ANGELES CITY – Aside from teaching inside the “four corners of the classroom,” some language advocates are now using creative and what they described as effective ways to teach their students.
“It’s a fast changing time and one effective way to teach the students is by using technology,” said Joel Regala, a Kapampangan instructor of Holy Angel University.
Just like other language advocates, Regala said he believes that technology and other forms of media “should help young generations in studying and understanding their local language.”
“It is modernized already. You have to use other means to teach the Kapampangan subject. We cannot just teach them vernacular poetry already because not all can write,” he added.
Regala said he now uses various programs in the internet like the YouTube to make it easier for his students to learn and appreciate the language.
“What they do is create their own MTVs [using the Kapampangan language] and upload videos to the web,” he said.
Meanwhile, Poetry and Information Technology instructor Adrian Magcalas mulls making the first Kapampangan Dictionary Management System where one can archive and retrieve translations of Tagalog and English words in our very own vernacular.”
Mobile technology is also another thing, said Magcalas who also wants to promote the same system in cellphones.
Andy Alviz, musical director of the ArtiSta Rita, told Punto that he is set to launch POETEXT in November. He said students will be asked to write poems on the spot using their cell phones and send it to certain number.
“It’s also one way to further promote Kapampangan culture,” he said.
Joel Mallari, Center for Kapampangan Studies researcher, said he maximizes the use of visual arts, in-depth research, and internet as another form of media to teach the Kapampangan subject.
“It’s a fast changing time and one effective way to teach the students is by using technology,” said Joel Regala, a Kapampangan instructor of Holy Angel University.
Just like other language advocates, Regala said he believes that technology and other forms of media “should help young generations in studying and understanding their local language.”
“It is modernized already. You have to use other means to teach the Kapampangan subject. We cannot just teach them vernacular poetry already because not all can write,” he added.
Regala said he now uses various programs in the internet like the YouTube to make it easier for his students to learn and appreciate the language.
“What they do is create their own MTVs [using the Kapampangan language] and upload videos to the web,” he said.
Meanwhile, Poetry and Information Technology instructor Adrian Magcalas mulls making the first Kapampangan Dictionary Management System where one can archive and retrieve translations of Tagalog and English words in our very own vernacular.”
Mobile technology is also another thing, said Magcalas who also wants to promote the same system in cellphones.
Andy Alviz, musical director of the ArtiSta Rita, told Punto that he is set to launch POETEXT in November. He said students will be asked to write poems on the spot using their cell phones and send it to certain number.
“It’s also one way to further promote Kapampangan culture,” he said.
Joel Mallari, Center for Kapampangan Studies researcher, said he maximizes the use of visual arts, in-depth research, and internet as another form of media to teach the Kapampangan subject.
