Direction: Read and analyze the following essay.

KEY CLAIMS (BY EXAMPLES (BY KEY GIST CONTEXT

PARAGRAPH) CLAIM)
The Filipino language is "It is the heart and soul The consequences if The Filipino subject is
a vital part of Filipino of the country as it the Filipino language excluded at the tertiary
people's lives. symbolizes oneness in subject is removed in level.
words, speech, and higher educational
thought." levels.

"Truly, a country's
language paves way for
bigger and better
opportunities that will
benefit everyone."

CHED claims that the "The CHED CHED excluded the CHED's reasons out
Filipino subjects memorandum order on Filipino subject in the that excluding
studied under the K to the new curriculum tertiary level to avoid duplicate or remedial
12 program are notes that the duplicate subjects. subjects - such as
adequate enough. integration of GE Filipino - will create a
courses in senior high better curriculum.
school - Grades 11 and
12 - has created a
window for the revision
of the current
curriculum in colleges."

"CHED also claims that

the Filipino subjects
taken under the K to 12
programs are sufficient
are sufficient given that
students already have
108 hours under the
said subject in Grade
11 alone."

CHED's new general "As a whole, the Many academics are CHED released a much
education(GE) number of GEC units not in favor of CHED's lighter GE curriculum in
curriculum is less has been reduced from discharge of Filipino exchange for removing
demanding to the current 63-51 units subjects in college. Filipino subjects. This is
students, but the down to 36 units for all in the hopes of
eviction of Filipino college students." unburdening college
subjects clashes with students with
many people. "The revision of the repetitive duplicate
curriculum has met subjects.
various violent
 reactions and
oppositions from
stakeholders, linguists,
academics, and even
students themselves."

The dropping of Filipino "Through the years of As Filipinos who speak The exclusion of
subjects at the tertiary my schooling, the the Filipino language, Filipino subjects at the
level is unreasonable. Filipino language has we must not allow our tertiary level is an act
been one of the most native language to die. of abandoning or
important factors that "killing" the native
shaped me as a language. In order to
person." keep a language
"alive", it should be
"It is the language I use practiced, studied, and
at home, in school, and be valued even at
nearly everywhere I go higher educational
every day." levels.