Abstract
Many of the world’s languages and cultures are endangered by current globalisation and because of historical reasons, and suffer constant (post)colonial, political, economic and social pressures. Thus, different official organisations such as UNESCO have expressed their concern and launched initiatives for the maintenance of linguistic and cultural diversity, as well as the promotion of children’s right to learn in their mother tongue(s). One of such initiatives is a UNESCO-funded project for the compilation, dissemination and promotion of the oral literature and languages from the Philippines. This project was completed by means of a partnership established among the TALIS group (Universitat de València, Spain), Bulacan State University (Malolos, Philippines) and the Little Free Library Philippines. The project aimed to produce multilingual tales and audiobooks from all over the Philippine archipelago for the promotion of solidarity, intercultural and linguistic competences among young readers as well as project participants. Creative writing workshops which were grounded in the Education for Sustainable Development paradigm were conducted in situ and 78 tales were obtained. These tales were written in more than ten languages, both regional (Cebuano, Cuyonon, Surigaonon, Pampangan, and Hiligaynon, among others) and international (English and Spanish). The results of the analysis of 42 of the 78 resulting tales shed light on their alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which include no poverty, no hunger, good health and education, gender equality, clean water and sanitation, reduced inequalities, sustainable cities and communities, environment projection and animal rights, peace and justice, and international commitment and cooperation towards achieving these goals (UNESCO, 2021, Sustainable Development Goals. Retrieved 20 April 2021, from https://sdgs.un.org/), among others.
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The resulting materials are available at: materialesdidacticos.proyectotalis.com
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Luzon_languages, last accessed 08.11.2021.
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Acknowledgements are due to the UNESCO Chair in Development Studies of the Universitat de València for funding the projects “TALIS Tales of the Philippines” (ref. EXP017/2016, call for university actions in education for human and sustainable development, and cooperation in awareness-raising for 2016/2017 from the Office of the UV Vice-rectorate of Internationalisation and Cooperation) and TALIS Webpage for Education on Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development (ref. 1200152639, 17 September 2020 call for university actions in education for human and sustainable development and cooperation in awareness-raising for 2020/2021, from the Office of the UV Vice-rectorate of Internationalisation and Cooperation), both led by Dr. María Alcantud Díaz.
Our most sincere gratitude to all the “TALIS Tales of the Philippines” project member and creative writing and illustration workshop participants, including Jean Karl Gaverza and Miguel Z. Patolot, from Little Free Library Philippines; Josephine Regalado Bayonito, Ericson H. Peñalba, Real Cabuyaban, Jeffrey DC. Lobos, Albert Patrick J. David and Maria Jenina Tongol, from Bulacan State University; and Lalaine V. Lopez, Emmanuel J. Roldan, Nazareth Joy G. Cunanan, Alfred Miguel B. Santos, Chaddlyn Rose C. Samaniego, Renniel B. Dimaculangan, Ericson G. Guinto, Christina D. Vicencio, Aileen B. Cunanan, Dea Vida R. Guevarra, Carla DC. Parong, Renniel B. Dimaculangan, Loise Aquino, Ivan Philippe I. Parungao, Leandro Geniston, Catherine Chiu, Jul Yan Espeleta, Juliana Montinola, Tara Singson, Marc Samuel Magpantay, Robert Rañosa Del Prado, Nadine Cabe, Alexa Garde, Mykie Concepcion, Laura Clarissa Katigbak, Yanna Gemora, Elise Villamora Mendoza, Marc Samuel Magpantay, Grace Collantes, Gale Palma-Roque, Reinaldo B. Apostol Jr., Maku Felix, Jerome R. Caballero, Tiffany Claire Kua, Justin Carlo M. Camaya, Marisol T. Somido, Yvenie M. De la Cruz, Dexter G. Pascual, Jeramae L. Meneses, Protogenes Galarion, Eduardo Balasbas, Esther Puig, Jennifer Solina, Juan Fabella, Princess Pionan, Joseph Emmanuel M. Santos, Reynaldo B. Apostol, Jr., Nazareth Joy G. Cunanan, Ezra Eliezer B. Espiritu, Marc Louie P. Castillo, Myrna C. Santiago, Myrrha Bernadette C. Santiago, Avegail T. Paez, Danica S. Guillermo, Ivan Philippe I. Parungao, Sheryl DS. Ellamil, Chaddlyn Rose C. Samaniego, Albert Patrick J. David, Emmanuel J. Roldan, Ysa Peñas; as well as to the auditales narrators: Rosana Blanco, Mercedes Pavón Morote, Amparo Rodrigo Mateu, Isabel Martí, Carla Martínez Poveda, Ana Sevilla-Pavón, Jean Karl Gaverza, Ángela Teruel, Empar Capilla, Ángela Bermúdez, Vicent Pastor y Carmen Rodríguez, for their enthusiasm, hard work and creativity.
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Sevilla-Pavón, A., Alcantud-Díaz, M. (2021). Tales from the Philippines: Fostering Intercultural Language Learning Through a Literary Journey Around the Philippine Archipelago. In: Escobar, L., Ibáñez Moreno, A. (eds) Mediating Specialized Knowledge and L2 Abilities. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87476-6_16
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