Philippines: Mindanao teachers stick to English in camp

[Francis Hult]

Inquirer.net

 

Mindanao teachers stick to English in camp 



Smiling, the second-grade teacher rested from a game that challenged her to fully use her English language skills.

 

Celema Lechonsito of the Manili Elementary School in Lutayan, Sultan Kudarat, traveled all the way to Mactan, Cebu, to join 132 other grade school teachers from Mindanao in a 12-day camp that promised to help them improve their English in time for the school opening in June.

 

The English Language Camp helped the teacher-campers practice their English language skills using educational games and other activities on persuasive speaking, interviewing, using idioms, reading and retelling stories, creating and enacting newscasts, hosting, debating, creative writing, role playing, conversation, and vocabulary building.

 

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