The widespread use of English in the Philippines has delivered a number of advantages in terms of international opportunities. Not only is English an important language for politics and trade, it has also provided many Filipinos with access to the international jobs market. For further musings on ...
CHAPTER 1 What Are Ethnic Media? CHAPTER OBJECTIVES This chapter is an introduction to ethnic media. By the end of this chapter you will: • Be able to define ethnic media. • Gain a basic understanding of key terms related to the study of ethnic media. • Learn about the roles ...
In line with the recent “paradigm shift in sociolinguistics” and the post-Fishmanian turn (Bell2014; Blommaert2016), language here is conceptualized as a “social practice with speakers drawing on all kinds of linguistic resources for their own purposes” (Bell2014: 9) as well as other semi...
So, what is this bolo knife? Well, it is a long, heavy knife of the Filipino origin, which originally was a farmer’s tool that was later turned into a rebel knife. This post aims to reveal different facts about this knife, ranging right from its history to its types and uses. ...
Discrimination of Bajau (particularly from the dominant Tausūg people, who have historically viewed them as ‘inferior’, and less specifically from the majority Christian Filipinos) and the continuing violence in Muslim Mindanao, have driven many Bajau to begging, or to emigrate. They usually reset...