Philippines – Language on the Move

Language in education Linguistic landscapes

Mindful about multilingualism

*** By Maria Regina P. Arriero and Pia Tenedero *** Each year, we celebrate Buwan ng Wika or (National) Language Month in the Philippines. Formerly focused only on the Filipino…

Pia TenederoNovember 25, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language and migration

Life in a New Language, Part 5: Monolingual mindset

This episode of the Language on the Move Podcast is Part 5 of our series devoted to Life in a New Language. Life in a New Language is a new book just…

Language on the MoveJuly 11, 2024

Language and globalization Next Gen Literacies

Lent, Language, and Faith Work

Multilingual responses are common during the special liturgies of Lent Many people celebrated Easter with chocolate bunny treats and by enjoying the long weekend. But not as many know the…

Pia TenederoApril 12, 2023

Language at work Next Gen Literacies

Accountants as language workers

It is probably the least intuitive way of describing accountants, but these number-crunchers are, in fact, also language workers. This part of their professional identity is largely hidden for at…

Pia TenederoNovember 17, 2022

Covid-19

Ambiguous lockdown rules can make compliance difficult

An area under "total lockdown" (Image credit: rappler.com) Lockdowns everywhere The lockdown discourse has become ubiquitous, especially in current affairs and social media. In fact, ‘lockdown’ and ‘quarantine’ have been…

Pia TenederoNovember 22, 2021

Language politics

Language month in the Philippines

(Image credit: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino) August is celebrated in the Philippines as Buwan ng Wika (language month). This celebration began in 1946, shortly after the then Philippine President Manuel…

Loy LisingAugust 5, 2021

Covid-19

COVID-19 and the struggle for inclusive mobility

During the COVID-19 pandemic, countries around the world have responded in varying ways to curb the spread of the disease by implementing different measures to restrict mobility among the population.…

Paolo Niño ValdezJune 7, 2021

Covid-19

COVID-19 health information campaigns in the Philippines

Image 1: Infographic in Tagalog on ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infection Editor’s note: Timely and equitable access to information for linguistically diverse populations continues to be a…

Loy LisingJuly 13, 2020

Covid-19

How to communicate while working from home

Editor’s note: Working from home due to the Covid-19 pandemic has raised new communication challenges for many. In this latest contribution to our series of language aspects of the COVID-19…

Pia TenederoJuly 5, 2020

Language and globalization

From Minority Languages to Minoritized Languages

The national language is the mother tongue of the vast majority of citizens in most European states (Source: Josu Amezaga, MQ Lecture, 22-11-2017) Last week, Professor Josu Amezaga from the…

Pia TenederoNovember 30, 2017

Mindful about multilingualism

Life in a New Language, Part 5: Monolingual mindset

Lent, Language, and Faith Work

Accountants as language workers

Ambiguous lockdown rules can make compliance difficult

Language month in the Philippines

COVID-19 health information campaigns in the Philippines

How to communicate while working from home

From Minority Languages to Minoritized Languages

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