Matthew
Walsh's
EFL ESL website

Essay question:
Explain the Philippines, Osti, and her volunteer work to someone who knows nothing about
our class..
All texts from the website will be
listening problems. You can burn a CD if you need one/
Internet research on the Philippines
A colony of Spain (almost 400 years) , U.S, Japan,
{Earthquake Baroque} is a church
Languages: English, Tagalog
Main religion: Catholic
Music: American Pops, OPM
Osti video
0ver 85% Catholic
Ethnic groups: Spanish filippino, Chinese-filippino, Malay-filippino
She's from Calamba, Laguna
Dr Jose Rizal (Also from Calamba, Laguna)
Fernando Marcos (Bad president)
Corazon Aquino (Elected after Marcos)
Osti intro
Husband: Joe Wade, England Event producer
Her Job: Legal Interpreter, English teacher
Her Volunteer Activities:
Hand in Hand, JFC
There are 30,000 JFC with no father in the Philippines..
Tagalog
1) Hello/ hello
2) Good morning = magandang (beautiful) umaga (morning)
3) Good night. = magandang gabi
4) Delicious! = masarap
5) Thank you = salamat
6) No, thank you. = hindi po, salamat/ salamat nalang
7) Where is the bathroom? = nasa-an (where) ang (the) kubeta (bathroom)
8) How are you? = kumusta
9) May I have a (water) please? = pahingi ng tubig
10) How much is this? = magkano ito
11) See you later. = magkita nalang tayo mamayamagandang (beautiful)
umaga (morning)
Gulod National High School
In the countryside , but close to Manila
On the biggest island, Luzon
Students are good at music, dance
1700 studemts, 15 computers, no internet
JICA (note changes in text)
A government organization
Mission: to share knowledge (trainees come, volunteers go)
Founded in 1974 (Roots from 1954)
Volunteers go for 2 or 3 years
Must be over 20, Japanese, technical experience helps
Ogata Sadako
University of the sacred heart , UCLA berkely
Taught at Sophia
UNHCR
1950 (after WWII)
to protect (while moving and after) and help recover
Refugees don't have to return
CHS
Research and report to Kofi Annan (Secretary-General of the
United Nations)
JICA
Head from 2005