Amilcar Da Costa and Tony De Sa must be able to differentiate between
Learning and "being instructed".
At Primary School Level, kids are instructed. They start learning at the
Secondary level, college level, university leve .... professional level what
have you......where they have their entire lifetime to learn.
Do the Japanese, Chinese, European Countries, South America the world over
learn English at the Primary levels?
Before you people start talking, you must undertand what is learning and
what is "being instructed"
Example. Can you instruct a kid who does not know a word of ENGLISH in
English the language??? First, you have to teach the kid the language so he
understands. Whereas you can teach the kid English, French, Marathi, Urdu,
German or whatever. But can you instruct the kid in these languages??
I would appreciate the answers from these two esteemed experts. Please.
floriano
goasuaru
9890470896 /9422060347
www.goasu-raj.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony de Sa" <[email protected]>
To: "Goa's Premiere Mailing List, Estd 1994" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] MoI - After one week of praises comes the
statesmanlygoogly?
From: Amilcar Da costa <[email protected]>
Language issue:
I have difficulties to understand the discussion and exchanges concerning
the languages to be taught in the schools in Goa. Some speak about the
importance of the universal pedagogical principle of educating children in
their native language. I think there should be an amendment to their way
of
seeing things. I think that concept could be applied hundreds of years ago
when people did not move out of their little villages. I think, in a
modern
world that we are living in, it would be a tragedy for the children in Goa
and elsewhere in India, if that concept is still applied.
