By: JeraMae Florentino
Anti-language policy is a policy that never decides for the networking of languages but people uses other languages where they wanted to most Filipinos loves to speak Japanese, Chinese, Spanish and now. English is became the medium of institution. On the other hand, there are advantages and disadvantages of the anti –language policy. According to the language provision of the 1787 constitution, the republic of the Philippine which are embodied in article Xiv, sec.6 the national language of the Philippines is Filipino. As it evolves, it shall be further developed and enriched on the basis of existing Philippines. National language here in Philippines has no wrong, tagalong must use by the Filipino. Dr. Jose Rizal once said that “People who don’t love their own language are smellier than the rotten fish”.
There are goals of the education policy that enhance propagation of Filipino as a language of literacy, the development of Filipino as a linguistic symbol of national unity & identity and the cultivation and elaboration of Filipino as a language of scholarly discourse, that is to say continuing intellectualization. The goals attested true about anti-language. Loving is not a sin, right? Let us love and speak Tagalog. Patronizing our own means use are proud of our own. Some people use other language for their secret and for the subject. Example, English subject, English is the medium of instruction. So, people going to use it for them to keep on communicating with other people so with the subject obligation.
In August 25, 1988, President Corazon Aquino signed executive order No. 335 enjoining all departments, Bureaus, Offices, Instrumentalities of the government to take such steps as one necessary for the purposes of using the Filipino and English languages in official translations, communications, and correspondence. The order was issued on the belief that the use of Filipino in official transactions, communications and correspondence in government offices will result to a greater understanding and appreciation of government as an instrument of unit and peace for national progress. With this issue, the said instrumentalist of the country take steps to enhance the use of Filipino and English in official communications, transactions and correspondence in their respective offices, whether national or local. Second, assign one or more personnel, as maybe necessary, in every office to take charge of communications and correspondence written in Filipino and English; third, translate into Filipino names of office’s buildings, public edifices, and signboards of all offices, divisions or its instrumentalities and its English word will be put below it.
There are a lot of reason of the anti-1st language policy it may be bad or good, but it depends on how the person use it.
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