ANG WIKANG FILIPINO SA MAKABAGONG PANAHON

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Gaano ba natin kakilala at kamahal ang ating pambansang wika? Paano natin ito pinahahalagahan pagdating sa ating pagkakakilanlan? Kabiyak ba ito ng ating nasyonalismo?  

Patapos na ang buwan ng Agosto 2018. Ang mga mag-aaaral sa aming paaralan sa unang yugto nang Buwan ng Wika ay nagkaroon ng selebrasyon tungkol dito. May nagbarot-saya, patadyong at payneta, nagdamit katipunero at astang magsasaka. Binuhay namin ang mga katutubong tradisyon na tila unti-unti ng nakalilimutan tulad ng: Talasalitaan at Bugtungan, pagtula ng mga piling tulain at pagpapakita ng mga katutubong sayaw at awit.

Ang ikalawang yugto nang Buwan ng Wika sa aming paaralan ay nagbigay-daan naman sa mga katutubong palaro at pagkain. Ito ay tinagurian naming Pistang Pinoy, kung saan ang mga katutubong kakanin ang bida sa selebrasyon, tulad ng biko, sapin-sapin, turon, palitaw sa dahon ng saging at pansit-palabok sa bilao. Nagkaroon ng palarong Pinoy tulad ng Patintero, Pabitin, Hampas-Palayok, Luksong-Tinik, Tumbang Preso at Tsato. May saya at galak ang naging selebrasyon ng mga bata, madirinig mo ito sa kanilang hiyawan at hagikigikan. Ito'y isang halimbawa ng simpleng kaligayahan ng mga Filipino, na maaaring dahilan kung nagagawa natin ang ngumiti gaano man kasalat ang buhay.

Alam kong hindi sapat ang mga ito upang ganap na makilala ng mga batang mag-aaral ang kanilang mga sarili bilang isang ganap na Filipino pagdating sa ating sariling wika, ngunit ito ay isang magandang simula.

Isang simulain na noon pa man ay inumpisahan ngunit hindi umusad sa isang malaganap na pagbabago. Kailan ba tayo nakarinig ng isang nasyonal na kompetisyon ng Balagtasan sa telebisyon o kaya naman ay isang malawakang paghahanap sa isang natatanging alagad ng tula? Sapat na ba ang isang buwan sa isang taon na pagising upang ganap nating kilalanin na ang ating wika ay katangi-tangi?

Korean students in the Philippines once remarked.

How can Filipinos manage to do that? They can mix English and Tagalog as if it is one language on its own. And they can understand each other!?

Take an example from Kris "I will make tusok-tusok the fishball."

At the international choir competition where the UP Madrigal Singers won all the international competition singing our native songs, the judges cannot believe the melody and the lyrics our singers and composers set in. I believe the UP Madrigal Singers is now lodged at the Hall of Fame. Our Folk Dancers are also a team to beat on international stage of dance. As a result even other countries from Asia, Europe and America are competing in dance and singing competitions using pieces of our native songs, maybe they have learned that our songs and dances are winnable.

Hayaan ninyong iparating ko sa isang maikling tula ang isang paalala;

Ang kakayahan ng Wikang Filipino ay isang tubig na dadaloy,

Gaano man kakitid ang ilog na kanyang babaybayin,

Ang ating mga sayaw at awit ay may liriko at indayog,

Na makapagpapayaman sa isipan ng mga susunod nating salinlahi.

Huwag sana nating ipagwalang-bahala, huwag nating itatwa.

Johnie DR Cuison, PhD

ika-27 ng Agosto, 2018

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#sulat-manok

Handwriting is a no non-sense practice. Handwriting is not a "touch screen" task.

Are e-gadgets the probable cause of illegible handwriting of the Z Generation?

At school, in spite of writing practices in English and Filipino subjects most students suffer from writing legibly. Students can be good in answering exams by choosing the best answers in a multiple choice and by means of matching type, but when it comes to essay writing, majority of the students would scribble in a way they are called in Filipino lingo as "sulat-manok". I have consulted the parents of those students whose handwriting  is problematic, most of them gave the same answer, their children spend most of their time on the Internet. Using their e-gadgets children have learned to swipe, type and scroll in gaming and in sending abbreviated and coded messages. 

