Showing posts with label English proficiency. Show all posts
Showing posts with label English proficiency. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

The case for English proficiency

In the previous post, I have raised concerns why others---especially Filipinos---are scrambling to be proficient in English when other countries like China are making progress, economically, and yet their English is far from passable.

Over at Jose Carillo's English Forum, Jose Carillo, the English usage columnist in Manila Times, made the case for English proficiency: