Balagtasan 2016: Battle of words about the Filipino language

Some of last year's debaters of the Balagtasan

Some of last year's debaters of the Balagtasan Source: Tagalog Association of Australia

Should we or should we not teach the Filipino language to our children? Image: Some of last year's debaters of the Balagtasan (Tagalog Association of Australia)


This is the question that participants need to answer at the Balagtasan 2016 which the Tagalog Association of Australia will be holding come 27th August.

 

The association's vice president Ross Aguilar gives light on the importance of the event.






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