Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VI-Western Visayas
Schools Division of Capiz
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Department of Education
Region VI-Western Visayas
Schools Division of Capiz
Learning to love
Filipino language
BY: ARLENE A. LUCES
MT-I, DMMHS
Public high school is where a number of good
teachers find themselves “challenged” as they
handle subjects sometimes a little too
complex, so to speak, particularly teaching
Filipino.
Filipino is supposed to be our lingua franca, a
subject not to be taken for granted in school,
especially for Filipino students.
As teachers, our mindset is to think that we
know Filipino very well.
But as teaching assignment, the reality is,
Filipino is not an easy subject at all to teach
even the Filipinos.
In teaching Filipino, we have to relearn the
subject. Experts in the teaching of Filipino
agree that teachers have to be students again to
gain a full grasp of the subject especially with
its incorporation as a core learning are in the K
to 12 curriculum.
Students sometimes have the misconception
that learning Filipino is not as interesting as
the other learning areas. Some students would
even blame the long required texts as one of
the reasons why Filipino is not their favorite
subject.
Still, others would go on as far as blaming
their teachers as to why the subject does not
get their interest. Filipino is a very interesting
subject. It is after all our very own language.
Learning is not easy as one would think, but it
is more meaningful than the other subjects
because it is part of our being Filipinos.
Students and teachers should learn to love it in
order for the to learn it in a very interesting
way.
The responsibility of making sure that students
learn Filipino in an interesting manner lies on
the teachers.
Yes, we, teachers, have the responsibility of
doing everything we can in order to make sure
that our students get to love Filipino.
Teaching FILIPINO
in the K-12
Curriculum
BY: ARLENE A. LUCES
MT-I, DMMHS
Renowned scientist Albert Einstein once said
"the wonderful things you learn in your
schools are the work of many generations,
produced by enthusiastic effort and infinite
labor in every country of the world."
Yes, it's true, The enhanced basic curriculum
or the so-called K-12 education system is a
work that education officials and education
stakeholders have labored to produce quality
graduates, and worthy citizens.
One of the objectives of the K-12 curriculum
is to broaden Filipino language and
technological knowledge and skills as means
for optimizing one's potential for self-
development and for promoting the welfare of
others.
The general objective of teaching filipino
languages is to show students that the world
runs according to dialects linguist and
communication that there are natural laws that
we have to obey and follow.
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Schools Division of Capiz
The "or else" means that, if we do not follow
natural laws we die early uneducated or
illiterate.
Someone has remarked in course of his speech
"that each generation must rewrite history for
itself."
This statement is direct challenge to our
youth- to their ways of though and modes of
living.
If I look in the K-12 curriculum, the main
principle is that every learner must be
functionally literate in order to build a
linguistic society to look for the welfare of
others.
It aims to prepare the student for life as a
human being. Filipino in the K-12 curriculum
is spiral in form which has different scope in
all aspect of literature.
Teaching Pilipino in
rural high school
BY: ARLENE A. LUCES
MT-I, DMMHS
In urban areas you can easily find people who
speak excellent Filipino, but please do not
expect some from rural areas. Passable
Filipino is what you'll get in rural areas.
And if you're visiting a village with very less
population - which would statistically have
very low probability of having a fluent
Filipino speaker - I'd suggest you take
someone with you who understands the local
tongue.
There are very few people in villages who
speak fluent in pure Filipino language. People
in villages generally talk in their local
language or mother tongue.
That being said, I emphasize the importance of
being able to speak, read and write Filipino
language as all good jobs require proficiency
in the subject.
Learning native Filipino language is incredibly
important and getting off to a good start in
school is critical. But the lack of sufficient
textbooks, and teaching materials, with a
blackboard as the only classroom equipment,
is one of the many hindrances that affect
quality teaching in Filipino language in rural
areas. Filipino students are eager learners and
respectful towards their teachers, but like
students elsewhere, they will lose interest
unless they can be engaged and stimulated by
the instructor.
As educators are aware, students can best be
engaged when lessons are organized, relevant,
challenging, interesting, and interactive, and
also when the instructor is enthusiastic,
emphatic, and encouraging.
As the Filipino language encompasses a broad
range of subtopics like grammar, spelling,
composition, tenses, verbs, nouns, adjectives,
syntax and paraphrasing among others,
technicalities could be simplified to achieve
proficiency in both written and spoken or
conversational Filipino, that may not be too
frightening or threatening for beginners.
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Schools Division of Capiz
Filipino: My world of
teaching
BY: ARLENE A. LUCES
MT-I, DMMHS
As teacher in subject, I used an array
of teaching approaches and strategies for I
believe that there is no single universal
approach that suits all learning situations.
While many students wonder why they need to
learn Filipino language folks villager speak in
their native tongue, it is incumbent upon me to
motivate them, using a variety of learning
styles and approaches.
It is evident that teacher's positive attitude
towards the promotion of good science
teaching and learning situations certainly
contribute in aiming for the learning progress
of every student in high school, who doesn't
have any idea what course to take up in
college.
I engage them in the learning process and help
them develop critical thinking skills. Although
it is not my job to entertain students, it is vital
to engage them in the learning process. In so
doing, I leverage my strengths while meeting
the demands of my students.
Whether you're a first-year teacher eager to
put into practice all of the pedagogical
techniques you learned in college, or a
classroom veteran examining differentiated
instruction to new learning methodologies,
consider that not all students respond well to
one particular style.
Every teacher must develop instructional
styles that work well in diverse classrooms. A
mis of teaching styles can help reach all
students in a given classroom-not just the few
who respond to one particular style of
teaching.
And remember, even though you may prefer
one teaching style over another, you must find
the style that works best for your students!
How hard is teaching
Filipino?
BY: ARLENE A. LUCES
MT-I, DMMHS
We know that, being a Filipino teacher is a
noble profession. It is not only a profession
but also considered as a vocation to native
linguist because teachers devote their life in
teaching our own dialect.
They teach their learners what they have
learned from their studies when they were also
a student before. They only not give what they
have but they also gain knowledge from their
learners because teaching is give and take
between the teachers and the students.
Learning Filipino language is a continuous
process though teachers are already
professional they still continue to study in
order for them to be updated on the latest way
or process of sharing their knowledge to their
students.
As what I have observed, the future of every
learners lies upon the hands of the teachers.
They are the facilitator and guide of every
students in their success and the classroom is
the foundation place of every student’s
success.
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Region VI-Western Visayas
Schools Division of Capiz

