Activity 2

Filipinisms/Philippine English American/British/other varieties of

English

1. Next next week Week after next

Example: Example:
“Let’s meet next next week” “Let’s meet a week after next”
2. Bottomless
Refillable
Example: Example:
“Is this drink a regular or bottomless?” “Is this drink a regular or refillable?”
3. Officemates Colleagues
Example: Example:
“I would like you to meet my officemates” “I would like you to meet my colleagues”
4. Rubber shoes Sneakers
Example: Example:
“My father bought me a new pair of rubber “My father bought me a new pair of
shoes” sneakers”
5. I’ll go ahead Goodbye/I have to go
Example: Example:
“Oh look at the time, I’ll go ahead! “Oh look at the time, I have to go”
6. I slept late (“Late ako natulog”) I went to bed late
Example: Example:
“I slept late, sorry” “I went to bed late, sorry”
7. Malling Window shopping
Example: Example:
“Mom, can we go malling?” “Mom, can we go window shopping?
8. Colgate Toothpaste
Example: Example:
“Anak, bumili ka nga ng colgate doon sa “Anak, bumili ka nga ng toothpaste doon sa
tindahan” tindahan, ‘yung colgate”
9. Hold your line Please hold
Example: Example:
“Hold your line Ma’am, for a while” “Please hold Ma’am, for a while”
10. “Can I go to the bathroom?” “May I go to the bathroom?”
Self-Assessment

I.

The four stages of language planning are selection, codification, implementation,

and elaboration. The first stage is selection, where identifying the problem and
allocating the norms happens. It is a process of selecting a language variety to be
developed. The second stage is codification, which refers to standardizing the
structural or linguistic features. It's divided into three: graphization,
grammaticalization, and lexicalization. The third stage is implementation or
acceptance. After choosing variety (selection) and creating a linguistic standard, the
publication or marketing strategy is the role of this stage. Like, the production of
books, textbooks, newspapers, etc. The last stage is elaboration. It's the extending
of functions for use in new domains or the stylish development of a codified
language to meet the communicative demands of modern life and technology. For
example, the addition of words, 'gimmick', 'carnap', 'despedida', 'suki', and many
other Philippine English words in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).

The language planning principle consists of four stages; assimilation, linguistic

pluralism, vernacularization, and internationalization. The first stage is
assimilation, which states that everyone in a society should be fluent in their
dominant language. The second stage is linguistic pluralism, the opposite of
assimilation. It says that having multiple languages in a community is much better.
For example, in the Netherlands, they have four official languages. These are
Dutch, Frisian, Limburgish, and Papiamento. The third stage is vernacularization. It
is different from the said stage above because it restores a native language into a
commonly spoken language. The last stage is internationalization, the action or
process of making something international. It promotes adopting a language that
does not originate in their society to communicate easily with other nations.

II.

House Bill No. 6125 seeks to suspend the implementation of Mother Tongue-Based
Multilingual Learning, which I oppose because of the following reason. First,
learners begin their education in the language they understand best — their mother
tongue. Second, it enables them to speak freely and explain things easily. Last, it is
a powerful bridge that allows the learners to use both their languages for success in
school and lifelong learning. Based on my experience, having a solid foundation in
my Mother Tongue is a great start to welcome another language. I know that a lot of
students will relate to me. I also believe that learning is a one-step at a time phase.
You cannot put all the lessons in the minds of the students that fast. Why not help
them first to grow in their preferred language and then help them to have a strong
foundation before introducing another language. Instead of blaming the lack of
instructional materials as House Bill No. 6125 goes, a concerted effort is needed for
this education to work more because it’s centered on the youth, the hope of our
country.