...A Comparative Study of the Perception of the “Speak Good English” Campaign between the Grade 6 Students and their English teachers in the Philippine Women’s College of Davao A Research Paper Presented to the SEMAP Subject Quantitative and Qualitative Research Writing of Philippine Women’s College of Davao Submitted by: Albarracin, Danielle M. Lu, Sabrina M. Tape, Mary Angelu Y. Submmited to: Glyd B. Arañes December, 2014 Definition of Terms * “Speak Good English” campaign – A campaign in PWC wherein every class is required to speak in English. The students shall be rated by their different subject teachers for each hour they shall be with the class. The class with the highest overall rating shall be awarded as the Best English Speaking Class of the week. * Grade six students – The respondents of this study who are participants of the campaign. They are composed of the sections Enthusiasm, Optimism and Patriotism. * English teachers – Another group of respondents of this study. They teach English to the grade six students. The teachers educate the students to sharpen their skills in English for them to perform better in the said campaign. * EO 210 – An executive order which was approved in the year 2003 here in the Philippines, whereas it strengthens the use of the English language as a medium of instruction * Perception- The understanding of the respondents to the “Speak Good English” campaign and how they react to the said...
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...PE Analysis Political -Strong ties with the US (economic, commercial, security), plans to expand cooperation -Tensions between Philippines and China over the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea - Aquino administration is politically stable but faces strong opposition to reforms and anti-corruption measures. President has a large majority in the House of Representatives but lacks this majority in the senate. Good plans for strong governance, anti-corruption initiatives, poverty reduction, and law enforcement. Economic -Improved Economic Indicators - Debt to GDP ratio dropped to 51.09% from last year's 52.4%, due to the government's "debt measures.” - Despite global economic slowdown, strong earnings from Filipinos working overseas are expected. BSP data showed remittances reaching $16.53 billion in October, up 7% from $15.45 last year, and projected to reach $23 billion by year’s end. The Philippines in the fourth largest remittance-receving country after India, China, and Mexico. - Lower fiscal deficit (96.254 billion) compared to last year (267.328 billion) (Jan-Nov) - Low percentage of older people but has a large young working population. Median age is estimated to be 21.7 years. This provides a significant boost in our labor force but unemployment is still high at 6.4%, and stands at 17.38% for youth aged 15-24. -Strong BPO sector, but low research and development spending impedes progress IT and BPO activities accounted for 4.8% of GDP in 2010. Government...
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...MANILA, Philippines - President Benigno Aquino III delivered on Monday afternoon his sixth and last State of the Nation Address. Here are 46 things he talked about in his last speech before Congress: 1. Stopped the culture of "wangwang" since he assumed his post as president 2. Inauguration of the Cavite-Muntinlupa Expressway; private sector's willingness working with the government in public-private partnerships 3. Previous administration's 'false achievements' and anomalies 4. Decision to run as president after the death of his mother, former President Corazon Aquino 5. Resignation of Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez, impeachment of Chief Justice Renato Corona 6. Appointment of competent public officials to government posts 7. Increased revenues of government-owned and controlled corporations 8. Improved tax collections by the Bureau of Internal Revenue, poised to collect P1.5 trillion in 2015, with 380 tax evasion cases filed; gave credit to BIR Commissioner Kim Henares 9. Raised the budget reenactments done by the previous administration compared to his administration's timely annual passage of the General Appropriations Act 10. Country's improvement in global competitiveness, fast growth of the Philippine economy; investment grade credit ratings 11. Only 15 labor strikes during his administration; gave credit to Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz 12. Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino program beneficiaries now at 4.4 million 13. Number of out-of-school youth went...
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...that relates to the individual’ social and household situation, (c) external factors that cover labor demand conditions and enabling support factors (McQuaid and Lindsay, 2005). With these, employability is thus an outcome of multiple factors. Employability is having a set of skills, knowledge, understanding and personal attributes that make a person more likely to choose and secure occupations in which they can be satisfied and successful (Dacre Pool & Sewell, 2007). It can be affected by labor market institution, skills, and knowledge enhanced by education and training (Psacharopoulos et al, 2004). Studies have pointed out the preference of employers for graduates who have “self- theories” that are characterized by confidence, optimism, and the belief in their ability to make a difference. Employers also want graduates who can easily adapt to their workplace and environment, who can use their skills to advance...
