ELT World » philippines Your local friendly TEFL blog Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:32:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Philippines: Teachers blamed as English standards fall /2009/11/philippines-teachers-blamed-as-english-standards-fall-in-the-philippines/ /2009/11/philippines-teachers-blamed-as-english-standards-fall-in-the-philippines/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:22:51 +0000 david /?p=959 English standards in the Philippines are slipping, according to the results of a ‘major international testing system’. This can only mean one thing, the teachers are to blame, of course.

This ‘major international testing system’ also showed Malaysians have taken the top spot in English proficiency among South-East Asian countries, although whether this refers to any countries other than the Philippines and Malaysia is unclear.

According to the results of the ‘much-better-than-TOEFL’ International English Language Testing System (IELTS to those of us in the know) for 2008, Filipinos who were seeking overseas jobs in professions including nursing and engineering scored an average of 6.69 for listening, writing, reading and speaking English, while Malaysians massively outscored their fierce rivals on 6.71.

Although the figure is a slight improvement on the figure of 6.58 from 2007, it is still a worry for a country that has prided itself on its English-language ability.

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]]> /2009/11/philippines-teachers-blamed-as-english-standards-fall-in-the-philippines/feed/ 0 Koreans are flocking to the Philippines to learn English /2009/09/koreans-are-flocking-to-the-philippines-to-learn-english/ /2009/09/koreans-are-flocking-to-the-philippines-to-learn-english/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:53:53 +0000 david /?p=596 South Korea & the Philippines: ‘They come in their thousands every month, eager to learn what is considered as the language of some 1.8 billion people worldwide,’ exclaims the Korea Times with no small degree of hyperbole.

For South Korean students, the Philippines has now become something of a haven as far as learning the English language is concerned. Indeed, the last five years has seen a phenomenal rise in terms of the Philippines becoming the prime source of English education for South Koreans. ‘Whether they come to the Philippines to study English or sit in front of their computers at home in Seoul and learn the correct pronunciation of English words from a teacher in Manila, South Koreans are bent on learning English as a second language as part of the globalisation plan implemented by the government.’

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]]> /2009/09/koreans-are-flocking-to-the-philippines-to-learn-english/feed/ 0 Philippines: Mindanao teachers stick to English in camp /2009/06/philippines-mindanao-teachers-stick-to-english-in-camp/ /2009/06/philippines-mindanao-teachers-stick-to-english-in-camp/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:01:05 +0000 david /news/?p=414 Smiling, the second-grade teacher rested from a game that challenged her to fully use her English language skills. Celema Lechonsito of the Manili Elementary School in Lutayan, Sultan Kudarat, traveled all the way to Mactan, Cebu, to join 132 other grade school teachers from Mindanao in a 12-day camp that promised to help them improve their English in time for the school opening in June.

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]]> /2009/06/philippines-mindanao-teachers-stick-to-english-in-camp/feed/ 0 South Korea: Non-Natives Frustrated in Finding English Teaching Jobs /2009/02/south-korea-non-natives-frustrated-in-finding-english-teaching-jobs/ /2009/02/south-korea-non-natives-frustrated-in-finding-english-teaching-jobs/#comments Sun, 01 Feb 2009 07:17:31 +0000 david /news/?p=302 South Korea: The Korean government recently announced that it would open English language teaching positions to people from the Philippines and other countries that use English as official language, reports the Korea times. However, what remains to be seen is when this will actually be put into practice. Despite pledges to widen the market, Korea will in principle allow in English teachers only from countries that have trade agreements or their equivalent with Korea.

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]]> /2009/02/south-korea-non-natives-frustrated-in-finding-english-teaching-jobs/feed/ 0 Making English ‘king’ in schools again /2009/01/making-english-king-in-schools-again/ /2009/01/making-english-king-in-schools-again/#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:34:48 +0000 david /news/?p=293 Malaysia: For Filipinos acutely aware that their country lags behind its neighbouring economies, proficiency in English has been a source of pride and a highly bankable asset. But, by a wide consensus, that has deteriorated over the years. The decline is part of a wider malaise afflicting an underfunded education system, grappling with overcrowded classrooms and the massive loss of teachers to better-paying jobs overseas.

