Week #5 (semester 2)

Learning Reflections 

Seminar in English Language Teaching

       Today,  I learned the new topic about "The Roles of English Language Education in Asian Context by Bok-Myung Chang from Namseoul University". Then,  Professor Usa Noytim assigned me to discuss with friends about The roles of English language education in Asian context in group. I summarized in many countries such as Singapore, The Philippines,  Hong Kong,  China, Malaysia, Taiwan,  Japan,  Korea. But, now I will show two counties that I summarized, and then conclusion.

      1. Singapore

Singapore had been colonized by the United Kingdom after that English was influenced in Singapore and English is an official languages in Singapore too. Moreover,  English is used in public's administration,  education,  commerce, science and technology (Lin,  2002). English education in Singapore has two form are formal and informal.

       2.The Philippines

The Philippines were dominated by Spain and the USA in later. Even after independence,  the language and the government of the U.S.  have greatly influenced the politics and lives of Filipinos (Bolton & Bautista,  2004) In addition,  English be continued as a medium of instruction but that primary school teacher be allowed to use the local languages as a supplementary tool for instruction (Bernardo, 2004 p. 19)

Conclusion

Asian Englishes play the bi-directional roles: the first role is to establish the identity of each cultural and ethnic group by using both English and each group's mother tongues in Asian context.

       For topic today,  I think each countries use English because English was influenced in these countries in the past, so this make people in each countries can communicate with others in English.

       Today, I don't have any problems in learning because I asked my friends in group when I didn't understand some topic and I were representative from my group to come in front of class to present our discussion.