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I am Ayel, a 20-year old physics teacher. I am passionate about learning new things. My interests include: writing, music, photography, digital art, and road trips.
Updated from Internet cafés, this blog is an account of my journey as young man in search for the true essence of life and happiness. This features my encounters with little miracles along the way.
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Thursday, August 16, 2007 |
a language we all must learn
The theme for this year's Buwan ng Wika is a celebration of the Philippine's rich culture, indicated by the many different languages the country has. It also associates these languages with nation building. As to what role they play, it is up to whoever ponders it. The connection is for writers, bloggers for that matter, to establish and for readers to appreciate and do something about.
No, I will not bore you with nose-bleeding in-depth analysis of the role of language in building a strong nation because I know that most online readers, me included, have short attention span. Er, we do not have the luxury of time to intently read long articles.
Let me begin, however, by saying that language, particularly verbal language, is only a medium for getting a particular message across. The manner by which the message is sent and the channel through which it is delivered, and some other factors, are just but a structure of support. The large chunk of significance in communication rests on the message itself.
Linking language with nation building is no new an idea. In fact, that has been the subject of two separate studies, including one conducted in Africa. The first is on the importance of one language while the other is on multilingualism and nation building. Long time ago in the Philippines, the idea of a national language advanced by the late President Manuel L. Quezon stirred up debates among language groups in the country. All of these point to the fact that there exist diverse views on the impact of language in shaping a nation.
A country with a gift of tongues—and with a national language already in place--why does the Philippines continue to drift further down the list of progressive nations?
Maybe, the language we need is more than just verbal—something, which would prod us to do worthy things other than merely talking.
In a Mass I have once attended, the priest read a letter ("in simple, imperfect English") a Korean national wrote for the Filipinos. The letter asked the same question: Why, despite of the country's rich resources, do we still wallow in poverty? It also detailed how Korea was able to rise up to its current economic status.
From there, I realized that the goal of building a strong nation would be at hand if every Filipino learns a very important language—the Language of Nationalism.
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ariel scrached his head at 11:06 pm and poof, here's a post!
 | | | inkblots!
September 9, 2007 01:57 AM PDT
Congratulations, bai!
Keep it up! | |
| | | raffle
August 23, 2007 05:58 PM PDT
i agree of your idia that the language we need more than just verbal. as you said our country are gifted with tongues what we need is vervalize it.
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| | | ayel
August 23, 2007 03:08 PM PDT
Shari, thanks for the info. "The language is the medium." I have never heard of that. That particular line makes my marticle a little crappier that it already is. Haha.
Thanks po.
Thanks also to everyone who agreed with and voted my entry. Even to those who disagreed (and shared their ideas), my gratitude.
God bless!
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| | | icka
August 23, 2007 01:06 PM PDT
wherever we go, even if we learn to speak the diff languages, still what's constant in us is our national identity. let's take pride for the fact that we are Filipinos.
>good entry.i voted you. | |
| | | Shari
August 23, 2007 02:45 AM PDT
That letter by a Korean has a lot of errors (no, not in the grammatical sense nor even any language-related sense, but the information itself). But if it serves as a wake-up call for the Filipinos to actually start doing things (right) and stop just "noticing" and complaining, maybe we'd get somewhere, not individually but as a whole united country.
Naalala ko si Marshall McLuhan. "The medium is the message." Ugh. | |
| | | Mykl
August 22, 2007 01:58 PM PDT
Indeed, totoo ang mga sinabi mo. It was said that long ago we were being looked up to by some nations and tayo 'yung naging "blueprint" nila for development. And look at them and us now. It's not about the language and what we say with it, but rather the deeds. What are we doing for this country? That's what it should be about. Are we even praying for our country? Do we still show that we have hope for our nation, eh nagliliparan na halos lahat papunta sa ibang bansa for "greener pastures" na hindi nila maisip na maaaring nandito naman sa Pilipinas if only we'd all unite to make things work.
Ayun. Share lang. | |
| | | ash
August 20, 2007 09:47 PM PDT
Hi, anyway I've just read your entry and I love it you really have that sense of nationalism.
by the way ngayon ko lang kasi nabasa iyong comment mo in one of my entry sa blog thanks nga pala.
fresh grad ka din pala sige good luck na lang talaga sa atin sa real world. | |
| | | ayel
August 19, 2007 03:54 PM PDT
Joesph, thanks. Haha. It's hard to believe you. No, there are more meaty and creative articles there. | |
| | | Joseph
August 19, 2007 03:48 PM PDT
I've read most of the entries to the blog writing contest you joined. I think, this is one of the most sensible entries. Others were singing the same tune. Yours is quite different and simple. You clearly stated your point. This should win. | |
| | | tRizZz
August 17, 2007 10:27 PM PDT
I guess it has something to do about awareness, and everyone's incapability, ignorance. We Filipinos tend to urge the youth to learn English, for we were once known to speak the language fluently. Learning the language per se is not as most people think of it . It is being said that the ability to speak English is somewhat a basis of competence; if you speak the language then you are superior among others. But this idealism, though not noticeable, is one of the things killing our cherished languages we have.
The abrupt changes has always been a factor to be considered; it is an influence which is unavoidable. But if we have the faith that we can, and we should, rest assured we will be able to live this year's theme. | |
| | | ayel
August 17, 2007 09:52 PM PDT
do rocks communicate with each other. if not, ganun siguro ka-horrible yung ini-imagine mo kate. horrible nga. who would want to become a rock? i only know everyone wants to rock. | |
| | | kate
August 17, 2007 11:22 AM PDT
Essentially it's all about the need to understand and be understood right? That is what communication is based on. I agree that language links each and everyone, which is why imagining a would without an sort of communication is such a horrible concept to think about. | |
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