The Teeter-Totter of Varied Englishes: Highs and Lows of Prestigious Linguistic

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July 9, 2022
3:00 PM (GMT +8)

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Preparation Open Zoom

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docu as co-hosts

Test audio and screen

sharing (slides should
be moved through
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cursor)

Rename Hosts, Tech,

and Docu:
Host_Nickname

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set to everyone

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Participant sounds
when they enter or
leave the room

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and screen sharing

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Accepting Florie: Welcome to the The Teeter-Totter of Title slide

participants & Varied Englishes: Highs and Lows of Prestigious
Room Linguistic Standards! Please settle down as we
Guidelines will start the event in a few minutes. But before
 that, let us all be reminded of room guidelines for
today.

Ludwig: That’s right, Florie. To ensure a

smooth-flowing discussion, kindly take note of
these rules flashed on your screen. First off:

Florie & Ludwig (Alternate):

1. Please kindly mute your microphone Zoom guidelines slide
throughout the event to avoid distracting the
speaker and the other participants.
2. Instead, we encourage you to use the ❤️and 👏
reaction buttons to show agreement or
enthusiasm at any part of the event.
3. If you have any comments or concerns, you
can use the chat box to let us know.
4. All questions will be entertained during the
open forum after each speaker.
5. This event shall foster a positive free-learning
environment. Display of improper conduct (e.g.
sending derogatory and inappropriate messages
in the chatbox) during the event may result in
removal from the session.

Ludwig: Now that we’ve set all the rules, we

want you to have a comfortable and productive
afternoon with us as we learn from our beloved
speakers!

Introduction Florie: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen! Countdown timer

video
Ludwig: I am Ludwig E. Bables.
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Florie: And I am Florie O. Otañez, we are your
hosts for today’s webinar. Hosts slide

Ludwig: I must say that we are delighted to have Title slide

all of you here.

Florie: On behalf of ABELS 4-1, we would like

to welcome you all to The Teeter-Totter of
Varied Englishes: Highs and Lows of
Prestigious Linguistic Standards! A webinar
brought to you by the Bachelor of Arts in English
Language Studies 4-1.
Partnerships Ludwig & Florie (Alternate): Special thanks to slide
Special Thanks To:
1. PUP Guild of English Majors BGM OUT
2. DEFLL The Dramatics
3. DEFLL Extension Student Corps
4. DEFLL Book Lovers Club

Doxology and Florie: To officially begin our program, please Doxology slide
Philippine rise for the doxology to be led by DEFLL The
National Anthem Dramatics, followed by the Philippine National Doxology video
Anthem sung by PUP Bagong Himig Serenata.
Philippine National
Anthem slide

Philippine National
Anthem video

Opening Ludwig: For our opening remarks this afternoon, Opening Remarks
Remarks let us welcome our diligent and driven Project name slide
Head for this program, Ms. Kathleen Arcay.
BGM IN
Florie: Thank you for the remarks, Ms. Kathleen
Arcay!
Before we proceed we would like to
acknowledge the presence
Acknowledgment:
Prof. Cecilia Angeles
Prof. Carmencita Caridad
Prof. Evangelina Serial (fb live)

Message from Florie: Now, to give us his message, let us hear Message from the
the Chairperson from the hardworking and esteemed Chairperson Chairperson slide
of the Department of English, Foreign Languages
and Linguistics, Dr. Rafael Michael O. Paz. Message from the
Chairperson pre-
Ludwig: Much appreciated, Dr. Paz. recorded video

Introductory Ludwig: Let us proceed to our honorable guest Introductory Speech

Speech who will give us his introductory speech, Dr. slide
Walden F. Bello–International Adjunct Professor
from the State University of New York. Introductory Speech
pre-recorded video
Florie: Thank you for gracing us with your
presence, Dr. Bello. BGM OUT

Introduction to Ludwig: Oh, have you seen our speakers for Introduction to the First
the First Speaker today, Florie? Aren’t you excited? Speaker slide
 Florie: I am super excited, enthralled with our
speakers for today because I have been (and we
all know that as english majors) that we have
been just seeing their names on our readings
about Philippine English and now we have been
given the chance to finally meet them and I’m
sure I’m not the only one. So, without further
ado, let us have our first speaker for today.

Ludwig: She is an Associate Professor at the

Department of English and Applied Linguistics
of De La Salle University, the Philippines and
Director of the Lasallian Institute for
Development and Educational Research
(LIDER). She holds a Ph.D. in Applied
Linguistics from the same university where she
graduated With Distinction.

Specializing in World Englishes, Corpus

Linguistics, and Austronesian Linguistics, she
held various key positions in local and
international organizations such as being the
President of the Linguistic Society of the
Philippines (LSP), executive secretary of the
Asian Association for Lexicography (AsiaLex),
Vice Chair of the Philippine Social Science
Council (PSSC). Currently, she is a member of
the Executive Board of the Southeast Asian
Linguistic Society (SEALS) and the International
Conference on Austronesian Linguistics (ICAL).
Moreover, she was the 2020 Chair Holder of the
Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC Distinguished
Professorial Chair in Linguistics and Language
Education. Ladies and Gentlemen, Dr. Shirley N.
Dita!

