It's time for the government to institutionalize K-12 Chinese language education for Fil-Chis

It's time for the government to institutionalize K-12 Chinese language education for Fil-Chis

It's time para sa ating gobyerno na i-institutionalize ang pagtuturo ng Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, at of course Spanish, not as a foreign language, but as a second language kung saan ang syllabus ay Philippine-centric, hindi foreign-centric. Dapat tayong mga Pilipino, hindi mga dayuhan, ang mamahala sa pagtuturo ng foreign languages, sa pamamagitan ng pagtakwil sa Confucius Institute, Instituto Cervantes, Alliance Française, Goethe-Institut, Japan Foundation at ang ating sariling DepEd at TESDA ang bigyan ng karapatang magbalangkas at mamahala ng foreign language curriculum.

Sudden talaga ang pagpaparecall ng mga Mainland Chinese language teachers na walang local fallback, kasi kaunti lang ang Filipino Chinese na proficient sa Mandarin o kahit sa Hokkien, pero certified na makapag-teach ng Mandarin sa K-12 classroom setting. Dapat kasi na yung pagtuturo ng Chinese languages ay localized, hindi puro lang Mainland China o Taiwan, kung saan imbes na ituro ang talambuhay ni Confucius sa mga school-age children, mas mabuti na yung talambuhay ni Jose Rizal ang ituturo sa Mandarin. Kung ang mga Moro Muslims ay may ALIVE, dapat may sariling version ang Filipino Chinese na ChiLChiVE (Chinese Language and Chinese Values Education) na state-funded. The same thing sa French, German, Japanese, Korean, at of course Spanish.

Dapat mag-cultivate tayo ng sariling local Chinese at Spanish-speaking demographic base, para in the future magkaroon na tayo ng sufficient supply ng local Chinese at Spanish-language K-12 teachers at hindi na kailangang mag-import ng foreign native speakers na mapagdududahan na "spy" ng China o Spain kung may geopolitical tensions ang Pilipinas sa mga bansa na nabanggit ko.

Dapat magkaroon tayo ng homegrown Mandarin and Spanish language dialects na matatawag na "sariling-atin", tulad ng Philippine English. Puwede mag-designate ang ating gobyerno ng partikular na barangay, municipality, city, province, o region na magiging Chinese at Spanish language geographical immersion enclaves, na parang nasa Special Economic Zones (SEZs) ang dating.

Disclaimer: Yes, may sariling-atin na Philippine Spanish dialect, pero moribund siya at kailangan ng bottom-up Hebrew-style revitalization na parang mag-uundergo ka ng blood transfusion para ma-save ang buhay mo mula sa acute leukemia.

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u/Joseph20102011 — 10 days ago
▲ 46 r/AskPH

Bakit kaunti lang mga Fil-Chi (full-blooded ethnic Chinese, not those with mixed Pinoy na) na pumapasok sa teaching profession as their full-time career?

In relation ito sa pag-recall ng mainland Chinese teachers sa Chinese schools at sa overreliance nila sa mainland Chinese teachers.

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u/Joseph20102011 — 11 days ago
▲ 12 r/Cebu

Between sa two closest provinces sa Cebu, asa man mo guys mas makarelate – Bohol or Negros Oriental?

Sa mga r/Cebu users, especially mga lumad nga taga-Cebu, asa man mo mas makarelate between sa two closest provinces like naa maoy family connection, taga-diin inyong partner or spouse o perme adtoon for work or tourism purpose – Bohol (Tagbilaran) or Negros Oriental (Dumaguete)?

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u/Joseph20102011 — 29 days ago

What if papalitan ng Spanish ang English bilang medium of instruction?

What if para sa next generation ng 0-14 years old demographic cohort ay Spanish ang gagawing medium of instruction sa basic at higher education at ang English ay ituturo nalang bilang standalone language subject, entonces i-tratrato nalang ang English as a foreign language while ang Spanish as a second language, na ang end goal ay magiging street language natin ang Spanish, while magsalita lang tayo ng English kung may kausap tayo na foreigner?

u/Joseph20102011 — 1 month ago

Does Spain have a plan to directly attract licensed professionals (registered nurses and teachers) from the Philippines through work visa schemes like what Germany is doing since 2013?

Is there a plan from the Spanish government or from the parliamentary opposition like PP and Vox to directly attract licensed professionals from the Philippines like registered nurses and teachers through a work visa scheme, with a legal path for permanent residency and citizenship?

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u/Joseph20102011 — 1 month ago

What are the ways to revitalize Spanish as a spoken language in countries that are culturally similar to Latin America like the Philippines?

I would like to ask Latin Americans on how to revitalize Spanish as a spoken language in countries that are culturally similar to Latin America like the Philippines in a 70-year timeline that won't require a linguicide?

What are the best possible cultural, employment, people-to-people exchange, and political incentives to make Filipinos reembrace Spanish as a second language?

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u/Joseph20102011 — 1 month ago

What if direkta na trabaho sa loob ng gobyerno, hindi ayuda na cash ang ipamimigay sa mga tao, especially college-degree holders?

What if na imbes conditional cash transfer programs (ayuda) ang ipamimigay ng ating gobyerno, kundi direkta na trabaho sa loob ng gobyerno ang ipamimigay ng gobyerno sa mga tao (government jobs program), especially sa college undergraduate diploma holders, as if magkakaroon na sila ng regular na sweldo at benepisyo tulad ng plantilla employees, kahit yung magiging trabaho nila ay taga-timpla lang ng coffee para sa mga supervisors o kaya mag-post ng Tiktok o Reels content na magflex sila sa pagsasalita ng straight English o kaya Spanish and other foreign languages para ang mga BPO at freelance workers ay magiging jealous sa mga government employees?

u/Joseph20102011 — 2 months ago

How to make a foreign language become a well-entrenched indigenized language within a few generations?

