The sound color chart is one of the most effective and successful as well as popular tools for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. It is popular for the students as well as the teachers. my thanks to the author of this video which I found on YouTube.
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There have been many studies on children from bilingual households. Are they at a disadvantage from other children in that they may be confused by hearing two languages being spoken? In fact one of my assignments in my teaching classes for children addressed this question. We studied that children of these households may seem at first to be disadvantaged in that they take longer to start speaking, and may have trouble expressing themselves as well as mixing the two languages. Later on these children learn to communicate in both languages fluently and actually gain an advantage in that they can speak more than one language.
My study in this came from personal experience. When my children were growing up they had a father (me) who spoke only English and a mother who struggled with the English language and spoke her native language quite often. The children had some problems early in their education and in fact all of them were placed in remedial English classes. Later on when my ex-wife was no longer in the picture and I was raising them as a single father their English improved and they never had problems again. Friends with children who lived in actual bilingual homes where both parents were bilingual seemed to spend a little more time in the remedial courses but eventually they did have the advantage of speaking two languages if the parents promoted it. My children still remember certain words in their mother’s language but have no actual what I would call understanding of that language. What do you think? Are these children disadvantaged or in this global economy are they at an advantage?
This is a copy of an article I wrote for one of my other sites Retire In the Philippines. I am posting this here to show potential TESOL teachers some of the cultural as well as language differences you will encounter when teaching English in another country. My apologies to readers that have seen this post in my other site.
Philippine kinship uses the Generational system to define family and is considered much more simple than the complex U.S. kinship system. In the Philippine system differences are distinguished by generation, age, and in some cases gender.
As a child your parents would be Ama (father formal) or Tatay (father informal) and Ina (mother formal) or Nanay (informal). Uncles would be mga Tito and aunts would be mga Tita. Your Godfather would be your Ninong and your Godmother would be your Ninang. Let me say that Godparents in the Philippines are important compared to most of the U.S. and in fact may be partially responsible for helping the Godchild with educational expenses and gifts on birthdays.
Your older siblings will be known as Kuya (brother) and Ate (sister) but the formal way they are known is mga kaptid. Kuya and Ate are also used to address your older male and female cousins and if they are younger they are mga pinsan. Kuya and Ate can also be used as a sign of respect for people who are older but not necessarily your cousins.
Nieces and nephews are known as mga kapatid and if you are a Amang/Lolo (Grandfather) or Inang/Lola (Grandmother) your mga apo (grandchildren) would be the offsprings of your mga anak (children) and the offsprings of your mga pinsan (cousins).
Filipinos generally greet each other using their title like: Kumusta Ate Bing. or Kumusta Kuya Bert.
I am always prepared for the next thing in my life. Maybe it comes from being a Boy Scout and heeding to the motto of “Be Prepared” or possibly my training in the Navy where we slept with a full set of clothes next to our rack in case of a General Quarters. I like to think that it is not just being prepared but to have a plan or a goal. Proverb 29:18 in the bible loosely translated says “Where there is no vision, the people will perish.” I have taken that verse to heart and always had a plan or vision in my life.
I retired from the Navy after 20 years and went right into corporate America landing a job with a major aerospace company. I worked there for 5 years and then they let me go, my position was no longer needed, but I was prepared. At the time, I was attending college and with a small part time job was able to support my family while receiving GI Bill assistance for school. After graduation I applied and got a new position with the same company but always had in my mind that I would not be with this company or any company of this type until retirement. I was right, and after 5 years at the company I was again let go but this time I had a college degree to fall back on and a plan. I now wanted to be a teacher as I saw when attending college that corporate America was spitting out an alarming number of people who were approaching retirement age for the younger folks who would be less of a burden and would work cheaper. Guys, age discrimination is out there and I think it will only get worse. The smart ones became college professors after they were let go.
So my new plan was to teach, something I had done and enjoyed while serving in the Navy. I love children and want to interact with them and see the smiles on their faces and the looks in their eyes when they learn something new. I have a love for English and literature so I had to find a way to teach English. Since my wife and I both wanted to retire in the Philippines we built a house and I decided to teach English in the Philippines. My next step was to find out how to get certified to teach English and where I could teach English in the Philippines. In future posts I tell you how I come to pick the TESOL route, so stay tuned to this blog.