Comments on: Grammar, diction, spelling and a misunderstood campaign http://www.skamid.com/life/grammar-diction-spelling-and-a-misunderstood-campaign/ Tech and Sports News, Entertainment, Web and Current Events Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:13:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: J http://www.skamid.com/life/grammar-diction-spelling-and-a-misunderstood-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-1103 J Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:17:03 +0000 http://www.skamid.com/?p=286#comment-1103 Dimaks writes: "Do you think that the advent and fast-becoming popularity of tag-lish and other modern conversational jargons have something to do with your point?" Yes, I do. But I think the main reason is the fact that the Philippine academe stopped strictly using English as medium of instruction in Elementary and High Schools. Another factor is the rise of the use of Tagalog as the language of audio-visual media. All TV news programs in the Philippines used to be in English, now you see such programs only on ANC. I`m not against using Filipino in news program. But I think there should also be prime-time news and other TV programs in English. Dimaks writes: “Do you think that the advent and fast-becoming popularity of tag-lish and other modern conversational jargons have something to do with your point?”

Yes, I do. But I think the main reason is the fact that the Philippine academe stopped strictly using English as medium of instruction in Elementary and High Schools.

Another factor is the rise of the use of Tagalog as the language of audio-visual media. All TV news programs in the Philippines used to be in English, now you see such programs only on ANC.

I`m not against using Filipino in news program. But I think there should also be prime-time news and other TV programs in English.

]]> By: J http://www.skamid.com/life/grammar-diction-spelling-and-a-misunderstood-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-1101 J Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:26:40 +0000 http://www.skamid.com/?p=286#comment-1101 My comment is a bit related to the topic, but not quite. Hehehe. People expect a lot of us Pinoys when it comes to English proficiency. That`s something to be proud of. But the thing is, there are times when some Pinoys don`t live up to these expectations. Along with India and Singapore, the Philippines remains the top English-proficient country in Asia. But I think we also need to address our English fluency`s steady decline. -------- <em>Do you think that the advent and fast-becoming popularity of tag-lish and other modern conversational jargons have something to do with your point?</em>-<strong>dimaks</strong> My comment is a bit related to the topic, but not quite. Hehehe. People expect a lot of us Pinoys when it comes to English proficiency. That`s something to be proud of. But the thing is, there are times when some Pinoys don`t live up to these expectations. Along with India and Singapore, the Philippines remains the top English-proficient country in Asia. But I think we also need to address our English fluency`s steady decline.
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Do you think that the advent and fast-becoming popularity of tag-lish and other modern conversational jargons have something to do with your point?-dimaks

]]> By: Richmond http://www.skamid.com/life/grammar-diction-spelling-and-a-misunderstood-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-1095 Richmond Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:17:47 +0000 http://www.skamid.com/?p=286#comment-1095 Wala namang Japanese elective sa amin eh... hehe. -------- <em>Chinese, meron ba? hehe</em> -<strong>dimaks</strong> Wala namang Japanese elective sa amin eh… hehe.
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Chinese, meron ba? hehe -dimaks

]]> By: Gypsy http://www.skamid.com/life/grammar-diction-spelling-and-a-misunderstood-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-1096 Gypsy Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:41:29 +0000 http://www.skamid.com/?p=286#comment-1096 Hehe...its interesting that there is such a high demand for native english speakers in countries like Japan and Thailand, ang nakakatawa sometimes they base this on the skin color and not on their English fluency (I guess since many of them can't speak good English they wouldn't know who's fluent and who's not). I know Germans who have a hard time grappling with English actually hired to teach English in Thailand--and getting paid more than Filipinos who are actually more fluent and who know grammar structure! Ironic... -------- <em>Is it about time to let them know? hehe</em> -<strong>dimaks</strong> Hehe…its interesting that there is such a high demand for native english speakers in countries like Japan and Thailand, ang nakakatawa sometimes they base this on the skin color and not on their English fluency (I guess since many of them can’t speak good English they wouldn’t know who’s fluent and who’s not). I know Germans who have a hard time grappling with English actually hired to teach English in Thailand–and getting paid more than Filipinos who are actually more fluent and who know grammar structure! Ironic…
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Is it about time to let them know? hehe -dimaks

]]> By: betty http://www.skamid.com/life/grammar-diction-spelling-and-a-misunderstood-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-1098 betty Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:52:07 +0000 http://www.skamid.com/?p=286#comment-1098 Mas nakakatawa ng mga ads sa China! -------- <em>True, by the photos i have seen somewhere here on the web. Although I have not been to china yet :) thanks for dropping by!</em> -<strong>dimaks</strong> Mas nakakatawa ng mga ads sa China!
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True, by the photos i have seen somewhere here on the web. Although I have not been to china yet :) thanks for dropping by! -dimaks

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