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...The Bangon Tours Project is a project of the Department of Tourism and the Tourism Promotions Board undertaken by travel agencies and tour operators to maintain and strengthen the health of the country’s domestic tourism, to push international tourism, and to speed up recovery. Bangon Tours encourages the Filipino market to travel within the Philippines during the holiday period from December to February, to visit our country’s fun destinations, and to contribute their share in our recovery and rebuilding efforts. We all know that for the few remaining months of 2013, a number of consecutive calamities happened in our country. And because of this we have experienced a slowdown of arrival growth rate in our domestic tourism. This project of the Department of Tourism is a great opportunity to help victims and survivors of the calamities that happened and at the same time, I think this is also a great way on how to promote domestic tourism in the Philippines. It is true that domestic tourism has indeed slowdown because of the calamities that happened especially to our major tourism contributors like Bohol, Cebu and Northern Palawan. We saw trees being toppled down by the raging storm, roads were devastated and blocked by fallen trees, broken bridges, and heritage sites like Loboc Church in Bohol collapsed due to a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck Visayas region last October 2013. But despite all of this, it’s overwhelming to see the efforts from our fellow countrymen who dedicates...
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... 2016 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said while the Philippines has yet to catch up with peers in the region in both quality and quantity of infrastructure, the $285-billion economy should benefit later on from on-going projects and programs meant to bridge the gaping infrastructure gap. In a paper published on Tuesday, the IMF stressed the need for the Philippines to scale up lacklustre investments for public infrastructures long understood to have hobbled its potential to expand over a long horizon and on sustainable basis. “This paper studied the macroeconomic implications of public investment scale up in the Philippines. After benchmarking the Philippines, relative to its neighbours in terms of level of public capital and quality of public infrastructure and public investment efficiency, it uses model simulations to assess the macroeconomic implications of raising public investment and improving public investment efficiency,” the IMF said. The state of public infrastructures at present, the IMF said, is clearly inferior to that found in neighbouring jurisdictions. “Persistently low public investment in the Philippines has resulted in a low public-capital stock, relative to its neighbours. Survey-based indicators also paint an unfavourable picture on the current state of public infrastructure in the Philippines,” the IMF said. “Public-investment efficiency has room for improvement. The Philippines has made steady progress in governance and fiscal transparency...
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...The Coca-Cola Company is the world’s largest beverage company with numerous of brands. Currently, there is more than 200 countries who enjoy their beverages (History of bottling , 2015 ). Coca-Cola is evidently the oldest beverage company, it was born in 1886, in fact, just a year after Dr Pepper was first made available (What is the oldest soft drink in the world , 2011). In addition, it controls all of 42.8% market share in the carbonated drinks market (Bhasin, 2011). On Coca Cola’s main website shares their mission, vision and values. Their mission statement contains three points, first, to refresh the world, then, to inspire moments of optimism and happiness, and finally, to create value and make a difference (mission vision values, 2015). They have committed themselves to improve the quality of life in the communities where they do business (Community Requests - Guidelines & Application, 2015). Making a unique and sustainable difference by; water stewardship, active healthy living, community recycling, and education (Community Requests - Guidelines & Application, 2015). Water Stewardship is recognized as a global ethical responsibility for Coca Cola. Here are some several ways Coca-Cola fulfil their ethical responsibility, they provide access to clean water and sanitation, including educating and creating awareness that promote water conservation within communities and industry (Global Pillars, 2012). One example is the Danube River, the longest non-Russian river...