According to them, their children stayed till 3 to 4 AM. 

E-gadgets such as Laptops, iPads, and cellular phones are the latest and hottest item that even young children at age 2 is fond of playing. By means of the Internet, a child can get INFORMATION from various sources from social media to You-Tube and other links. I used the word information not education because it is not taught by an educator. What the Internet offers are just information and opinions of other people that could be false and misleading.

As an educator I cannot consider using e-gadget a motor skill, because motor skills are physical developments, movements, exercises and obviously not staying in one place and not anti-social. Handwriting is a no non-sense practice. It develops patience and discipline.

Children as young as 2 years old were allowed to play electronic gadgets to make them stay in one place. It restrains them to do indoor and outdoor activities with their families and friends. It may have a bad impact on their social relationships. The virtual world, through text messaging and chatting prefers to connect with their friends and relatives instead of meeting them. 

On an average, children spend more than 7 hours on an e-device, as a result, children experience difficulty prioritizing their studies while violent games promotes aggressiveness and adult content decays moral values. At home, children once glued on an E-gadget is hard to call on their attention. Children's health are also at risk, the adverse effects of E-gadgets include: neck, shoulder and wrist pain, eye and ear impairment and early cases of diabetes, obesity, indigestion, gas trouble, and even heart ailment due to less physical activity. In one study it referred that, technology has it's negative impact on child's writing skills, generally in the text messaging or chatting where standard English is not used. No one cares about the spelling, punctuation and grammar. Writing short-cut text messages results in poor writing skills of children (Positive & Negative Effects of Electronic Gadgets To Students, Active Moms Network).

One study have confirmed that, handwriting is one of the fundamental building blocks for reading, communication, expression and test-taking. Effective writing helps children remember, organize and process information. As we teach our children to read and write, we should remember it isn't just a matter of handing them a pencil and a picture of the letter B and telling them to write their letters. As you will see, letter formation is just as important as the handwriting Itself (Integrated Learning Strategies, Kearning Cornet).

I have observed when my students are just beginning practice writing. Some of their letters and numbers were written backwards, the small letter G are above the red lines of pre-school pad papers, their writing curves downward or upward instead of writing in a straight line or their writing first-point below then upward and their letters are written too close at each other. Spacing between sentences, the use of capital letters, proper punctuation marks and zig-zagging written words are also noticeable. These were all signs of poor motor skill that needs development, that if left unchecked, children will have a hard time conveying their ideas and meanings when it comes to formal writing.

This is the very reason why in our school students have a regular 30-minute penmanship class. A time allotted to develop their hands and mind to develop their writing skill.

I am making a fuss about this "little problem" of educating our children, because I have already seen the effect of this in my Graduate School Class and also in my Faculty Teachers at school where I work. You see, some of them reached the higher level of learning disregarding their inability to write well. Their "sulat-manok" is still intact. One of my graduate school student reasoned, Prof "sulat-doktor" po yan hindi "sulat-manok". 

All I have responded is, Ganun ! ? !

After that incident, I have asked my early-grade students about their way of short-cut texting and if they can follow the style of texting a message in complete sentence, they replied, "Teacher naman dala ko CP hindi typewriter" ... and "Teacher nakakapagod ang haba."

Two things I have learned:

(1) They are still aware of what a typewriter is and,

(2) it seems the Generation-Z easily get tired of doing a disciplined task.

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Huling Linggo nang Hunyo 2018, nakatanggap ang aming paaralan ng liham mula sa ahensiya ng SSS. Hiling nila na ako'y makipagkita sa kanilang tanggapan at dalhin ang "Original Bank Receipts, SSS Payment forms & Collection List" ng aming mga empleyado simula pa noong taong 1999 - labing siyam na taon na ang nakalilipas. Babala pa ng liham na kung hindi ko maipakikita ang orihinal na kopya, malaki daw ang magiging multa ng aming dapat bayaran. Sila daw ay napagutusan na "mag-audit" ng naging transaksyon ng mga kumpanya sa SSS. Ang inyong kumpanya ay isa din kaya sa mga nabulabog ng ganitong sitwasyon?

