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Beauty Queen 'can improve in time for Miss World pageant'
MANILA
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority is offering free
language proficiency training to Filipino beauty contestants and titlists through
Tesda's Language Skills Institute.
Tesda secretary-general Augusto “Buboy” Syjuco made the announcement in
the wake of the disastrous performance of recently crowned Bb Pilipinas-
World Janina San Miguel during the finals.
Syjuco said the training will enhance the learner’s skills in English and other
major languages such as Japanese, Mandarin Korean, Arabic and Spanish.
MANILA
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority is offering free
language proficiency training to Filipino beauty contestants and titlists through
Tesda's Language Skills Institute.
Tesda secretary-general Augusto “Buboy” Syjuco made the announcement in
the wake of the disastrous performance of recently crowned Bb Pilipinas-
World Janina San Miguel during the finals.
Syjuco said the training will enhance the learner’s skills in English and other
major languages such as Japanese, Mandarin Korean, Arabic and Spanish.
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Janina still has
seven months
to prepare for
the Miss World
Pageant. She
and other
beauty pageant
candidates are
welcome to
enroll for free
seven months
to prepare for
the Miss World
Pageant. She
and other
beauty pageant
candidates are
welcome to
enroll for free
“Beauty queens should not only project with
pride the Filipina’s beauty, grace and
intelligence but also her ability to
communicate excellently in English,” Syjuco
said.
“Janina still has seven months to prepare for
the Miss World Pageant. She and other beauty
pageant candidates are welcome to enroll for
free in any of Tesda's 35 Language Skills
Institutes throughout the country,” he added.
Syjuco admitted there is a growing lack of
English speaking skills among Filipinos as
evidenced in the recently concluded beauty
pageant. But he said that the Philippines’
competitive advantage is still its large English-
speaking workforce.
“We still can speak English better than our
Chinese, Malaysian and other neighbors,” he
stressed.
He said that Filipinos are still the most sought-
after workers in the world because of their
pride the Filipina’s beauty, grace and
intelligence but also her ability to
communicate excellently in English,” Syjuco
said.
“Janina still has seven months to prepare for
the Miss World Pageant. She and other beauty
pageant candidates are welcome to enroll for
free in any of Tesda's 35 Language Skills
Institutes throughout the country,” he added.
Syjuco admitted there is a growing lack of
English speaking skills among Filipinos as
evidenced in the recently concluded beauty
pageant. But he said that the Philippines’
competitive advantage is still its large English-
speaking workforce.
“We still can speak English better than our
Chinese, Malaysian and other neighbors,” he
stressed.
He said that Filipinos are still the most sought-
after workers in the world because of their
hardworking, God-fearing and dedicated values. He said that improving
Filipinos’ language skills through training will make them even more
desirable especially to employers.
Earlier, Cebu representative Eduardo Gullas had also expressed concern
over San Miguel’s much publicized reply during the question-and-answer
portion and even urged government to seriously address the country’s
deteriorating state of education.
Gullas, an educator himself, said that San Miguel’s answer, which is played a
thousand times in the popular You Tube in the Internet is tormenting to watch.
“Her sensational failure to answer a simple question in straight English
betrays the fading competence of a growing number of young Filipinos in the
world’s lingua franca,” he said.
In the March 8 pageant, a judge asked San Miguel what role her family had
played in her participation in the contest.
San Miguel babbled her way for several minutes, in Tagalog and halting
English, sometimes drawing laughter from the judges and the crowd.
Filipinos’ language skills through training will make them even more
desirable especially to employers.
Earlier, Cebu representative Eduardo Gullas had also expressed concern
over San Miguel’s much publicized reply during the question-and-answer
portion and even urged government to seriously address the country’s
deteriorating state of education.
Gullas, an educator himself, said that San Miguel’s answer, which is played a
thousand times in the popular You Tube in the Internet is tormenting to watch.
“Her sensational failure to answer a simple question in straight English
betrays the fading competence of a growing number of young Filipinos in the
world’s lingua franca,” he said.
In the March 8 pageant, a judge asked San Miguel what role her family had
played in her participation in the contest.
San Miguel babbled her way for several minutes, in Tagalog and halting
English, sometimes drawing laughter from the judges and the crowd.
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