Samaalic Era
QurboExit
So when your country is suffering, the first thought is to ditch and abandon rather than fix and improve.
Real men and women are known in times of hardships and you all traitors to Somaliya and Somalinimo
Somali guy refuses to let his children learn in af somali
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Real men and women are known in times of hardships and you all traitors to Somaliya and Somalinimo
So when your country is suffering, the first thought is to ditch and abandon rather than fix and improve.
Real men and women are known in times of hardships and you all traitors to Somaliya and Somalinimo
My country is Canada. I have never been to Somalia and don’t plan to ever step a foot in it.
So you saying give up in Somalias future and prepare all the kids to send them away to study abroad. Basically sponsorship. I’m all for private schools doing that. But Somalia’s government should not spend money on kids early education so other countries can benefit
Mimir
Caafimaad baby
Gabadhan waa khasaaro. Just leave her alone she's a waste of energySo when your country is suffering, the first thought is to ditch and abandon rather than fix and improve.
Real men and women are known in times of hardships and you all traitors to Somaliya and Somalinimo
Samaalic Era
QurboExit
Complete khasaaro, how long do you think the west will accommodate Somalis
VixR
Veritas
Did you read the tweet? You’re conflating two different things. Somali heritage/poetry classes is specific to Somali, so of course it’s definitionally valuable in that context; but that doesn’t make it suitable for teaching with it in a school curriculum. It’s a fact that it’s not valuable outside its own context. That’s true for many languages, and it’s not something worth arguing about.
Mimir
Caafimaad baby
Trust me saaxib. I live in Kenya and I'm witnessing this shit for myself.
The next generation of Kenyans will no longer speak their mother tongue.
You sound dumb. Do you know the violence Somalis has faced in South Africa
You’re right. I haven’t done my research. I know nothing of what Somalis dealt with in South Africa. I retract it.
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Somalia can benefit too.
Many of those educated abroad come back to rebuild with a good educational background.
Once Somalia is successful and rebuilds we need a educated population that can speak multiple languages to work for international investors in the country.
Do you not see the reason why they're learning Somali poetry? What's next after banning Somali in schools and unis? Who will preserve it? Who will safekeep and advance our already poorly documented language?
He literally lied in his tweet and you expect me to take him serious. The difference in spoken Somali, from north to south is so miniscule I swear I've got a harder time understanding people from Northern Ireland when they speak English
I'm not against the idea of teaching some things in English, but I can't understand why we have to completely disown our mother tongue. Can you not see where that leads? You're already complaining about the inadequacy of the language, imagine the effect on the Somali society if we were to heed your advice...
VixR
Veritas
No one said you have to disown it. You’re not looking at the big picture.
Somalia isn’t a multilingual country where people are forced to use English to mend the gap between having classmates and countrymen that speak a million different languages, so much that their mother tongue becomes secondary. They can speak Somali.
But it’s an obvious choice to teach in English early, and a strategic one. If anything, I’d go further and nix the secondary Arabic for Chinese. Somali, like most languages, is beyond the point of influence. That doesn’t mean you can’t teach Somali poetry. If such a course were up for grabs out here, I’d take it.
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Ragna qowl baa xira, dumarna meher baa xira.
I've been waiting to see if the proponents of making english the medium of instruction could cite any worth while arguments to back up their views. So far the reasons stated are nothing but ideological constructs. They're ideological in the sense that english is set as the benchmark to achieve quality education, to acquire & produce knowledge , to attain better social & academic mobility etc.
A quick look around the globe will show that the above advantages associated with the english language are not unique to it as they're found in other languages as well. Meaning english is not functionally different from other languages and all languages can potentially be used for any form of human communication, acquisition & production of knowledge, including learning at all levels.
For many African primary school children, formal education in a foreign language amounts to an incomprehensible daily routine of choral repetition and copying from the blackboard without understanding. They're faced with two challenges learning english and subject content, as a result these children end up failing to master both and their mother tongues as well. This is a huge problem in africa yet proponents failed to mention or even account for it.
Having a foreign language as a medium of instruction has a massive negative impact on the local languages, since the local/native languages are relegated to subordinate positions in education and professional domains. In some instances , local languages are not only neglected, but also discouraged, a good example is the tweet from the guy who intends not to teach his children any somali due to the "inherent inferiority" of the somali language.
@scarecrow would you mind telling us what's proud about relegating afkeena to a subordinate position in education and professional domains ?? It's one thing to teach english as a foreign language but to elevate it to a medium of instruction in education and offer it as an alternative to somali is simply nonsensical. You end up creating more problems than solutions, you argue from a position of ignorance that lacks any self reflection and evaluation of the issue at hand.
If other people have succeeded in progressing their societies and quality of education system using their own mother tongues what's preventing us from doing the same ? The somali language is more than sufficient for us to address any issue, what's needed is for us to have kalsooni in who we are as a people, in our heritage and most importantly in our ability to utilise and take benefit from our language that Allah blessed us with. Allah created and destined for us to be part of the somali nation he has provided us with the all the necessary tools and means needed, if there's a lack then the fault lies with us and not with the blessing that Allah granted us. It's us who've failed to take benefit from the blessing.
A quick look around the globe will show that the above advantages associated with the english language are not unique to it as they're found in other languages as well. Meaning english is not functionally different from other languages and all languages can potentially be used for any form of human communication, acquisition & production of knowledge, including learning at all levels.
For many African primary school children, formal education in a foreign language amounts to an incomprehensible daily routine of choral repetition and copying from the blackboard without understanding. They're faced with two challenges learning english and subject content, as a result these children end up failing to master both and their mother tongues as well. This is a huge problem in africa yet proponents failed to mention or even account for it.
Having a foreign language as a medium of instruction has a massive negative impact on the local languages, since the local/native languages are relegated to subordinate positions in education and professional domains. In some instances , local languages are not only neglected, but also discouraged, a good example is the tweet from the guy who intends not to teach his children any somali due to the "inherent inferiority" of the somali language.
@scarecrow would you mind telling us what's proud about relegating afkeena to a subordinate position in education and professional domains ?? It's one thing to teach english as a foreign language but to elevate it to a medium of instruction in education and offer it as an alternative to somali is simply nonsensical. You end up creating more problems than solutions, you argue from a position of ignorance that lacks any self reflection and evaluation of the issue at hand.
If other people have succeeded in progressing their societies and quality of education system using their own mother tongues what's preventing us from doing the same ? The somali language is more than sufficient for us to address any issue, what's needed is for us to have kalsooni in who we are as a people, in our heritage and most importantly in our ability to utilise and take benefit from our language that Allah blessed us with. Allah created and destined for us to be part of the somali nation he has provided us with the all the necessary tools and means needed, if there's a lack then the fault lies with us and not with the blessing that Allah granted us. It's us who've failed to take benefit from the blessing.
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