Florie: Let us all give her a big round of virtual

applause!

Lecture Proper Ludwig: Thank you so much, Dr. Dita, for that Dr. Dita’s talk slide
informative AND NOT TO MENTION
PASSIONATE talk. I particularly liked the Dr. Dita’s powerpoint
comprehensive three-pronged discussion on the
phonological, lexical, and grammatical features
of PE. Shattering inequalities and confronting
 hierarchies that haunt the language ladder. How
about you, Florie?

Florie: I can’t stress that enough, Ludwig, it was

truly an interesting topic. I’d say that IT HAS BEEN
A REFRESHER DISCUSSION ESPECIALLY TO THE
GRADUATING ENGLISH MAJORS. FROM DR.
DITA’S DISCUSSION WE CAN SAY THAT WE
REALLY OWNED THE LANGUAGE. IT WAS SUCH A
DELIGHT BECAUSE AS OF THE MOMENT THERE
ARE A LOT OF FILIPINOS WHO ARE WELL KNOWN
AS ESL TEACHERS. THE IDEA THAT WE USED TO
BE THE LEARNERS OF THE LANGUAGE AND NOW
WE HAVE BEEN TEACHING THE LANGUAGE TO
DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES WITH OUR
STANDARD FILIPINO ENGLISH
FROM YOUR WORDS DR. DITA THAT THE USE OF
PE IS A WAY OF ESTABLISHING OUR IDENTITY

Open Forum Ludwig: I’m sure our participants were as Dr. Dita’s talk Open
interested as we were in the discussion. As this Forum slide
event seeks to benefit all of us, we are
encouraging you to ask about anything regarding Hosts to alternately
the topic. read questions from
forms
Florie: If you still have questions, don’t hesitate
to drop them in our chat box on Zoom and Hosts to alternately
comment on our FB live. read questions from
chat box and FB live.
1. REGINE AMADOR GANDULLAS, New
Era University
Has Philippine English been recognized
by our government?
2. Mark Louie Canaveral, PUP-CAL
As linguists, even though we see that
there is no variety of English that is more
prestigious or superior than the other,
why do you think we still impose the strict
implementation of the standard English
language in our education curriculum?
3. Venessa C. Bautista, Limay Polytechnic
College
There are English words that are misused
(meaning) by Filipinos. As an English
teacher can we consider those words
correct when used by our students just
because that is how those words are used
 in the Philippine context? Examples:
Sinalvage si Mang Boy kagabi. Traffic sa
Edsa. Nagcommute ka?
4. Noah F. Acedo, Sacred Heart School -
Ateneo de Cebu
How does prescriptive English affect the
standardization of other Englishes in the
world, especially Philippine English?

5. Yanzel Mae L. Sanchez, College of

Education
What makes Englishes exist given that we
could just follow and use the standard
English, itself?

Awarding of Ludwig: To show our appreciation for the time Awarding of Certificate
Certificate given to us by Dr. Shirley N. Dita, let us call on slide
our Project Head, Ms. Kathleen Arcay, to
administer the awarding of the certificate. Certificate for Dr. Dita
PROF JUSTINE SANOY slide
PROF ALGENE DE GUZMAN
Photo op with Dr. Dita
Florie: Can we request everyone to turn on their Kathleen to read the
cameras for the photo opportunity? certificate

Florie: Thank you again, Dr. Dita. And also to

Ms. Arcay.

Intermission Ludwig: Before we proceed to the next lecture, I Title slide

am delighted to inform our participants that we
are privileged to be given access to Dr. Ariane Keke will send the
Macalinga Borlongan's paper. drive link with the
automated certificates,
Dr. Borlongan is currently an Associate don’t worry
Professor of Sociolinguistics at the Tokyo
University of Foreign Studies. He is also the
founder and head of the Migration Linguistics
Unit at the same university. Dr. Borlongan
hopes that his paper helps us understand the
topic at hand even better.
 Florie: I can’t wait to read it! Thank you for
providing us with a copy for distribution Dr.
Borlongan! To our participants, you will receive
the copy of the paper together with your
automated certificates.

Ludwig: Let us remember, as academics, that

Dr. Borlongan only allowed access for
participants of our specific event. Please take
care not to distribute it without the permission of
Dr. Borlongan himself.

Florie: That is correct. With that, I think we can

proceed with our webinar. Let us introduce our
second speaker.

Introduction to Florie: He teaches Sociolinguistics in Education Introduction to the Last

the Second at the graduate programmes of TESOL, Applied Speaker slide
Speaker Linguistics, and Language and Intercultural
Communication, Institute of Education, in
University College London. Lastly, he is an
Associate Editor of the International Journal of
the Sociology of Language.

