Living Language

Description of the student-

respondents
College
Engineering 31.6%
Architecture 24.2%
Public Administration 17.2%
Education 9.5%
Law 9.0%
Business Administration 8.5%
 Description of the student-
respondents
Grade School High School
Sectarian 51.2% Sectarian 55.0%
Public 26.7% Public 32.4%
Private 16.2% Private 11.3%
non- non-
sectarian sectarian
 School and non-school factors for
Language Proficiency
English Filipino
High School 28.7 Home 48.5
College 16.5 Friends 16.3
Home 14.1 Grade 12.5
School
Grade 14.0 High School 12.0
School
Media 9.7 College 10.4
Friends 8.3 Media 5.7
Workplace 7.4 Workplace 0.3
 Communication activities
 Listening
 Speaking
 Reading
 Writing
 Speaking and Listening
 Most preferred to use Filipino
because:
 It puts the listener at ease
 It best expresses the speaker’s
thoughts
 It is less formal
 The speakers/listeners are Filipino
 Reading and Writing
 Most preferred to use English
because:
 It best expresses the writer’s
thoughts and feelings
 It is an international language
 It has become standard practice to
use this
 English is more formal