengo a aprender mas palabras y structuras complicadas y practicar mi español con mi profesora Chilena porque siempre hablo con ella en Inglés. Me correjan y me explican los errores por favor. ¡Muchas gracias!July 8, 2014101
Wow, your English is really good! There are very few mistakes and these are just very minor! Keep going with your English, you're almost there :)
There are so many English learners who we can exchange knowledge and experience. Also there are so many good English teachers who can help us.
Studying English is a long way. i hope i can write a little artile everyday.
Lisa
2014 .07.080 votedJuly 8, 20140- "An" se utiliza si la proxima palabra comienza con un vocal, mientras que se ulitiza "a" normalmente como "un/una". Ejemplos: 1. On-an: I sat on an arm (Me senté en un brazo) 2. On-a: I sat on a chair (Me senté en una silla) 3. In an: I live in an igloo (Vivo en un iglú) 4. In-a: I live in a big house (Vivo en una casa grande) Espero que esto le ayudará y que no he hecho ningún error :) El español es mi cuarto idioma y mi primera lengua extranjera (Hablo 1. Cebuano, 2. Inglés 3. Filipino) Mi profesora en español es de Chile también. Chao!0 votedJuly 8, 20142
This morning
Today is Tuesday. Like every holiday As boring as every holiday. My mom and dad goes to work. And my litter (<em>little)</em> sister goes go to remedial classes in order to get into the last good school. I failed to pass English Test Band 6, so I'm trying to learn English. To tell the truth, I don't like English. I live in chine (<em>China</em>). I like Chinese traditional culture. So, I choose (<em>chose</em>) to learn Chinese medicine. It was a great feeling. Chinese culture is broad and profound.
Your English is really good, just more practice! I hope you get your mistakes :) Ask me if you don't get why your sentence is incorrect. Bye!
0 votedJuly 8, 20141- Difference of esto, esta, and este I know a lot of vocabulary in Spanish but I have never really knew the difference. Same goes for eso, esa, and ese. Does it differ in gender? Is esto used for masculine and esta for feminine and este for neutral or unknown? Please do answer me. It would be very appreciated :)July 8, 201470