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...Focus on: India International Business Report 2010 – Country focus series The recovery Impact on businesses With the worst of the global recession behind it and Government action which helped to put a floor under the economy, growth in India is slowly accelerating. Downside risks loom as prices rise sharply owing to the fiscal stimulus and supply constrains, and the Reserve Bank has started raising interest rates as inflation remains stubbornly high. The key indicators1 are highlighted below: • the economy expanded by six per cent in the three months to December, down from 7.9 per cent in the previous quarter • industrial production, which expanded by just 2.6 per cent in 2008-2009, posted a 16.7 percentage point increase in January • in the three months to December, exports rose by 2.9 per cent (six per cent year-on-year) whilst imports climbed by 10.8 per cent (1.2 per cent year-on-year) • the rising price of food, fuel and manufactured goods saw the wholesale price index-based inflation soar to a 16-month high of 9.89 per cent in February. The Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) 2010 surveyed the views of over 7,400 privately held businesses (PHBs) in 36 economies around the world. This report focuses on India, the experiences and attitudes of its privately held businesses and how they have been affected by the economic crisis along with how they are dealing with the recovery, as illustrated in figure 1. The IBR survey tells us that businesses in India...
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...powerful force in innovative organizations for the obvious reason that it means the future outcomes of decisions are uncertain and, less obviously, because it can foster decision biases like loss aversion and over-optimism. The construction or retrofitting of a school building is a valuable educational opportunity with the potential to further strengthen community ownership of the school and demonstrate hazard-resilient techniques that can be replicated in homes and other buildings. Every school must be constructed as a safer school and existing unsafe schools must be retrofitted to be disaster resilient. The Education for All will not be achieved without the construction of safer and more disaster resilient education facilities. At a time when the frequency and magnitude of extreme climatic events is rising, a growing number of the world’s school-going children are increasingly exposed to earthquakes, wildfires, floods, cyclones, landslides and other natural hazards. For example: • The Sichuan earthquake (2008) killed more than 7,000 children in their schools and an estimated 7,000 classrooms were destroyed. • The cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh (2007) destroyed 496 school buildings and damaged 2,110 more. • The Super Typhoon Durian (2006) in the Philippines caused $20m USD damage to school, including 90-100% of school buildings in three cities and 50-60% of school buildings in two other cities. • The earthquake in Pakistan (2005) killed at least 17,000 students in schools...
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...It felt like my heart dropped heavily when my parents told me, “Anak, get ready, we’re going to move to Canada”. My entire life changed, knowing that the comfortable life I had living in the Philippines would soon end. With a lot of tears running down everyone’s eyes, I said goodbye to friends and family. When I first moved here, I struggled to keep myself together, and it was difficult to adjust physically, mentally, and emotionally. But since then, I have cleared up my thoughts, and realised that we can not control every aspect of our lives, because it can change, even when we least expect it, and we must accept and acknowledge that. My parents and I went to the rural province to visit my relatives before we left. I didn’t know that I would...
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...Candido, Arwald A. BSBA-III; Mgt219-B May 9, 2014 Insight Paper on Amir Khan’s Film “Lagaan” Who would ever know that if you fight for what you believe in the present will soon be reflected in the future. I never thought that success will come from those who believe in change and those who are willing to take a big risk even if their life will be on stake. “Lagaan” simply conveys a message that if you keep your face to the sunshine, you will never see the shadow like the optimist who has a greater scope of possibilities. According to Helen Keller, “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” Nonetheless, those people who believe in the power of their minds will make the impossible things possible. I have a doubt at first when I saw how the scenes are running. I’ve been overpowered by my pessimistic side like “what if” questions but in the long run it changes my perspective on things. Bhuvan, the main character in the story clearly shows the ideal leader that every nation should have. With the problem imposed to them which is they need to pay their tax twice, he was able to remove the imposition of tax by not paying it for three consecutive years. The root cause of all these can be traced back to the kind of government they have. It is weak and can be manipulated. For example is their Raja, overshadowed by fear, he doesn’t want to fight against the British Empire because he has this “utang na loob” to them. In the...
