Show may teach english by radio to filipinos radio may ave the longstanding long standing problem of a common language wh which I 1 ch Is of first importance to and to the united states from the inception of the american regime en english 9 lias has been put forward in the schoola and in the press tok to be the peoples common language since they speak some 67 07 malay dialects with sharp distinctions making it impossible for people even of adjacent provinces to converse but tile the native tongue does not accommodate itself to english readily few american teachers are left in the schools and the native teachers tire are tor for the most part ill prepared in english so the results of their instruction are discouraging the children recite glibly enough but la in a strange Lerl not english hut but the radio corporation of the philippines recently broadcast a lesson in english diction which proved that filipinos can acquire english by radio |