Young Filipino Farmers: Their Perception on the Use of English as a Medium in Agricultural Trainings
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Description
This research is about the Indigenous People specifically the young farmers in their pursuit to learn, un-learn and re-learn agricultural technologies through trainings. In their adaption of learnings, will their own mother tongue or the national language or English play a big role in their acquisition of knowledge and skills? A question that can be answered with the research. The realization that despite being in the marginalized sector, these young farmers has proven that any acquirements through English as the medium of instruction has given more outcome in its application in the farm. Regardless, whether they obtained basic education or college level. English is communication with the international world and it is a mean to access scientific sources. The trainings or informal education granted to them will update their knowledge and skills as well as shifts their attitudes and behaviors towards better agriculture. These youth are the farmers of tomorrow and the hope of the country.