Dinala ko agad sa tanggapan ng SSS Pasig Rotonda ang mga orihinal na dokumentong kanilang hiling, simple lang ang kanilang sinabi:

"KUMPLETO BA YAN? PATINGIN NGA, ANG BILIS MO NAMAN KAHAPON LANG YAN IPINADALA." Hindi ko malaman kung ako ay binibiro o pinasasaringan.

Ang akala ko paglabas ko sa kanilang tanggapan ay tapos na ang misteryong ito, hindi pa pala, hindi pa natatapos ang isang linggo, ahensya naman ng PHILHEALTH ang nagpadala ng liham at ganoon din ang hinahanap, mga dokumento at resibo ng PhilHealth Contributions ng aming mga empleyado simula pa noong 1999, mabuti na lamang at naisalba namin ang mga lumang dokumento at resibo ng aming paaralan kahit na kami ay sinalanta ng bagyong ONDOY walong taon na ang nakalilipas, kaya naipakita ko ang lahat ng kanilang kailangan.

Sa pagbisita ko sa tanggapan ng SSS at PhilHealth, nalaman ko na hindi pala ako nagiisa. Maraming kumpanya ang ganito rin pala ang sitwasyon, kasama ang kanilang mga abogado, bitbit nila ang mas maraming dokumento sa pila. Tanong lang, paano ang mga kumpanyang binaha o nasunugan ng mga resibo at dokumento?

Dumating ang buwan ng Hulyo, tumawag ang ahensya ng B.I.R. sa bahay ng kapatid ko at hinihiling na makipag-ugnayan sila sa kanilang opisina dahil may kulang daw sa kanilang pagbabayad para sa taong 2018 gayong hindi pa tapos ang taong 2018. Hinahanap ang payment ng bagong tinatawag na 1701-Q. Mabuti na lang at updated ang aking kapatid sa mga bagong patakaran ng B.I.R.

Makalipas ang isang Linggo, muli akong bumalik sa tanggapan ng SSS Pasig Rotonda. Bitbit ang iba pang dokumento noong 1999 para magusisa kung naUPDATE na nila ang mga naibigay kong kopya ng mga resibo na hinahanap nila at para malaman ko kung may iba pa silang kailangan para magkaroon ang aming kumpaya ng SSS CLEARANCE at muli silang nagtaka dahil kumpleto ang mga papeles ng aming mga naging transaksyon.

Upang maging maliwanag sa inyo ang mga nakapanlulumong sistema at kakayahan ng mga bagong "public servants" - narito ang isang simpleng halimbawa:

Alas kwatro pa lang nang hapon, nang may isang babaeng senior citizen ang humingi ng tulong dahil nais niyang magpa-retroactivate ng kanyang voluntary contribution. Dinig ko ang kanilang naging usapan, at ganito ang kanilang naging paliwanagan:

Matanda: Papaano po yun hindi ko po nabayaran yung para sa Month of MAY at MONTH of JUNE na contribution ko kasi wala pa akong pera non, pwede ko na po bang bayaran ngayon?

Sagot ni Ms. SSS - Ay naku! basta bayaran nyo na lang po ang JULY, sige po pumunta na kayo sa kabilang lamesa at may iba pa akong kakausapin.) Sinabi niya ito ng may pagmamadali)

Nais ko sanang tulungan ang ale at sabihing hindi pwede ang retroactive payment, isang sagot na dapat ipinaliwanag nang maayos ng empleyado ng SSS, ngunit ako man ay may inaasikaso din sa loob mismo ng tanggapan ng SSS. Dalawang pirasong papeles lang tungkol sa maternity leave hindi rin maasikaso ng mabilis. Napakatagal na binusisi ang kopya ng "ULTRA SOUND" ng aming empleyado, na para bang ang "receiving clerk" ay may sinisipat na kung ano. 

Ako naman po ay nagtatanong lang?

Bakit sa tagal ng panahon hindi naging magaan ang proseso at sistema ng mga ahensiya ng pamahalaan pagdating sa public service?

Bakit may mga nakaupo sa upuan ng mga ahensiya ng gobyerno na hindi sapat ang kakayahan na sumagot ng mga simpleng tanong na malaki ang maitutulong sa mamamayan?

Isipin na lamang na balak ng ating pamahalaan na taasan pa ang kanilang sahod at nagbabadya pa ang 14th Month Pay na papasanin ng mga taxpayers. 

Haaay! Ang buhay ng Pinoy.

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