English and Filipino
Media
Part of Panorama
- Title
- English and Filipino
- Creator
- Ampil, Domingo G.
- Language
- English
- Source
- Panorama Volume XVIII (No. 4) April 1966
- Year
- 1966
- Rights
-
- Abstract
- English is indispensable if we plan to leam the science, the technology, and culture of America, England, and other English speaking countries
- Fulltext
- ■ English is indispensable if we plan to leam the science, the technology, and culture of America, England, and other English speaking countries. ENGLISH AND FILIPINO Can users of English who do not think in English use English effectively and with profit? Do those who obtain their education through me dium of English and yet do not think in English', profit to the full with what they are supposed to have learn ed? Heretofore, pupils and students were forced to think in English by making them use English all the time, so that they could profit to the full with the education that they were getting through medium of English. Is this still being done in our schools? ^dvocafes of the propaga tion. and use of Pilipino all over our country would re commend the use of Pilipino in our educational system instead of English. This would be all right if our only aim in education is to propagate and hold on to Filipino culture. But if we would learn, in addition, about the strength and wis dom of other people, if we would study their culture and more so their science and technology, we must do so through the medium of their respective languages A Trans lation is almost impossible and practically useless. Con sequently, those who would study Spanish culture could do so best through the study and the use of Spanish. /Those who would study [English culture, science and I technology, America’s and lEngland’s particularly, could Ido so adequately only by studying . English well and Using it fully. And this is what we ^are trying to do. But our efforts will fall short of desirable levels if we do not do our thinking in Eng lish as we use it in our schools. And we cannot use English effectively in our daily pursuits if we cannot readily think in it. This we can only do by using Eng lish all the time, except when we are studying and delving in things innately Philippine. — Domingo G. Ampil, Sta. Ana, Manila. 50 Panorama
- pages
- 50