By Divine Angeli P. Endriga University of Asia and the Pacific University of the Philippines-Diliman +63-905-340-1792 dapendriga@gmail.com, dendriga@uap.edu.ph Paper presented at the 1st Philippine Conference Workshop on MotherTongue-Based Multilingual Education held February 18-20, 2010 at Cagayan de Oro City. ABSTRACT: This paper is a description of the dialectology of Cebuano spoken in the provinces …
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“Languages are increasingly viewed as scarce national resources,” wrote Joshua A. Fishman, noted linguist and author. “Speech and writing communities the world over are not only expected to exert themselves on behalf of their own languages, but to feel remiss if they fail to do so when their language resources are threatened.” He views languages …
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HOW did Tagalog become the basis of the national language? I went home and looked the history up. Just out of curiosity. During the Spanish time government bureaucracy was conducted mostly in Spanish. However, given the persistently low level of knowledge of Spanish among the commoners (partly due to the lack of universal education until …
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Hi Joe, Yes, your suggestions all align with our intentions. The ordinance will be multisectoral, and will hopefully follow the Catalan example closely. As you pointed out, education is one of many sectors that must be addressed, at a serious policy level, to reverse language decline. The Technical Working Group will be having its first …
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010 8:19 AM From: “ched arzadon” <ched.arzadon@gmail.com> To: TEDloop@yahoogroups.com, MLE-Philippines@yahoogroups.com The articles, “Diversity shock“, “Quest for a multi-culture“, “Losing the mother tongue“, “Customer is always right, right?“, “Kankana-ey being replaced by Iloko?”, and “No longer cool to speak IloKo?“, were forwarded to me by Atty Manuel Faelnar. I found out later that …
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By Firth McEachern “ANO ang paborito mong pagkain?” the emcee asked. “Pizza po,” said the little girl. “Ayan! Masarap!” I guess they think Ilokano is not “cool” or “fancy” enough for a Little Miss Barangay contest, I thought, as I watched the event. Don’t they realize that Ilokano is just as rich and old a …
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By Firth McEachern “ADDA Black Forest Sundae yo?” “Wala po,” the Jollibee cashier replied. “Adda Beef with Mushrooms?” I asked again. “Mayroon po.” “Ilocano ka?” I probed. “Oo, Sir.” “Tapos, apay agtagtagalogka ket Ilocano ti pakisarsaritak kenka?” I asked her, curious. She blushed and looked surprised. “Diak ammo, sir.” This is the scene I go …
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By Firth McEachern THERE are very significant and unfortunate reasons why Filipinos devalue their mother tongue. Whether you are Iloco, Bikolano, Pangasinense, or from any of the other 120+ language groups, you are more likely to view Tagalog and English as more important, and might even fail to teach your child your own language. Why …
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[It's déjà vu on an even larger scale. It's a replay of the Philippines force-feeding Tagalog, er Filipino, to all its people in the name of that elusive thing they call "nationalism". Only difference is that we heard nary a whimper of protest from the non-Tagalog speaking ethnic communities. If there was, it wasn't loud …
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2XW3_qClmI&hl=en_US&fs=1&] The above is the first of a 6-part YouTube video of François Grin‘s lecture at the Trace Foundation‘s Lecture Series “Minority Language in Today’s Global Society,” “Perspectives on Mother Tongue Education” brought together by a panel of experts on language and education, with a special focus on Tibet on February 21-22 2009. In this lecture …
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