Germono, Kristine R Sabido, Haidee F.

FA1&FA2_Finals

Hipolito, Alexa Joy S. Zulueta, Eichelle Joy B.

#1 What are the notions of a “dominant language” according to the reading?

According to the reading, the notions of the dominant language are: it is spoken in many area in
the country, spoken by dominant group and speakers which are more aggressive, more prolific, more
inventive and more cultured than its neighbors, has a superiority on the other languages and often used in
communication such as in commercial, politics, education and in religion. The dominant language is used
in publication of literary works, laws, a medium in government school and other national purposes.

#2 How language can be a factor to our National Development?

The language play an important role to our national development by using language to
communicate to other people, to express their thought in words or in written. By communication, people
get to learn the language more and will have a higher literacy rate. There are now numerous publications
that is written in Tagalog by having the most used language in the country and be able to covey a message
to every Filipino. As the language developed, it is evident that the language was used in various area such
as in education, politics and business.

#3 Why Tagalog language has a tremendous advantage over the other dialects?

#4 Is Tagalog language can be considered as an “official language”? If yes, why and if no, why not?

Yes, Tagalog language can be considered as an "official language" of the Philippines because it
has a huge advantage over the other dialects that the Filipinos have. As stated in article of Teodoro
Llamzon's "Tagalog as a Dominant language", the Philippines have a language diversity which was
considered as a quite complex situation during the Spanish era and due to this reason, President Manuel
L. Quezon calls for a national assembly on 1935 to establish a common national language.

Tagalog was considered, because Tagalog language is the most elaborated and polished which
has been mostly used in periodicals, books and highly developed literature, it also has similar words to the
other dialects where two million of Filipinos has spoken it and considered it as their mother tongue. In
addition to that, it can be closely associated with the economic and political supremacy and combines all
factors: Mankind, Nation and Individual.
#5 As a young Filipino citizen, how will you give significance to our National language and what are
your means and ways to promote the interests of our own language?

As a young Filipino citizen, it is significant to give importance our National Language because it
signifies our culture and identity as Filipinos. It should always also be given respect and be taught to
everyone because giving good education about our language is not just about keeping the skills that we
learned from it but it is a way of preserving our own cultural heritage, traditions and values, and also a
way of letting the younger generations and other nation to understand it completely.

Also, we will promote our national language by means of continuously learning and using the
language in academia, having more research paper that discusses the how rich the Philippines in terms
of languages and the uses of it in television, news, articles and in stage show. By this, our national
language will be preserved and it will have more value over other languages.

References:

Alzayed, N. (2015) Preserving Immigrants Native Language and Cultural Identity in Multilingual and
Multicultural Societies. [PDF File] Retrieved from http://www.ijhssnet.com/journals
/Vol_5_No_2_February_2015/30.pdf

Llamzon, T. (1968). On Tagalog as Dominant Language, 16(4), 729–749. Retrieved from

http://www.philippinestudies.net/ojs/index.php/ps/article/view/2273/4274