Comments on: Domogan: Teach Love in Many Languages http://igorotblogger.com/2007/07/domogan-teach-love-in-many-languages.html A news and information blog on the Igorots/iCordilleras Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:38:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: carlee http://igorotblogger.com/2007/07/domogan-teach-love-in-many-languages.html#comment-3531 carlee Mon, 28 Jun 2010 06:37:01 +0000 http://igorotblogger.com/?p=325#comment-3531 well it's good! some are igorots by blood but can't even understand even a single dialec>> well it’s good! some are igorots by blood but can’t even understand even a single dialec>>

]]> By: Rober F. Facayang http://igorotblogger.com/2007/07/domogan-teach-love-in-many-languages.html#comment-3490 Rober F. Facayang Thu, 13 May 2010 16:41:08 +0000 http://igorotblogger.com/?p=325#comment-3490 good luck good luck

]]> By: Bill Bilig http://igorotblogger.com/2007/07/domogan-teach-love-in-many-languages.html#comment-1372 Bill Bilig Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:49:00 +0000 http://igorotblogger.com/?p=325#comment-1372 Hi Anonymous,<br/>Yo! :-)<br/><br/>Hi Trublue,<br/>Hehehe, ikaw ha. But good point. Flyover funds? Maybe they're waiting for the price of cement to go up before they use it. Thanks.<br/><br/>Hi Kris,<br/>Good point din. Sana nga we start using the language from the very start of schooling. Thanks.<br/><br/>Hi Pagano,<br/>Real stories like that are good evidence that our local languages should be used. Sana the answer as to what happened next will be... and they continued to do well because they continued using their local language :-)<br/><br/>Hi Anonymous,<br/>Thanks. It's really unfortunate that we are still stuck with the kind of language instruction we have (use English and Tagalog or else) despite the evidence that we will be better off if local languages are used at the basic level. And yes, Domogan's bill is a starting point. Hi Anonymous,
Yo! :-)

Hi Trublue,
Hehehe, ikaw ha. But good point. Flyover funds? Maybe they’re waiting for the price of cement to go up before they use it. Thanks.

Hi Kris,
Good point din. Sana nga we start using the language from the very start of schooling. Thanks.

Hi Pagano,
Real stories like that are good evidence that our local languages should be used. Sana the answer as to what happened next will be… and they continued to do well because they continued using their local language :-)

Hi Anonymous,
Thanks. It’s really unfortunate that we are still stuck with the kind of language instruction we have (use English and Tagalog or else) despite the evidence that we will be better off if local languages are used at the basic level. And yes, Domogan’s bill is a starting point.

]]> By: Anonymous http://igorotblogger.com/2007/07/domogan-teach-love-in-many-languages.html#comment-1370 Anonymous Sat, 21 Jul 2007 22:18:00 +0000 http://igorotblogger.com/?p=325#comment-1370 One can certainly increase the number of "Cordillera language immersion" elementary schools and high schools in places where educational infrastructure is solid enough (like the example a commentator gave). Brain research shows that children who are proficient in their primary language are more prepared to be proficient in additional languages. <br/><br/>Otherwise, I think the Congressman's bill is a good starting and symbolic point! One can certainly increase the number of “Cordillera language immersion” elementary schools and high schools in places where educational infrastructure is solid enough (like the example a commentator gave). Brain research shows that children who are proficient in their primary language are more prepared to be proficient in additional languages.

Otherwise, I think the Congressman’s bill is a good starting and symbolic point!

]]> By: pagano http://igorotblogger.com/2007/07/domogan-teach-love-in-many-languages.html#comment-1368 pagano Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:30:00 +0000 http://igorotblogger.com/?p=325#comment-1368 i've heard this from a sagada teacher- using the dialect as the language of instruction has been tried in sagada, in ankileng elementary school, in the late 1990s. the results of that 'experiment' were encouraging-the students performed excellently in achievement tests. as to what happened next, i'm no longer aware.:-)<br/><br/>yup, let's give credit to cong. domogan, it's due him.:-) i’ve heard this from a sagada teacher- using the dialect as the language of instruction has been tried in sagada, in ankileng elementary school, in the late 1990s. the results of that ‘experiment’ were encouraging-the students performed excellently in achievement tests. as to what happened next, i’m no longer aware.:-)

yup, let’s give credit to cong. domogan, it’s due him.:-)

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