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Learning Task 2: Read an excerpt from President Manuel L. Quezon’s
speech. In your pad paper, write down three (3) statements indicating factual
information and three (3) statements expressing subjective content from the
speech.

[Radiocast from Malacañang Palace, Manila, on Rizal Day, December 30, 1937]

My Fellow-Citizens:
It affords me an indescribable satisfaction to be able to announce to
you that on this the 41st anniversary of the martyrdom of the founder and
greatest exponent of Philippine nationalism, I had the privilege of issuing, in
pursuance of the mandate of the Constitution and of existing law, an
Executive Order designating one of the native languages as the basis for the
national language of the Filipino people.
 For over three hundred years that Spain exercised sovereignty over the
Philippines, Spanish was the official language; nevertheless, when the United States
took possession and control of these Islands, Spanish had not become the common
language of our people. With the establishment of the American régime, English
became the official language of our country; but despite the fact that English has
been taught in all our public schools for more than a generation, it has not become
the language of our people. Today there is not one language that is spoken and
understood by all the Filipinos, nor even by a majority of them, which simply
proves that while the teaching of a foreign language may be imposed upon a people,
it can never replace the native tongue as a medium of national expression among the
common masses. This is because, as Rizal asserted, the national thought takes its
roots in a common language which develops and grows with the progress of the
nation. We may borrow for a time the language of other peoples, but we cannot truly
possess a national language except through the adoption, development and use of
one of our own.
 There was a time when it seemed that it would be impossible for the Filipinos
to agree that one of the native languages be chosen as the national language, but at
last we have all realized that if we are willing to accept a foreign language as the
official language of the Philippines, with more reason we should accept one of our
own languages as the national language of our common country. Without giving
undue importance to the role that a common language plays in the life of a people,
we may point to the fact that in the Orient the one nation which has made the
greatest progress and which has won a high place in the family of nations, is the
only nation that has one common language—Japan. And every other nation which
has attained the highest state of culture, solidarity and power, both on the
American continent and in Europe, and even in Africa, is a nation that possesses a
common national language.
 Today, with the adoption of Tagalog as the basis for the national
language of the Philippines, we have accomplished one of the most
cherished dreams of Rizal.

In no better way could we have honored his sacred memory on

this anniversary of his immolation to the cause of our free
nationhood.

I wish you all a Happy New Year.

Statements below are taken from President Obama’s address. Identify
which among the statements contain factual information or subjective
content. Write F for factual and S for subjective. Write your answers
on comment box

1. There were no winners in this government shutdown.

2. At a time when our economy needs more growth and more jobs, the
manufactured crises of these last few weeks actually harmed jobs and growth.

3. The Senate has already passed a bill with strong bipartisan support.
Statements below are taken from President Obama’s address. Identify
which among the statements contain factual information or subjective
content. Write F for factual and S for subjective. Write your answers
on comment box

4. First, we should sit down and pursue a balanced approach to a responsible

budget, one that grows our economy faster and shrinks our long-term deficits
further.

5. Second, we should finish the job of fixing our broken immigration system.
There’s already a broad coalition across America that’s behind this effort, from
business leaders to faith leaders to law enforcement. It would grow our economy.