Many teaching positions involve teaching
children – a unique experience that is both
challenging and fun. Compared to adults,
children are more energetic, have shorter
attention spans, and learn language according
to specific stages of development; these
present planning challenges for teacher.
Teaching children can be immensely
rewarding, anyone who has taught children
can tell you that. But it’s not fun and games all
the time, and sometimes it’s just not that easy.
Any teacher, seasoned or not who wish to
teach children must be aware of the challenges
and difficulties they may encounter, and
prepare accordingly.
even if they didn’t recognize the word.
Students who reported texting more rejected
more words instead of acknowledging them as
possible words.
I suggest that reading traditional print media
exposes people to variety and creativity in
language that is not found in the colloquial
peer-to-peer text messaging used among youth
or ‘generation text’. Reading encourages
flexibility in language use and tolerance of
different words. It helps readers to develop
skills that allow them to generate interpretable
reading of new or unusual words.
In contrast, texting is associated with rigid
linguistic constraints which caused students to
reject many of the words.

Impact of texting on
Filipino language
BY: ARLENE A. LUCES
MT-I, DMMHS

The use of text language is very prominent in

today’s society and this had had a profound
impact on the development of filipino
language skills in young people.
This new phenomenon has seen the coinage of
new words that emphasizes phonological
sounds heard and even incorporates numbers
and symbols in the new “words”. This has led
many persons to posit that the use of texting
has a profound effect on language developing
skills and literacy levels.
There is a study which suggest that those who
texted more were less accepting of new words.
On the other hand, those who read more
traditional print media such as books,
magazines and newspapers were more
accepting of the same words.
The people who accepted more words did so
because they were better able to interpret the
meaning of the word, or tolerate the word,
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Department of Education
Region VI-Western Visayas
Schools Division of Capiz