BUWAN NG WIKA

Yearly we are celebrating he “Buwan ng Wika” during the month of August. The theme is “Wikang Filipino mula Luzon hanggang Baler”. The Filipino Club is the one in charge for this and they are conducting some contests like balagasan, tagisan ng talino, poster slogan, essay writing, and sayawit. Many students has participated the said contest. The winners deserved to be awarded and recognized and by the end of August they announced the winners. About the theme, our language is really our mark. It shows that we are Filipinos through this. Like for example, saying manang, manong, pinakbet and etc. they can determine those words and they know that the one using it is a Filipino. English is our global language but Tagalog is our language here in the Philippines. We should be proud to be Filipinos. We should also understand that not all Filipinos are rich and can go to school to study. At least, they know how to speak in agalog instead of English because of our state. The only ones using English Language in the Philippines are those who have graduated in college, those who are rich and have good jobs but if we’ll see our economic status the Filipinos who cannot speak are 50% and its because half of the population in the Philippines is poor. Why don’t we try Tagalog as our language? I think it can be competitive. But even though Tagalog is not our Universal Language we the Filipinos should be proud using it. Let’s use this for better communication and let us love our language. This could also be a key for a better future and it can help our country be on top. Let us remember what our National Hero said in a lyrics of a sing “ang hindi marunong magmahal sa sariling wika ay higit pa ang amoy sa malansang isda”. Let us love our own language and be proud of it.