My stepchild goes to a decent school in the phils. She can talk english and write english. Now she has to learn tagalogshe is going crazy because she is finding it difficult to learn.
My stepchild goes to a decent school in the phils. She can talk english and write english. Now she has to learn tagalog
My little son (nearly 9 months old) will be learning both English and Tagalog as he grows up before school. My wife is talking primarily English to him, while he will be picking up Tagalog from other family members. Good to learn both imo. I am sure your daughter will pick it up, she is still young enough to do it.
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Andy, don't be too concerned. At that age a different language is 'picked up' so very easily. Especially if the parents can get involved.
It's a wonderful thing to behold and you wil not believe the progress
What a fantastic advantage
I agree with Peter.
Kids that age....like little sponges.
Having said that...my son attended school for 3 years in the Phils from age 7 to 10 yrs, plus living there for extended periods pre-school, and because (according to him) "they all speak English to me", has never learned to speak Tagalog.
So maybe he missed that important 'window'.
The two older (Filipino) children were of course originally Tagalog/Bicol speakers, but after 4 years in UK had to re-learn the language when they also returned to school for 3 years in the Phils.
Now, as far as I'm aware, neither can really speak or write it properly. Most interesting.
I think this could be because of the great efforts their mother made to teach them English when they were young kids, and basically we were an English-speaking household.
kids are fast learner so don't worry
i tried to learn it to, just from when Ems is talking to her family on the phone back home, i gave up all i could hear was shouting and laughing,
my little girl spoke Tagalog and english when she was in the phils, now after 7 yrs in the UK shes doesn't speak one word of Tagalog
haha steve LOLZ
joe yes language should be practice too even youre not in that country coz once u ddint speak or use the language u maybe forgot some of the words and continuously every words of that language...coz neither i , sometimes forgot what was the meaning of this word in my own dialect
From what I have seen, once the children have been here a while they soon drop any Tagalog they have learnt and have no inclination to continue with it, even if mom wants them to.
Not me, my daughter have to keep it.,,she still know and understand her tagalog ,..I dont want her to look strange and stupid when she comes and visit Philippines again,...Imagine if someone speaks to her in tagalog and she cant reply back??Originally Posted by lastlid
From what I have seen, once the children have been here a while they soon drop any Tagalog they have learnt and have no inclination to continue with it, even if mom wants them to.
btw, at 10 years old she learned some German and French too , she'll not be lost anywhere.
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I have been to many countries and the English language served me well, mainly because it is the language most likely to be spoken by anyone outside of the UK. I did have a problem with the Russians but does that mean I should have learned Russian in school?Not me, my daughter have to keep it.,,she still know and understand her tagalog ,..I dont want her to look strange and stupid when she comes and visit Philippines again,...Imagine if someone speaks to her in tagalog and she cant reply back??
btw, at 10 years old she learned some German and French too , she'll not be lost anywhere.
Having said all, me and my wife's mom can't understand a word each other says
From what I have seen, once the children have been here a while they soon drop any Tagalog they have learnt and have no inclination to continue with it, even if mom wants them to.
4 year old Filipino learning English in a Philippine school. English Language Test is a year or so from now.....
yes , Ive read that in the news the Department of Education is bringing back the filipino language enrichment activities,..I think its brilliantMy stepchild goes to a decent school in the phils. She can talk english and write english. Now she has to learn tagalog
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yes , Ive read that in the news the Department of Education is bringing back the filipino language enrichment activities,..I think its brilliant
Personally I think it is a bad move. My feeling is that the Philippines should go for it with the English language and forget the local languages. They need to do that to compete in the world ( or alternatively go for Chinese
The time spent learning Tagalog could be more fruitfully spent on English or Mathematics.
why you think its a bad move to learn your own language???Personally I think it is a bad move. My feeling is that the Philippines should go for it with the English language and forget the local languages. They need to do that to compete in the world ( or alternatively go for Chinese
Philippines should not need to compete with the world , Tagalog/visayan/ilokano is our first language, English is our second language ....in fact, the depED should also bring back Spanish in the curriculums...
