00000caa a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862408983 Buklod 20210428135420.0 m | | ta 210428s2003 xx r |||| u|eng d (iLib)UPBAG-00039901363 BAG rda eng ARTICLE-3263 Pascasio, Emy M. author. The Filipino bilingual from a scoiolinguistic perspective Emy M. Pascasio. 2003. pages 69-79 23 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-79). A major feature of the Philippine language situation is its diversity. The Filipino bilingual lives in a multilingual and multicultural environment. The Filipino bilingual of today possesses a strong national identity but needs to seek to render it more functional for the purposes of national well-being in the modern world. Filipino rather than English can better serve as a medium to express the Filipino's cultural traditions, values, beliefs, and national aspirations. However, there are certain sociolinguistic realities that challenge the Filipino bilingual. One is that it is through bilingual education that we hope to equip the Filipino bilingual such that he/she will be better prepared to examine the nature of change in this modern world, including its speech and dimensions, and also to enable him/her to understand better the distinctions that must be made between change in the past and that which is on-going. His/her competence in English will equip him/her to handle modern technological developments and to keep up with the rapidity of technological change. The role of English maybe diminishing on the national level, but certainly for globalization and information technology, it is the language of wider communication in the international level. This paper will present the profile of the Filipino bilingual in terms of identity, sociolinguistic competencies including attitudes, motivations and proficiency within a multilingual and multicultural setting. Philippine Journal of Linguistics Vol. 34, Number 2 & Vol. 35, Number 1 (December 2003 & June 2004), p. 69-79. Request full-text access via UPB University Library through https://forms.gle/KZjBv7aRtY6jiL5E9 (viewed 28 April 2021) FI UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN ARTICLE-3263 Analytics