Columnist's note: Today's guest columnist, Ruanni Tupas, is one of the most important Filipino linguists of contemporary times. He is known internationally for his work on critical sociolinguistics, multilingualism and language education, especially unequal Englishes.
Columnist's note: Today's guest columnist, Ruanni Tupas, is one of the most important Filipino linguists of contemporary times. He is known internationally for his work on critical sociolinguistics, multilingualism and language education, especially unequal Englishes. He was someone I used to only read in books when I was a student and someone whom I will always look up to in our profession. – A.M. BorlonganPHILIPPINE languages are not dialects. They are languages.I am an Aklanon.
Worse, they take pride in the fact that they and their children struggle to speak in their own languages, including Filipino. Despite being multilingual, the standard of good communication is being able to speak in fluent English. Being multilingual is not a source of pride; being able to speak in English is.
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