"Children are efficient language learners, but they also learn quickly which language tools get them ahead and which do not. They will not learn a language simply because their parents or grandparents wish them to; they learn a language to use it."
- D. Whalen and K. D. Harrison, language specialists
Dr. Jose Rizal once said, Ang hindi marunong magmahal sa sariling wika ay higit pa sa hayop at malansang isda.
We Pilipinos are in debt to one man for having a national language. The Philippines has a lot of dialects and to be able to unite the Pilipinos, he issued a proclamation declaring that the Tagalog language be adopted as the national language. This man, Pres. Manuel L. Quezon, saw the poor state of our country. We are not free because we were under the American forces. He also noticed the disintegration of the people. Because of this, he strived to become a leader that could speak to resolve the poor state of the Pilipino masses. The adoption of a national language that will connect the Pilipinos was one of his greatest contributions.
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