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                    [ArticleID] => 2289368
                    [Title] => 'Uswag, Alimuom': Teachers explain meaning behind uncommon words for Buwan ng Wika 2023
                    [Summary] => When we talk about language, it does not mean only Filipino, or Tagalog, which is the base of the Filipino language. It also means some or all of the over 180 languages and dialects that exist in the Philippines.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-08-21 16:22:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1807666
                    [AuthorName] => Dolly Dy-Zulueta
                    [SectionName] => Arts and Culture
                    [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2023/08/21/buwan-ng-wika-2023_2023-08-21_16-32-31572_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [Title] => Mother tongue-based education to expand
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The Department of Education (DepEd) is expecting the inclusion of more local languages in the curriculum of young learners.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-30 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804764 [AuthorName] => Janvic Mateo [SectionName] => Education and Home [SectionUrl] => education-and-home [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1487597 [Title] => Language: Unifying or dividing a nation? [Summary] =>

August as a language month is celebrated in schools, regarded as an academic institutional activity.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-12 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134091 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1461977 [AuthorName] => Ligaya Rabago-Visaya [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1485446 [Title] => Memrise [Summary] =>

Described by its developers as "the ultimate memorization tool for language learning," "Memrise" for Android and iOS helps smart device owners boost their vocabulary of foreign languages.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-07 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1794253 [AuthorName] => Yasunari Ramon Suarez Taguchi [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1415967 [Title] => Chasing the last speakers of a dying tongue [Summary] =>

I had two flights booked on the same day. One goes to Marrakech, another to Amsterdam. The flight to Morocco had already been booked a few weeks before, even my mind is set that I am to meet Berber people and immerse in the immensity of the Sahara desert.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-23 15:09:53 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1722491 [AuthorName] => Royce Lyssah M. Malabonga [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/News-Feature/2015January/rosie-and-her-daughter.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1334880 [Title] => DepEd urged to integrate foreign languages in K-12 curricula [Summary] =>

A Quezon City councilor has proposed a resolution urging the Department of Education (DepEd) to integrate foreign languages as an elective in the K-12 curricula for public and private schools in the city.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804764 [AuthorName] => Janvic Mateo [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1275778 [Title] => Study: Babies understand language differences [Summary] =>

Infants who can't yet speak themselves are able to recognize that people who speak different languages use words differently, according to New Zealand research.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-06 17:45:35 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/918/8ywi.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1247741 [Title] => Bilingualism [Summary] =>

Learning more than just one language is absolutely an advantage.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134804 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1444501 [AuthorName] => Kristalle Garcia-Kekert [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 944427 [Title] => SIL turns 60 [Summary] =>

Summer Institute of Linguistics marked its 60th year in the Philippines last month with a lively program celebrating its work with language development in the country.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134209 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804859 [AuthorName] => Domini M. Torrevillas [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 844468 [Title] => National language: Catalyst of unity [Summary] =>

The adoption of the mother or native tongue (the language of the locality or region in which one is born and raised, or that which is spoken in the home) in kindergarten and in the first three years of elementary education does not and should not in any way repeal the national policy of developing a national language.

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