Filipino Language: Identity, Culture, and Freedom

• Wika is a symbol of identity, culture, and freedom, playing a vital role in daily life as cornerstone of unity and success.

Panimula

• Wika became a weapon against oppressive foreign powers aiming to seize the nation's beauty and wealth.
• Filipino is alive/dynamic, undergoes development by borrowing from Philippine and non-native languages.
• Language evolves into varieties catering to social contexts and scholarly expression topics.
• Haugen and Ferguson identify codification, standardization, dissemination, elaboration for cultivating language.
• Language cultivation involves using Filipino as a teaching medium and discipline, vital part of education.
• Filipino plays many roles in research of science, medicine, commerce, politics, mathematics, music, and art.
• Progress is made in domains with no Filipino equivalent to enrich/preserve language toward development.

Mga Layunin

• Explain relationship between functions Filipino as national language, language of country, research rooted in society's needs.
• Contribute to promoting Filipino as medium of meaningful discourse suitable for Philippine society as research language.
• Develop aspiration to participate in social change.

Filipino Bilang Wikang Pambansa

• Filipino being declared national language, based on Roberto Anonuevo's journal.
• December 30, 1937, Tagalog proclaimed basis for National Language under 1935 Constitution.
• Congress to develop/enrich national language based on existing native tongues, proclamation effective two years after ratification.
• In 1940, teaching National Language in fourth year became mandatory, followed by Commonwealth Act No. 570.
• June 4, 1946, National Assembly approved Act declaring official language as Wikang Pambansang Pilipino.
• Jose B. Romero (Secretary of Education) issued Department Order No. 7 in 1959.
• National Language would be called Pilipino, avoid lengthy "Wikang Pambansang Pilipino" or Tagalog-based language.
• By 1987, national language became Filipino, not based on mixed native elements, but nucleus of Pilipino and Tagalog.
• Article XIV of 1987 Constitution, legal basis of Filipino as national language, linked to official communication/instructional language roles.
• Section 6 states Filipino as national language is to be enriched/developed based on Philippine languages. Congress may decide.
• Government should promote Filipino as medium of communication/instruction in education system.
• Section 7 designates Filipino and English as official languages with regional languages as auxiliary official/instructional languages.
• Spanish and Arabic should be promoted voluntarily/optionally.
• Section 9 mandates Congress to establish a National Language Commission of various regions/disciplines.
• Commission to conduct and promote research in Filipino/other languages for enhancement, propagation, and preservation.
• Provision states Filipino must be used in education and government transactions, regional languages serve cultural/religious contexts.
• Commission of Filipino Language established to formulate policies/programs for development, enrichment, propagation and preservation.
• Aims to encourage scholars/writers to promote Filipino, incentivize with grants and awards, publish original works/textbooks in Filipino.
• Filipino is key to effective communication and unity, symbolizes being Filipino/patriotism.
• Language promotes democracy by uniting the nation's aims, connects various groups in Filipino - research to cultivate wisdom.

Filipino Bilang Wika ng Bayan at/ng Pananaliksik

• Manuel Quezon wanted a native-based language for Philippines rather than Spanish or English.
• Language is effective tool of expression and receiving information, communication key of learning, and weapon against oppression.
• Nations operate with rules guiding the people.
• Article XIV Sec. 8 of 1987 states Constitution should be in Filipino/English, translated to major regional languages, Arabic & Castilian.
• Language helps unite people, enabling participation in national matters.
• National language empowers ordinary citizens to engage with government programs and is voice of culture.
• The language is the great weapon to develop ideals and increase development, also according to Constantino.
• Vitangcol III stated language unites and builds understanding in his article written in 2019.
• Filipino unites Filipinos.
• Language is the symbol of culture when overseas.
• Filipino conveys circumstances and needed assistance, expresses longings in the face of transition to a more stable situation.
• Filipino is the language of education, so K to 12 education curriculum ensures society and nature align to citizen needs.
• The Filipino discipline aims to develop communicative competence through literature, technology towards identity, cultural literacy.
• Program uses language to easily explain knowledge, use words to express thoughts.
• Language preserves and allows for access of events and freedom and opens doors in research to improve education.

Filipino Bilang Larangan at Filipino sa Iba't ibang Larangan

• Gonzales discussed elaboration (also known as intellectualization) develops/improves language in his module.
• Language will develop more with cultural tools to communicate innovations related to science and technology.
• Language will develop for new activities towards economic development.
• Constantino says intellectualization improves not only Filipino but thought as well, and flourishes to transform into home and research.