Filipinos are taught English in school from kindergarten to college. Some were taught English as their first language. We are bombarded by tv shows, magazines, newspapers, radio shows ALL in Englsish. But why is it that a lot of Filipinos who can't speak American English? Well, just today, I talked to somebody who said: "I goh toh Jaleebeh ebree feydey." (I go to Jollibee every payday). English skills are very important in a lot of jobs, even some nannies are required to be able to speak it conversationally. Oh, I hate that "colegiala English", when they would say "let's go na to the mall, i want to buy a skirt eh." GRRRR. The main focus of our schools (public and private) is to teach students well.
Don't get me wrong, I am not a perfect speaker of the language but I am just apalled at how we can be taught something for so long and still not get it right!
Please explain!
2007-04-19
21:12:41
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