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Errors in VP Sara's 'Isang Kaibigan'
By J.Lo
"Even if, say, story is magical, we still want to impart knowledge to children as readers... you are still imparting something substantial or factual, such as with how you introduce animals as characters in the story," University of the Philippines Sentro ng Wikang Filipino (SWF) director Jayson Petras has noted some factual inconsistencies and grammatical errors in children's book "Isang Kaibigan," authored by Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio,could have been prevented had book undergone peer review and editing.
Petras, also Literature professor in UP Diliman, said challenging to write children's story, as lots of elements must be considered, such as simplicity of words that should be used, length of sentences that would complement graphics and topic that could be easily understood by young readers.
He said children's books, even if fictional, should still have factual consistency as well as proper grammar and sentence construction, as book is still tool to impart knowledge to reader.
He noted that in "Isang Kaibigan," owl was used or "personified" as main character in the story with attributes not matching actual attributes of an owl.
"It's still important to do some research, like what type of bird are you introducing as character in the story…for example, if your character is an owl, we know that owls or majority of species of owls are nocturnal…so, maybe, setting should be at night, another issue is nesting area of owl… usually in crevices or holes of trees and not on top of leaves or branches," Petras said.
Petras also stressed importance of using simple words and constructing sentences that are easy to understand.
"If children will be readers, simple words should be used…you must not introduce highfalutin words, as children's vocabulary is still limited," he said.
Petras noted in "Isang Kaibigan," Duterte used word "kagutuman" hunger or famine , he said, is already deep or heavy word for child to understand.
He also noted one particular grammatical error in Duterte's book.
"For example, word sila, pronoun, was used in enumerating other bird characters in the story. It should be sina specifier... so, we should also be careful with use of our Filipino language," Petras said.
In statement, Duterte found it easy to write her children's book "Isang Kaibigan" as it was based on her own experience. Thus, Vice President said, there was no reason nor need to copy work of anyone.
She issued statement amid allegations that she plagiarized another children's book, "Owly Just Little Blue" written by American author Andy Runton.
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