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Translating Rizal for Regional Languages by 弥生 雷電 is a document available to read on EtoBox.

The author summarizes a panel discussion from the Taboan International Writers Festival about challenges facing young writers from regions outside the national capital in the Philippines. The panelists from Pangasinan, Ilocos, and Cebu expressed concerns that their regional languages like Ilocano and Cebuano are becoming endangered as students are taught exclusively in English and Tagalog in schools, diminishing interest in literature in other languages. The author argues this pedagogical bias privileges En

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弥生 雷電

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