Ludwig: That being said, let us give the virtual

stage to Dr. Ruanni Tupas, our final speaker.

Lecture Proper Ludwig: A big thanks to Dr. Tupas for that very Dr. Tupas’ title slide
informative discussion about Unequal Englishes.
I honestly think it was helpful to unravel the
legacy of imperialism that has continued to haunt
the hierarchies of English, such as native-
speakerism, so we can shatter misconceptions
that propel us to have an apologetic stance for not
speaking the language with perfect fluency. More
importantly, I wanted to foreground how he
problematized the concepts of ESL/EFL as
complicit, if not indicative, of ideological bias. In
my opinion, the concept of Unequal Englishes is
a useful framework with which to situate, not to
mention interrogate, existing linguistic injustices.

Florie:
I have been just taking notes with your talk and I have
found here one of our readings which is your written
 work about unequal Englishes which justifies my
realization about unequal englishes
That
NO ONE HAS EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO THE
LANGUAGE; ANYONE WHO SPEAKS IT HAS THE
RIGHT TO OWN IT.
also..
The English language is deeply embedded in the
multilingual and multicultural lives of its speakers.

Open Forum Ludwig: Moving forward, I think our Dr. Tupas’ talk Open
participants are also hooked as we are. So, again, Forum slide
the chat box and the comment section are now
open for questions regarding this topic. Hosts to alternately
read questions from
Florie: While waiting for your questions, we’ll forms
go ahead and read the questions we accumulated
from the registration form. Hosts to alternately
read questions from
1. Rydwan A. Tanjili, Taguig City University chat box and FB live
What is the current status of Philippine
English in terms of making it distinctive from
other varieties?

2. John Jacob Villanueva Cañete, MAELT

How can Philippine English be at par with
other Englishes in the inner circle of Kachru's
concentric circle?

3. Jenna M. Tayao, Polytechnic University of

the Philippines
Is it okay to mix different varieties of
English? What English dialect has the
most/least phonemes?

4. Pamelah Q. Pialago, ABELS 1-6 (CAL)

What is the impact of the varieties of English
language to non-native learners?

5. Ken Russel Z. Gutierrez, University of

Rizal System
As teachers of English, how should we go
over with correcting errors in English
 (grammar) and at the same tell our students
that some of these errors are already in fact
features of other Englishes such as the
Philippine English?

Awarding of Ludwig: Thank you so much to the participants! Awarding of Certificate

Certificate slide
Florie: And to award Dr. Tupas’ his certificate,
again, may we call on the Project Head of this Certificate for Dr.
program, Ms. Kathleen Arcay. Tupas slide

Ludwig: Now, may we request everyone to turn Kathleen to read the

on their cameras for the photo opportunity with certificate
Dr. Tupas?
Photo opp with Dr.
Ludwig: Thank you again, Dr. Tupas. And to Tupas
Ms. Arcay.

Closing Remarks Florie: Without further ado, let us hear the Closing Remarks slide
closing remarks from the lovely and inspiring
President of Bachelor of Arts in English Language Title slide
Studies 4-1, Ms. Sophia Lorraine T. Pagliawan.

Ludwig: Thank you for that message, Ms.

Pagliawan. We are now in the final part of our
program, everyone.

Florie: We hope that this event has helped all of

you here to have additional knowledge with
regards to the topic that was discussed today
about the English Language.

Ludwig: Again, this event would not be possible

without the efforts and hardwork of the Bachelor
Arts in English Language Studies 4-1 students.
We are also beyond grateful to our partners for
this event. Also to our adviser, Ma’am Pia
Esperida and to the DEFLL Faculty. And of
course, we offer our deepest gratitude to the
people who attended today. Thank you very, very
much!

DR EVANGELINA SERIL

Photo Florie: Now, may we request everyone to turn on Photo opportunity

Opportunity their cameras for the photo opportunity? One, slide
two, three, smile!
Tech to lead the photo
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Reminders Ludwig: To the participants who hope to receive QR Code for

a certificate for your participation, please do not Evaluation Form Slide
forget to fill out the evaluation form that we’ll be
providing in the chat box. Expect to receive the Tech to send the
certificate in your email in less than two weeks. evaluation link on the
Zoom chat and FB live
Florie: Also, don’t forget that you may only fill
out the form until noon tomorrow.

PUP Hymn Ludwig: At this moment, let us all take pride and PUP Hymn slide
sing the PUP Hymn.

Closing Florie: Thank you so much, everyone! Once Thank you slide
again, this is The Teeter-Totter of Varied
Englishes: Highs and Lows of Prestigious
Linguistic Standards.

Ludwig: I am Ludwig E. Bables.

Florie: And this is Florie O. Otanez. Again,

thank you for your participation.

Both: Stay safe, everyone!