A PIDS study reveals that language mismatch between classrooms and homes acts as a hidden "tax on learning," reducing ...

LAST year, around New Year’s Day, I drew up a language and linguistics agenda for the Philippines for 2025. I thought of making it a tradition in my column, and so I write one for this year again. But ...

We have lost count of how many times we have heard this from students: “Ma’am, I understand it—but I can’t explain it well in English.” We often treat this as a language problem. It is not. It is a ...

LANGUAGE educators are aware of the four macro skills they need to teach students: listening, speaking, reading and writing. In modern times, particularly in the advent of computers, two more skills ...

Columnist’s note: I have to say that Louward Zubiri is one of our finest Philippine linguists, whose work on and analysis of Philippine languages are truly impressive. He has done many important ...

If you stumble when you need to talk to someone in a language that isn’t your native language, do you think: “I just don’t have the knack for languages” or “Maybe I am not cut out to learn another ...