INTRO: Good day, everyone.

I am Annie Lynne Ycalina, a

second year BS-Ed student major in English. For todays talk, I
would like to share with you the summary of The Iliad story as
I assure you that it is as interesting as any greek stories you
could ever read.
The Greek ("Achaean") army sacks Chryse, a town allied
with Troy, nine years after the Trojan War begins. The
Achaeans kidnap Chryseis and Briseis, two lovely maidens,
during the battle. Chryseis is claimed by Agamemnon, the head
of the Achaean armies, while Briseis is claimed by Achilles, the
Achaeans' best warrior. Chryses, Chryseis' father and an Apollo
priest, offers a great payment in exchange for his daughter, but
Agamemnon refuses to surrender Chryseis. Following that,
Chryses prays to Apollo, who brings a disease onto the Achaean
camp.
Agamemnon contacts the prophet Calchas to ascertain the
origin of the epidemic after many Achaeans perish. When he
discovers Chryseis is the culprit, he grudgingly relinquishes her,
but wants Briseis as retribution from Achilles. Achilles, enraged
by the insult, returns to his army camp tent and refuses to fight
in the war any longer. He yearns for the Achaeans to be
destroyed and urges his mother, the sea-nymph Thetis, to
recruit the help of Zeus, the god-king, to do so. The Trojan and
Achaean sides have agreed to a cease-fire, but the Trojans have
broken the agreement, prompting Zeus to intervene.
The Achaeans suffer heavy casualties as a result of Zeus'
assistance for the Trojans and Achilles' refusal to fight. The
battles between Paris and Menelaus, as well as between Hector
and Ajax, last several days. The Achaeans make little advance,
and even the famous Achaean warrior Diomedes' valor is in
vain. The Achaeans are pushed back by the Trojans, who force
them to seek sanctuary behind the walls that defend their
ships. When Diomedes and Odysseus' overnight reconnaissance
trip provides knowledge about the Trojans' preparations, the
Achaeans begin to feel hopeful for the future, but calamity
strikes the next day. The Trojans smash through the Achaean
ramparts after many Achaean commanders are injured. They
make it all the way up to the Achaean camp's perimeter and set
fire to one of the ships. Without the ships, the army will be
stuck at Troy and probably definitely annihilated, resulting in
defeat.
Concerned about his colleagues but too proud to assist
them, Achilles agrees to Nestor's proposal, which allows his
dear buddy Patroclus to take his place in combat while wearing
his armor. Patroclus is a great warrior, and his presence on the
battlefield aids the Achaeans in pushing the Trojans back to the
city walls, away from the ships. The counter-offensive,
however, quickly falters. Hector slays Patroclus after Apollo
smashes his armor to the ground. Fighting ensues as both sides
vie for control of the body and armor. Hector takes the armor,
but the Achaeans manage to transport the body back to their
camp owing to a valiant attempt by Menelaus and others.
When Achilles learns that Hector has murdered Patroclus, he is
overcome with grief and wrath and agrees to reconcile with
Agamemnon and return to the war. Thetis travels to Mount
Olympus and convinces the deity Hephaestus to manufacture a
new suit of armor for Achilles, which she gives to him the next
morning. The Achaean army then rides forth to fight with
Achilles at the helm.
Meanwhile, Hector has ordered his soldiers to camp
outside the gates of Troy, as he does not anticipate Achilles to
continue the war. When the Trojan army sees Achilles, it
retreats back behind the city walls in panic. Achilles slays every
Trojan he comes across. He even confronts the god of the river
Xanthus, who is enraged because Achilles has caused so many
bodies to fall into his streams, fueled by his hatred. Finally,
beyond the gates of Troy, Achilles confronts Hector. Hector
refuses to escape the city with his colleagues because he is
ashamed of the bad advise he provided them. Achilles pursues
Hector three times around the city's outskirts, but the goddess
Athena ultimately convinces him to turn around and face
Achilles. Achilles kills Hector in a spectacular combat. The body
is then lashed to the rear of his chariot and dragged across the
battlefield to the Achaean camp. The jubilant Achaeans
celebrate Patroclus' burial with a long series of athletic contests
in his honor when Achilles arrives. Achilles drags Hector's body
in circles around Patroclus' burial bier for the following nine
days.
Finally, the gods agree that Hector deserves to be buried
properly. King Priam, Hector's father and ruler of Troy, is
escorted into the Achaean camp by Zeus' deity Hermes. Priam
begs Achilles to have mercy on a father who has lost his son
and restore Hector's body. He evokes the memories of Peleus,
Achilles' father. Achilles, affected by Hector's death, ultimately
relents and gives Hector's body to the Trojans. Both sides agree
to a cease-fire, and Hector is honored with a hero's burial.
OUTRO: So, that's it for the summary of The Iliad. I hope you
enjoyed the story and have a great day ahead! Ciao.
INTRO: Good day, everyone. I am Annie Lynne Ycalina, a
second year BS-Ed student major in English. For todays talk, I
would like to share with you my reflection about the the
Bilingual Policy Education in the Philippines.

As the bilingual educational system in the Philippines had

been implemented since 1974, Filipino students can either find
it easy or difficult to study with other subjects, major or minor,
regardless of the language subjects Filipino and English,
through the use of different language, because Filipino is our
national language, and also there are different dialects being
spoken by the people which depends on their location which
can be positive in a certain sense that they can embrace the
jeopardy of speaking and understanding different languages
and the negative thing is that they can either be confused on
which language the students will use for their own way of
studying. And as a fact, the English language has been a very
dominant one as being the medium of instruction. Most likely
language can be a determinant towards the mathematical
performance of some students along with the anxiety or
confidence presented by the time that they were taking a
certain test when students does not know what a word means
or what the whole problem statement is all about and also with
the teacher expectation or Pygmalion effect that usually
interferes with a student’s overall academic performance. The
Policy on Bilingual Education aims at the achievement of
competence in both Filipino and English at the national level,
through the teaching of both languages and their use as media
of instruction at all levels. The regional languages shall be used
as auxiliary languages in Grades I and II. The goal of bilingual
education programs shall be to enable English language
learners to become competent in listening, speaking, reading,
and writing in the English language through the development of
literacy and academic skills in the primary language and English.