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All Journal ELT Worldwide: Journal of English Language Teaching INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON LANGUAGE, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION STUDIES
Rafael Michael Paz
Polytechnic University of the Philippines
Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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Purposive Communication is Not Enough: Exploring English Language Learning from the perspectives of English majors in a Philippine Higher Education Institution Rafael Michael Paz
ELT Worldwide: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 8, No 2 (2021)
Publisher : Pascasarjana Universitas Negeri Makassar

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26858/eltww.v8i2.23094

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The structural changes brought by the K to 12 basic education program significantly impact not only ELT and ELL in basic education, but ELT and ELL in higher education as well. English language courses in the higher education general education domain were phased out, or for the majority of HEIs in the Philippines, reduced to a course called Purposive Communication. Using data from students who had taken Purposive Communication in their year 1 in the university, this paper argues that Purposive Communication is not enough to reinforce all the English language skills expected for higher education students to perform during and after their time in the university. This paper invokes policy implementers to consider the inclusion of additional English-language courses in higher education to provide avenues for students to practice their communication skills in English and address the country’s declining proficiency in using the English language.
A CORPUS-BASED ANALYSIS OF PREPOSITIONS OF TIME AND LOCATION IN FILIPINO STUDENTS’ WRITTEN ESSAYS Rafael Michael Paz
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON LANGUAGE, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION STUDIES Vol 4, No 1 (2020): Language, Research, Education
Publisher : State Islamic University of North Sumatra Indonesia

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One of the gremlins in ESL pedagogy are prepositions, specifically at, in, and on that direct nominal groups to general or specific moments and locations.  In the Filipino language, at, in, and on is equivalent to only one preposition: sa.  This makes the prepositions of time and location at, in, and on difficult for Filipino students to learn, and more difficult for Filipino teachers to teach.  Using a corpus of written essays in English, this study described the ways Filipino students use prepositions of time and location at, in, and on.  The analysis revealed that there is limited room for diversity and localization and idiosyncrasy in Filipino students’ utility of prepositions of time and location at, in, and on.  Results of the study, however, may be used as models in teaching prepositions of time and location at, in, and on to further strengthen Filipino students’ proficiency in using these lexical items in written communication.Keywords: Philippine English, prepositions of time and location, corpus-based analysis
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