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]]> /2009/01/making-english-king-in-schools-again/feed/ 0 Language experts and educators support House bill for all-English teaching /2009/01/language-experts-and-educators-support-house-bill-for-all-english-teaching/ /2009/01/language-experts-and-educators-support-house-bill-for-all-english-teaching/#comments Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:06:42 +0000 david /news/?p=289 Philippines: The proposal to adopt English as the primary medium of instruction (MOI) from Grade IV to high school appears to be gaining support in the House of Representatives. Language experts and educators however are pushing for a multi-lingual education (MLE) policy that puts emphasis on the use of child’s first language as language of teaching. Language experts said Thursday in a forum at the University of the Philippines in Quezon City that instead of adopting English as the teaching language from Grade IV to the secondary level, Philippine schools should use the language first learned by a child (L1) as MOI from pre-school to Grade 6 because it facilitates the child’s learning.

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]]> /2009/01/language-experts-and-educators-support-house-bill-for-all-english-teaching/feed/ 0 Philippines: Invigorating basic education /2008/12/philippines-invigorating-basic-education/ /2008/12/philippines-invigorating-basic-education/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:15:57 +0000 david /news/?p=242 Philippines: Dr. Jose V. Abueva, a founding trustee of the Foundation for Worldwide People Power (FWWPP) and a member of the Presidential Task Force for Education, says that “both Filipino and English are used as language of instruction from the earliest years of schooling but these can become obstacles to learning if the children are unfamiliar with either, and the teachers are not proficient in them. Thus some teachers use the mother tongue persistently although unofficially.”

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]]> /2008/12/philippines-invigorating-basic-education/feed/ 0 RP Joins Korea Student Fair 2008 in Seoul /2008/10/rp-joins-korea-student-fair-2008-in-seoul/ /2008/10/rp-joins-korea-student-fair-2008-in-seoul/#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:18:26 +0000 david /news/?p=146 A high-powered Philippine ESL delegation has joined the Korea Student Fair 2008, which opens on Oct. 4 for a two-day run at the COEX in downtown Seoul as part of its ongoing efforts to refresh awareness of the benefits of studying English in the Philippines.

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]]> /2008/10/rp-joins-korea-student-fair-2008-in-seoul/feed/ 1 Philippines: Cebu Can Be Global ESL Hub /2008/10/philippines-cebu-can-be-global-esl-hub/ /2008/10/philippines-cebu-can-be-global-esl-hub/#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:25:08 +0000 david /news/?p=142 After gaining international recognition as an emerging destination in the global outsourcing industry, Cebu is up for another title—that of being the “mecca” of English as a Second Language (ESL) in the world. On the average, around 17,200 Koreans visit Cebu monthly, according to data from the Department of Tourism-Central Visayas, and most of them come to study English.

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]]> /2008/10/philippines-cebu-can-be-global-esl-hub/feed/ 0 Philippines: Filipinos ‘more able’ operators of ESL schools /2008/10/philippines-filipinos-%e2%80%98more-able%e2%80%99-operators-of-esl-schools/ /2008/10/philippines-filipinos-%e2%80%98more-able%e2%80%99-operators-of-esl-schools/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:21:34 +0000 david /news/?p=139 If a foreign linguist will have his way, not that that happens very often, schools offering English as Second Language (ESL) courses in the Philippines should be run by Filipinos. Dr. Paul Robertson, chief executive officer of Asian EFL (English as a Foreign Language) Journal, noted without a hint of racism, the proliferation of ESL schools in Cebu, a development that occurred with the increasing number of Korean nationals in the province.

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