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Tanggol Wika

Tanggol Wika is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Tanggol Wika rather than just read about it. In short: Tanggol Wika or Alyansa ng Mga Tagapagtanggol ng Wikang Filipino (Alliance of Defenders of the Filipino Language) is a Philippine-based organization founded in 2014 in an assembly of more than 300 professors, students, writers and cultural activists at the De La Salle University-Manila, as a response to the abolition of formerly mandatory Filipino language subjects in Philippine colleges and universities because of…

Key takeaways

Tanggol Wika belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Tanggol Wika to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Tanggol Wika from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Tanggol Wika or Alyansa ng Mga Tagapagtanggol ng Wikang Filipino (Alliance of Defenders of the Filipino Language) is a Philippine-based organization founded in 2014 in an assembly of more than 300 professors, students, writers and cultural activists at the De La Salle University-Manila, as a response to the abolition of formerly mandatory Filipino language subjects in Philippine colleges and universities because of Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Memorandum Order No. 20, Series of 2013, which implements a new General Education Curriculum (GEC) as part and parcel of the Philippine government's adoption of the Kindergarten to 12 years of basic education or K to 12 program. In its founding manifesto, Tanggol Wika listed the following objectives as its main advocacies: 1) Retain the teaching of Filipino language subjects in the new Philippine General Education Curriculum (GEC) in college; 2) Revise Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Memorandum Order 20. series of 2013; and 3) Use Filipino language as a medium of instruction in different subjects; and 4) Push for nationalistic education in the Philippines. In 2015, Tanggol Wika filed a Philippine Supreme Court petition (the first-ever petition written in Filipino, which is the Philippines' national language) - backed by partylist groups and various personalities - to stop the implementation of CHED Memorandum Order No. 20, Series of 2013, remarking that it disregards the pro-national language spirit of the framers of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, the same Constitution’s emphasis on nationalism and cultural awareness as core values of Philippine education, and the same Constitution’s pro-labor provisions that give workers – including teachers and workers in the education sector – the right to participate in policy-making activities. Subsequently, Tanggol Wika scored an initial victory in its legal battle against CHED Memorandum Order No. 20, Series of 2013 when the Philippine Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order against the said government policy which remains valid until further court orders. The group pushes for its advocacies through forums, rallies at the CHED office, at the Supreme Court, in Mendiola near Malacañan Palace and other venues, and social media campaigns. Its Facebook page has garnered more than 12,000 likes as of April 2016. The group called upon politicians to include their advocacy among the issues for the 2016 local and national elections in the Philippines. It actively promotes the Filipino language through social media, and regularly post commentaries on current issues. Recently, it called upon a famous Filipino broadcaster to apologize for "belittling" the Philippine national language when the latter called the language as "bullshitty" as a reaction to a presidential debate conducted in the Filipino language. Many of its convenors also signed a statement (written in Filipino) condemning Senator Bongbong Marcos (a vice-presidential candidate in the 2016 elections) for the latter's portrayal of his father Ferdinand Marcos, Sr.'s dictatorship as an alleged "golden age" of the Philippines. It has also endorsed ACT Teachers Partylist (among the founding organizations of Tanggol Wika) and the senatorial bid of Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares - a co-signatory in a subsequent Supreme Court petition that challenges the constitutionality of the whole K to 12 system in the Philippines, in the 2016 elections. The group maintains a current Facebook page called Tanggol Wika, with over 57K followers as of September 2025.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Tanggol Wika

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Tanggol Wika claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Tanggol Wika before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Tanggol Wika ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Tanggol Wika

In research: Tanggol Wika appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Tanggol Wika in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Tanggol Wika is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Filipino language activists, Language advocacy organizations, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Tanggol Wika outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Tanggol Wika in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Tanggol Wika means in your own words.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Tanggol Wika in simple terms?

Why does Tanggol Wika matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Tanggol Wika?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Tanggol Wika.