James Soriano: Manila Bulletin Writer

Sino si James Soriano? Sumisikat si James Soriano sa Philippine social media landscape dahil sa kanyang sinulat sa Manila Bulletin Website, ito po ay bahagi ng kanyang sinulat:

We used to think learning Filipino was important because it was practical: Filipino was the language of the world outside the classroom. It was the language of the streets: it was how you spoke to the tindera when you went to the tindahan, what you used to tell your katulong that you had an utos, and how you texted manong when you needed “sundo na.”

These skills were required to survive in the outside world, because we are forced to relate with the tinderas and the manongs and the katulongs of this world. If we wanted to communicate to these people — or otherwise avoid being mugged on the jeepney — we needed to learn Filipino.

But perhaps this is not so bad in a society of rotten beef and stinking fish. For while Filipino may be the language of identity, it is the language of the streets. It might have the capacity to be the language of learning, but it is not the language of the learned.

So I have my education to thank for making English my mother language.

Ito po ang kagandahan(?) ng demokrasya: Malaya po tayo sabihin ang gusto natin, Malaya din po ang ibig tao na magpahiwatig kung ano ang opinyon nila sa ating sinabi.

James Soriano Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/crazypostman
Manila Bulletin article na sinulat ni James Soriano: http://mb.com.ph/articles/331851/language-learning-identity-privilege

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