Academia de San Lorenzo Dema-ala Inc.

Tialo, Sto. Cristo, City of San Jose del Monte, Bulacan

LESSON #4
Subject: 21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World
Name: ________________________________________
Teacher: Mrs. Mary Grace A. Castellon

LEARNING CONTENT: National Artist for Literature and their Contributions

REFERENCE/S: DIWA Senior High School Series
LEARNING TARGET
1.1 Identify representative texts and authors from each region (e.g. engage in oral history research
with focus on key personalities from the students’ region/province/ town)

LEARNING CONCEPT
Luzon is considered as the most populous island in the Philippines with the population of
48,520,774 in the year 2010 according to National Statistics Office’s (NSO) and almost half of the
ethnic groups are found in Luzon with the percentage of 48%. The major languages of these ethnic
groups are Tagalog, Ilocano, Kaapampangan, Bicolano, and Pangasinense.

It is not that surprising that many or most of the Filipino people choose to live in Luzon
as it is the focus of trade and industry and considered to be a political center of the country because
of Metro Manila. And to address the needs for education of Luzon, the most number of schools,
institutions and universities are found here, making it the highlight of literacy in the country.
However, there must be a further improvement of new technologies such as internet to fully address
this situation.

One of the biggest technological advancements of the twentieth century is the invention of
Internet which connects the people from different parts of our archipelago in many ways like social
media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram not only for entertainment but also for
social awareness. In these way, writers from other region able to experiment with other forms for
expressing their literary skills. Examples of these are the web log or the blog, online novels, and the
famous mobile phone text tula , pioneered by Frank Rivera.

As of 2014 the Internet and Mobile Marketing Association of the Philippines (IMMAP)
recorded that there are 38 million Internet users in the Philippines of estimated 100 million
Filipinos in 2015. Another important feature of IMMAP’s report is that two-thirds of Filipino
Internet users are below 30 years old. After all, functional internet literacy is a necessary skill
today especially for the millennials who should be able to compere intellectually with people of
other nation. Hopefully, the citizen of the Philippines should be responsible and discipline enough
in using Internet
Mrs. Mary Grace A. Castellon
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