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15 October 2018
The Army Reserve Command (ARESCOM) is one of Philippine Army Major Units,
which is mandated to implement various programs, activities and projects in the Reserve
Force Development Program as embodied in Republic Act 7077. One of the unit’s
functions is to develop, organize, train, equip and administer and maintain the ready reserve
component of the army.
d. As Filipinos, our native tongue is Tagalog, most often than not we intend to
mispronounce words and sometimes we commit common mistakes such as pronunciations,
which may affect their meaning. The listener/student may interpret that as lack of
communication skills. As a result, they see it as an indication of low intelligence or lack of
education, which undermines the credibility of the instructor/trainor.
3. ASSUMPTION
b. ARESCOM personnel are also dealing with the different reservists and
stakeholders in the performance of their duty wherein they must comprehend properly in
exchanging ideas with them.
c. Well-trained and highly conversant instructors will be more capable with their
expertise in teaching the cadets. The personnel will boost their self-confidence and self-
esteem enhancing their image as professionals in their respective expertise.
4. ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
The Army Reserve Command is a unique Unit wherein it renders services mostly to
civilian sectors, the ROTC cadets, the reservists and other stakeholders. It has 15 RCDGs
located in different parts of the country, Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao areas. Each RCDG
has Community Defense Centers (CDC) representing per province handling ROTC Units
under its AOR. Personnel assigned in ARESCOM are either a high school graduate,
vocational graduate, undergraduate (college level), or a baccalaureate degree holder.
Universities and Colleges require our ARESCOM personnel their PRC License,
master’s degrees and other academic requirements in order to qualify to teach. To align the
personnel with these requirements, though, some of the personnel are not college
graduates, the ARESCOM is conducting in-service training to all RCDG personnel assigned
there one at a time or in schedule basis, which can help them to develop and enhance their
knowledge in teaching as well as to improve the training readiness of its RCDG. By this, we
are not left behind in terms of teaching approach; we only missed professional license, but
not the knowledge of teaching.
Most soldiers, either officers or enlisted personnel, and civilian employees, are not
that conversant in using the English language, but sometimes it cannot be avoided in using
it, especially in the unit where we are teaching young generations, ROTC cadets and
reservists. It is one factor where cadets/students can see that the instructor is
knowledgeable of a certain topic. There are some who prefer to do hard works than to draft
a written explanation. Why? Because of difficulty in English language like grammar usage.
But it cannot be avoided because some words are better expressed in English rather than in
Tagalog.
Confidence is acquired through knowledge and mastery. Skills can be acquired and
honed; once acquired, it can help improve and reflect the good image of the AFP as a whole
perceiving the organization composed of professional and world-class soldiers.
Pronunciation is the most important and difficult problem that non-native English
speakers have to face when studying English. Improper pronunciation can lead to negative
impression, misunderstanding and ineffective communication. When an instructor talks to
students during classroom instruction, the pronunciation is the first thing they notice during
the conversation. In everyday communication, one usually does not have to use many
complicated words, so if his limited vocabulary is not a big issue, then he can use simpler
terms to express the word that he does not know. In fact, the students will notice right away
if his pronunciation is good or bad with the first few simple words he has said. If he has a
poor pronunciation with a very strong regional/foreign accent, they will think of the instructor
as bad English speaker and his good vocabulary and grammar are sometimes neglected.
This study aims to enhance the acquired skills and teaching capabilities of
ARESCOM personnel. Since some of the Enlisted Personnel are not confident in their use
of the English language, particularly in the verbal (proper use of grammar) and non-verbal
aspects. It will attempt to see the correlation of their apparent lack of confidence vis-à-vis
their training and preparation, education and practice prior to the performance of their duties
in ARESCOM.
Based on the information gathered through interviews and surveys, the following
courses of actions are recommended.
DISCUSSION:
Based on the Program of Instruction of the IDT of ARESCOM, it was found out that
there is no Communicative Skills Module in the POI. It was further learned that it is
necessary to have this module in the POI. As compared to personnel taking Sgt Major
Course, the Communication Learning Competency Module is included in the POI so that the
trainees will be more confident in dealing and communicating with peers and superiors.
According to the data gathered thru interviews with the G8 and G3 ARESCOM, the
Commandant and an Admin Officer of ARESCOM Training School, S3 of NCRRCDG and
related surveys, the inclusion of Communicative Skills Module is the most suitable remedy
to enhance and elevate the teaching competency of the ARESCOM Personnel. With its
inclusion, the students’ grammar and usage enable them to be proficient in both verbal and
non-verbal communication in English. By doing their compositions and allowing them to edit
their own works in the future, practice using the correct forms of punctuation to clearly
convey messages, producing high-quality business documents that present their ideas
without all the unwelcome verb tense errors, misplaced and dangling modifiers, and vague
pronouns that inevitably find their way into their sentences including updates or changes to
the English language, avoid common grammatical mistakes, the subject being their first step
in sounding more like a native English speaker with appropriate tenses and pronunciation
and use them confidently in conversation, and inclusion of the subject can also serve as a
pre-assessment of the students’ capability in delivering reports and lectures.