How to make a foreign language without preexisting historical roots in a particular country a well-entrenched indigenized language within a few generations? Let's say make English and Spanish a well-entrenched indigenized languages in Belgium/Switzerland and Philippines/United States, respectively?

Do you think mandating the entrenched elite class and civil servant aspirants in a particular country to speak a specific foreign language will make a difference over the long-term, to the point where middle and lower socioeconomic class will begin to speak the language of the elite class within a few generations?

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u/Joseph20102011 — 2 months ago
▲ 25 r/Cebu

Dili popular career path para sa mga taga-Cebu ang military service (pagka-sundalo)

Kung nakabantay mo sa mga AFP and PNP high-ranking officials, talagsaon ra kaayo nga naay lumad nga Sugboanon o native Cebuano speaker nga AFP chief of staff ug PNP chief; usually mga Ilocano, Igorot, ug Ilonggo. Bisan sa rank-and-file, kasagaran mga Ilocano, Igorot, ug Ilonggo, gamay ra taga-Cebu o Bohol nga sundalo.

Bisan sa akong circle of friends, usa ra jud nisulod sa military service (Air Force to be specific) ug kasagaran nag-commercial seafarer o kaha, school teacher or priest, pero seldom ra jud ang gusto magsundalo nga Cebuano Bisaya.

Duna ba moy mga kaamigohan o kamo mismo nga nagsundalo o gusto unta magsundalo?

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u/Joseph20102011 — 2 months ago

Do you think mandating a foreign language to be spoken among public sector employees a good incentive for the entire country's population to learn to speak a foreign language?

Since vacant entry-level white-collar private sector jobs are becoming fewer, thanks to the mass AI adoption by corporations, and the public sector tends to lag behind the private sector when it comes to AI adoption, do you think mandating foreign language proficiency for rank-and-file and managerial public sector job positions will make a certain foreign language more prestigious among the aspiring elite class who couldn't be employed in the corporate private sector (let's say officialize Spanish for Brazil, Philippines, and the United States)?

There is a so-called "security of tenure" for public sector employees that the private sector counterparts don't enjoy. A certain foreign language will be taught in schools as a medium of instruction, not just as a standalone subject. That certain foreign language will eventually create a native and L2 speaker demographic base within few generations.

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u/Joseph20102011 — 2 months ago

My idea how to address teacher shortage and constant class interruption due to heavy downpour in remote areas: institutionalize boarding schools

May idea ako kung paano maengganyo na yung mga taga-lowland na T1 applicants na ma-assign sa remote mountainous areas at yung mga estudyante sa mga lugar na yan ay hindi na kailangan pa lumusong sa ilog at bundok araw-araw mula sa kanilang bahay patungo sa eskwelahan, kundi every weekend na lang ay yung mga eskwelahan sa remote mountainous barangays ay gawing boarding schools, na may kasama na living quarters para sa mga non-resident teachers tulad ng military barracks para sa mga sundalo at church convent sa mga pari at pastor.

In this setup, hindi na gagastos through a loan ang non-resident teachers na naka-assign sa remote mountainous barangays, para lang may pambayad sa boarding house o rental house outside sa school premises, kung mag-stay put na lang sila sa teacher living quarters. Sa parte ng mga estudyante, hindi na mamimiligro ang buhay nila sa paglusong sa ilog araw-araw, especially kung may bagyo, kasi doon na lang sa boarding school sila namamalagi, so wala nang unnecessary class interruption na nagpapalala ng learning crisis.

Through the boarding school system, ma-cu-cultivate ng mga estudyante sa elementary level ang sense of personal independence, kung saan, since magiging physically malayo sila sa parent nila na busy sa pagtatrabaho, sila mismo ay matuto sa murang edad na tumayo sa kanilang sariling paa.

Ano ang masasabi ninyo, mga kaguro, sa ideya ko?

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u/Joseph20102011 — 2 months ago

Is creating your own idiolect an effective approach for adult foreign-language learners who aim for proficiency but don't want to learn textbook-based standardized grammar in a classroom setting?

What are your insights about creating your own idiolect as a form of nativizing foreign languages at a personal level, to the point of becoming your "first/second language" aside from your default first language, and then passing it down to your offspring (if it is done at scale, then a new dialect emerges like Australian English and Argentine Spanish from Cockney English and Andalusian Spanish, respectively)?

In this approach, a foreign language learner incorporates lexical and grammatical features from their first language or mother tongue, but never fundamentally deviates from the foreign language's existing lexical and grammatical rules.

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u/Joseph20102011 — 2 months ago

What if ipagbawal ang foreigners at non-resident Filipino citizens na magmay-ari o mangupahan sa condominiums at instead, dapat sa house-and-lot at townhouses nalang sila pwede magmay-ari o mangupahan?

What if gawin nalang exclusive sa mga resident Filipino citizens ang condominiums (low, mid, and high-rise) para magiging mura na ang real estate prices sa Metro Manila at Metro Cebu at yung mga foreigner na gusto maging permanent resident at non-resident Filipino citizen like OFWs at emigrants ay house-and-lot and townhouses nalang sila pwede bibili at magmay-ari, especially outside Metro Manila at Metro Cebu?

Malelevel ba ang presyo ng pabahay sa siyudad at probinsya? Maeencourage ba ang economic decentralization?

u/Joseph20102011 — 2 months ago