Spoken Discourse On Campus A Context For Language Intellectualization
The Research Problem This research work aims to describe and analyze the status of Filipino, its role and use, in the intellectual verbal interactions on campus of bilingual university students in Metro Manila area
Methodology • Observing, recording, and analyzing naturalistic speech and verbal interaction • 1st year and 4th year bilingual students BS students in UPD, DLSU, PLM, PNU, PUP, and GAUF • 50 conversational events (peer teaching, dyad coaching, debates, and other outof theclassroom study activities
FINDINGS
Language Varieties Spoken in the University Campus Language Variety
N Sentenceclause level
%
Filipino
421
23 %
English
493
27 %
Codeswitching
924
50 %
Total
1838
100 %
Cognitive Strategies/ Function
Filipino
English
Bilingual
Total N
Grouping/Classifying/ Ordering & Sequencing
28
40
46
114
Elaborating & Analyzing
131
144
327
602
Translating & Paraphrasing
0
0
109
109
Deduction/Induction
36
29
74
139
Inferencing, Predicting, & Contextualizing
95
119
273
387
Other Combinations
127
165
95
387
Total %
417 (23%)
495 (27%)
Elements & Relationships
Language Use/ Choice
924 1838 (50%) (100%)
The educated Filipino bilinguals use Filipino, its sentence patterns & constructions, but borrow massively from the technical lexicon of the English language (in discussing & explaining relevant topics & contemporary problems in humanities, mathematics & research, and S&T).
Tertiarylevel educated bilinguals use at least three language varieties:
Filipino/Tagalog (23%) English (27%) Filipino English conversational code switching (50%)
We need an expansion of the Filipino technical and scientific lexicon
There is an urgent need for massive, coordinated, and continuous efforts to intellectualize the language
There are instances where the English term is still used in spite of the fact that there is already a Tagalog equivalent word for it.
Tertiarylevel bilinguals codeswitch to serve certain functions
Codeswitching, borrowing, and language converging happen
Intellectualization: joint efforts of scholars, government, private enterprise, and Filipinos