Multilinguism is fun!!
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Bring back anglo saxon, thats what I say. Great fun....why you think its a bad move to learn your own language???
Philippines should not need to compete with the world , Tagalog/visayan/ilokano is our first language, English is our second language ....in fact, the depED should also bring back Spanish in the curriculums...
Multilinguism is fun!!Oh and some Latin too to add to the fun.
I think you missed the point Lastlid, Tagalog is the native language of the Philippines, like English is for us. We learn french, german or spanish at school. So what is wrong with nurturing your own language and learning English as a second language... no difference, I think you are just being a bit pedantic.
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Great!! ..tell me about it, I think those languages can be use to drive away bad spiritsBring back anglo saxon, thats what I say. Great fun....
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yes , Ive read that in the news the Department of Education is bringing back the filipino language enrichment activities,..I think its brilliant
that's true..
yes.. like me my local language is somehow Spanish...
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Philippines is the 4th largest English speaking country in the world, the UK the 6th
if my kids were going to live in the phils then of course it would be a good idea for them to learn Tagalog, seeing their not, not for many years anyway i don't see a need for them to.
my parents are Lithuanian and I've never needed or wanted to learn Lithuanian
but of course it would be an advantage for them to..
Exactly. And unless something catastrophic happens, that will become more and more entrenched. And exactly the reason why if, even in the Philippines, I would make learning English, for children, even more of a priority and accept the ongoing demise of the many local languages.Philippines is the 4th largest English speaking country in the world, the UK the 6th
if my kids were going to live in the phils then of course it would be a good idea for them to learn Tagalog, seeing their not, not for many years anyway i don't see a need for them to.
my parents are Lithuanian and I've never needed or wanted to learn Lithuanian
but of course it would be an advantage for them to..
On a day to day basis OBVIOUSLY Filipinos speak and write their own language (just look on their facebook pages).
That will never change. Why on earth should it ?
Let us all be grateful that they DO learn English at school, otherwise a lot of us would not now have Filipina partners.
Also, 600,000 jobs would not have been created in call centres in recent years.
Quite honestly it's nothing to do with us what the Filipino government and people decide to do in their education system.
As far as I can see, they have reached a happy medium where the teaching of languages is concerned, and certainly well in advance of what happens in our country.
Maybe I have met the wrong Filipinos, Graham. The ones that I have, tended to aspire to improving their English, liberally lace their Tagalog with English and communicate in Facebook in both. Same on Philippine TV.On a day to day basis OBVIOUSLY Filipinos speak and write their own language (just look on their facebook pages).
That will never change. Why on earth should it ?
Let us all be grateful that they DO learn English at school, otherwise a lot of us would not now have Filipina partners.
Also, 600,000 jobs would not have been created in call centres in recent years.
Quite honestly it's nothing to do with us what the Filipino government and people decide to do in their education system.
As far as I can see, they have reached a happy medium where the teaching of languages is concerned, and certainly well in advance of what happens in our country.
Like I said, I did have a problem with the older generation over there but that is exactly the point...the older generation have been left behind a bit in the path of what appears to be inevitable progress.
I tend to think of the Filipinos grasp and use of English as an asset. And one that should be honed.
Its a crazy argument imo, if you loose national identity then you end up with a united bland earth community. The world needs diversity and cultural differences, of course speaking and understanding English is an advantage, but at the cost of losing your culture is just daft and irresponsible. Like I have said, my son will learn both, I never want him to forget his heritiage or family history.
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And the crazy argument is an all too familiar one, particularly at home here in the United Kingdom Great Britain, Northern Island and Islands. But the world moves on....
I agree with that!! I'm so proud when I heard some of my cousins talking in waray a dialect here in Philippines, but they were born in other country. My uncle teach them how to speak our own language. At home they speak in waray and when they are with their friends they speak english.
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