reaction on the issue of having the first language as a primary langauge for grade schoolers

the issue of having the first language as a primary language for grade schoolers is quite interesting for me.

having the first language to be the primary language in school will be quite a difficult transformation in our education system. all school materials are printed in the english language. but as to the effects, i think it will be to our advantage. they can now write using the first language which in my part is very hard because i really cant express my thoughts in my first language. in speaking i prefer to use my first language because i am very comfortable on it but when it comes to writing, there is no other language i would prefer to use other than english. speaking is not so different with writing, unless that writing is a written statement. its just you write what you have spoken.

when it comes to subjects to be taught in the first language, it will be so interesting. in my 16 years of existence, i dont even know the cebuano term for "multiply" even if i encountered this word early in my life. its a good thing to teach this lessons in the first language. it makes me wanna go back to elementary because i want to know the cebuano word for certain words/topics. watching classes to be held in the first language will be fun.

learning blog for this week

this week, we were thought on the steps on how to make a research paper. it involves quite a lot of steps to make the research paper presentable. i find some difficulties in selecting the topic because it was not based on my interest and the topic should be related to our course. communications is quite a vast field so i decided to pick my topic about cellphones. later on, i found it also hard to deal so i changed my topic to eco-friendly phones.

christmas vacation

this christmas vacation was spent in an unexpected way. when i was still young, i wished of spending this holiday season at cebu or bohol, with my relatives. but as i grew older this, wish was slowly ignored. and GOD granted the wish this time. i am not that happy because in real life it is better to celebrate christmas with the family.and also the timing is not good for me because we will have our alumni homecoming in highschool on december 28 and we went home december 30. and unluckily, i could not join the alumni homecoming. i was not in the mood for almost two days because of that. i was not totally ready about the idea of celebrating christmas away from home and not participating the anticipated alumni homecoming. GOD granted my wish when i was least expecting.