Should Math and Science teachers teach their student in Filipino language?

4 Comments

1. HellinoAmerikanos says:

   October 16, 2009 at 11:43 pm

   If they live in America, then they should take the class in an English as a Second Language environment.
2. mollyneville says:

   October 16, 2009 at 11:43 pm

   If they speak it, why not?
3. ahmad says:

   October 16, 2009 at 11:43 pm

   Yes they should but only if they are in Filipine.
4. 1x1 pic says:

   October 16, 2009 at 11:43 pm

   I don’t think that’s a good idea because terminologies in filipino mathematics are too long and there are only limited terminologies for filipino science as well; and it would be like murder of a language when during teaching, the teacher would keep on shifting from one language to another. however, for the sake of the students, they should only be explained in their vernacular terms for supplemental or remedial purposes to understand the lessons better.

   i’m very sure filipino students would rather say:
   one hundred twenty three million, four hundred fifty six thousand, seven hundred eighty nine times ten

   for 123,456,789 X 10 rather than

   isang daan dalawamput tatlong milyon apat na raan limamput anim na libo pitong raan walumput siyam paramihin ng sampung ulit

   that are not only extra long but are also a bit confusing and hard to pronounce.

   if there are filipino counterparts for those terms, they’re beter be taught.

   like:
   mathematics-sipnayan
   science-agham

   and most filipinos are not familiar with filipino terminologies in math and science.