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Fullmer 16 IV. Clarifications and Ideas for Further Research I realize educators’ feelings about nonstandard English are mixed. Many of us would probably prefer Facebook and text messaging to vanish into cyberspace oblivion. But my goal here is not to promote use of nonstandard English; I am simply recognizing that it is a reality educators have to face, and I feel that bringing it into discussion in the classroom is better than trying to pretend it doesn’t exist. After all, although my analysis suggests that students’ knowledge of formal language is not being improved, their capacities for linguistic acquisition, comprehension, production, and problem-solving are all being expanded. But perhaps giving nonstandard English more attention is the wrong approach. I thus ask my fellow scholars for counterarguments: how might internet English be making our jobs more challenging? And how else should we adapt our methods to counteract this? This article’s scope is limited to identifying the features of the English students use outside the classroom, but there are many related tangents that should be explored. For example, what trends can we note about Tagalish based on its occurrences on Facebook? Which English vocabulary absorbed into this hybrid language, and why is grammar not influenced? Why, for instance, does the writer in Example 1 use the English “late” instead of the common “urhi” or less common “atrasado”? Similarly, does jejemon represent an opportunity for individuals to express personality and or to foster a kind of group or communal collectivism? How does jejemon fit into the larger picture of Pinoy culture in the 21 st century? The internet, furthermore, may provide a fundamental cultural divide between Filipinos with internet access and those without. How might the various levels of internet access among Filipino students bring new challenges to the classroom? How should teachers adapt to a student population that is more heterogeneous in its knowledge and culture? Should teachers be Facebook friends with their students? How does this destabilize the teacher-student relationship? How does a teacher sharing his/her identity outside the classroom positively or negatively affect the dynamics inside the classroom?
Fullmer 17 Obviously, this research presupposes that students have internet access, which is not true for a large portion of the rural population in the Philippines. That of course also means that perceived issues of internet English interfering with standard English are also not at issue. For these populations, the need remains as Roger Thompson described in 2003: “Electricity holds the key to the future of English and its spread among those who are not affected by the forces of urbanization and inter-island migration in search of work.” With that said, it is my belief that the internet will do more to shape education in the Philippines in the coming years than any new policy or teaching method.
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