ADVANTAGES:
a. Students will develop their everyday grammar, usage which enables them to
be proficient in both verbal and non-verbal communications and compositions and allows
them to edit their own works in the future.
b. Students will practice using the correct usage of punctuation marks to clearly
convey the messages, produce quality documents that present their ideas and to avoid
common grammatical errors including updates or changes in the English language,
information on common grammatical mistakes, and tools for correcting outdated
grammatical habits.
c. The subject is their first step in sounding more like a native English speaker
with tenses. By the end of the course, they’ll know the proper use of English grammar and
pronunciation how to use them confidently in conversation.
DISADVANTAGES:
An additional time and days based on their original training schedule that may cause
to the lack of interest in the part of the students.
DISCUSSION:
With the fifteen (15) Regional Community Defense Groups located in the different
parts of the country, as part of the Training, Readiness, the RCDG Headquarters is
conducting their own in-house training to the Organic Personnel assigned to its HQs and to
its CDCs. In order to maintain the individual competencies of the personnel. With this
program, the personnel can enhance their communicative skills and it can also boost their
confidence when facing cadets, reservist and other stakeholders. This training can increase
their knowledge in their day to day administrative function in the office during planning,
managing and communicating with higher headquarters, to its subordinates and to civilian
offices.
ADVANTAGES:
a. Personnel can enhance their communicative skills and can apply their
acquired knowledge in their respective offices as well as during training with the ROTC
cadets and reservists.
b. Making this as a practice in respective RCDG will let the personnel to develop
a natural response wherein it will be natural for them to speak in English during their reports
and discussions.
DISADVANTAGE:
DISCUSSION:
ADVANTAGES:
b. Personnel can easily adopt and comprehend with the ROTC and reservist
since they have the same level of understanding.
DISADVANTAGE:
5. CONCLUSION/RECOMMENDATION:
Based on the result of the survey and interview conducted by the proponent to the
respondents, it was found out that the best and most probable is COA Nr 1 as it meets the
Suitability, Feasibility and Acceptability.
SFA Summary:
There are Twenty (20) respondents assigned to different units of the Philippine Army.
Their opinion on the prepared Survey Questionnaires are indicated in the Table below.
Following are the COAs that were evaluated.
COURSES OF ACTION
CRITERIA COA Nr COA Nr COA Nr
1 2 3
SUITABILITY
Which option provides appropriate solution?
Which suits the need of the ARESCOM?
Which of these options enhances the
capabilities of teaching personnel of
ARESCOM?
FEASIBILITY
Which option implementable and
sustainable?
Which option common with the routine in
Army Reserve Command procedure?
Which can be implemented without extending
available funds allotted time available
materials and present manpower?
ACCEPTABILITY
Which will be worth implementing?
Which is more appropriate and practical?
Which is more likely to solicit the approval of
the Philippine Army?
Through this SFA test, COA Nr 1, was the best possible option by obtaining
the major points in all criteria and satisfying each categorical question in determining
the possible solution.
6. ACTIONS RECOMMENDED:
ANNEXES:
Proposed Output - - - - A
Photo Ops/Documentation - - - B
COAs Questionnaires - - - C
SFA Questionnaires - - - - D
Complete Staff Actions - - - E
References - - - - - F
DEFINITION OF TERMS
1. Grammar – the study of the classes of words, their inflections and their
functions and relations in the sentence; a study of what is to be preferred and
what avoided in inflection and syntax. It is the set of structural rules governing the
composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language. the whole
system and structure of a language or of languages in general,
2. Instructor – a person who teaches a subject or skill: someone who instructs people;
one who instructs; one who imparts knowledge to another; a teacher
4. Training – is the process of learning the skills that you need for a particular job or
activity; Organized activity aimed at imparting information and/or instructions to
improve the recipient's performance or to help him or her attain a required level of
knowledge or skill.
6. ROTC Cadets - a male or female student who is presently enrolled in the ROTC
Basic or Advance Course
13. Ready Reserve Units – these are units with physically-fit and tactically-current
reservist personnel that are always on constant alert and training; ready to mobilize
once a mobilization order has been given.
14. Reservist Training – refers to training to prepare and qualify individuals to become
officer and enlisted reservists.
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