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...Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Region XII Alabel DIVISION OF SARANGANI Tel. No. (083) 508-2029; Telefax No. (083) 508-2028 Email: sarangani_division@yahoo.com.ph Dear Graduates, It is with pride that I express my warmest greetings and congratulations to the graduates. After years of strenuous preparation in elementary/high school, you are finally ready to leave the portals of your Alma Mater to face greater task in the next ladder of education. Graduation is a time to celebrate, a time to thank the Lord for all His blessings and the people who had supported you all the way. Graduation is one big step toward the fulfillment of cherished dreams. It is something you had planned and work for with great patience, perseverance, intelligence and optimism. It is something you earned because you have proven yourself worthy. Graduation carries with an overwhelming weight of expectations. On the assumption that you have filled your mind with wisdom and have strengthened your character with challenges. Finally, as you take on the rigor and trials in your high school/college life, may you constantly uphold the ideals and good name of your Alma Mater. With your youthful dynamism, ideals, and strong educational foundation, wherever you are and in whatever fields of endeavor you will be, I am confident that you will serve as channel to shove our nation toward greater peace, progress, and prosperity. Congratulations and best wishes to all the graduates...
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...A MORAL RECOVERY PROGRAM: BUILDING A PEOPLE--BUILDING A NATION PATRICIA LICUANAN The events at EDSA in February 1986 not only ousted a dictator, but also demonstrated to the world and to ourselves our great strengths as a people. At EDSA we saw courage, determination and strength of purpose; we saw unity and concern for one another; we saw deep faith in God; and even in the grimmest moments, there was some laughter and humor. We were proud of ourselves at EDSA and we expected great changes after our moment of glory. Today, sometime after, we realize that most of our problems as a nation still remain. We may have ousted a dictator, but that was the easy part. The task of building a nation is so much more difficult. Now, with EDSA only an inspiring memory, we are faced with our weaknesses. Self-interest and disregard for the common good rears its ugly head. We are confronted with our lack of discipline and rigor, our colonial mentality, and our emphasis on porma (form). Despite our great display of people's power, now we are passive once more, expecting our leaders to take all responsibility for solving our many problems. The task of building our nation is an awesome one. There is need for economic recovery. There is need to re-establish democratic institutions and to achieve the goals of peace and genuine social justice. Along with these goals, there is a need as well to build ourselves as a people. There is need to change structures and to change people. Building...
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...ASEAN ECONOMIC INTERGRATION IN 2015 AND UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE PHILIPPINES Elah Czarina C. Andal, CPA IR 204 INTRODUCTION A little over a year ago, the author attended a forum entitled “The Road to ASEAN Economic Community: Maximizing Opportunities and Facing Challenges.” The introduction in the forum’s invite included the following: “The 10 ASEAN member nations are moving towards integration, with the goal of forming an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by 2015. Designed to boost regional resilience, the AEC will create a single market and production base characterized by the free flow of goods, services, investments, capital and skilled labor.”1 With much optimism, the author takes note of a promise of greater opportunities for Filipinos as a result of the 2015 ASEAN economic integration and eventual formation of AEC. Further with excitement, the question as to whether this integration comes with the promise of lower unemployment rate in the Philippines beginning 2015 was posted. BACKGROUND AND STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Several studies have been made and many articles have been written regarding the ASEAN economic integration as well as the AEC. This would include those which explain what will happen in 2015 when the integration takes place, those which challenge the readiness of the Philippines for the free trade economy or the preparation for it, or those which presents its impact to the country (both on the perspective of opportunities and challenges). This paper focuses...
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...stores where 40 stores are in the United States and the rest are in 10 foreign countries namely Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, the Philippines, South Korea and the United Kingdom. 282 stores are owned by franchisees while 113 stores owned by the corporation. THE VISION OF KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS Our vision guides every aspect of our business by describing what we need to accomplish in order to continue achieving sustainable growth. 1) People: Being a great place to work where people are inspired to be the best they can be. 2) Portfolio: Bringing to the world a portfolio of quality doughnuts brand that anticipate and satisfy people's desires and needs. 3) Partners: Nurturing a winning network of customers and suppliers, together we create mutual, enduring value. 4) Planet: Being a responsible citizen that makes a difference by helping build and support sustainable communities. 5) Profit: Maximizing long-term return to shareowners while being mindful of our overall responsibilities. THE MISSION OF KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS Our mission declares our purpose as a company. It serves as the standard against which we weigh our actions and decisions. It is the foundation of our Manifesto. 1) To make people happy while enjoying our products. 2) To inspire moments of optimism through our brand and our actions. 3) To create value and make a difference everywhere we...
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