Orality and Literacy

Written by: Arvin Paculanang, Lourdes Lelaina Madelo & Erica Nicole Jayme Orality and literacy are used by any society ever existed as means of communication. Irrefutably, both aids its users to express outlooks. There then rose notion of which is better than the other. This issue is impugned and amplified by people over time. Given […]

Orality and Literacy in Philippine-setting Christianity

Written by: Irene D. Arnoco & Earl Vincent Lencio It’s no wonder how strong religion has become since its birth as a concept for human beings. Looking at how religions started and thrived through the years, it didn’t just rely on a single mode of communication. Instead, we see orality and literacy as both methods […]

Orality And/Or Literacy: Social Media in Society

Written by: Faith Alarde and Christianne Ciano From the revered talents of oration and declamation to the tedious job of a bellman or town crier in the middle ages, the course of communication has taken a quiet turn. The methods of oral discourse are now condensed into dm’s, emails, and texts. The heat of discussion […]

Orality and Literacy in Preserving Culture and Tradition

Written by: Aika Pabiona & Febe Marie Jardiolin If we are asked about our culture, the first thing that comes to our mind most probably is about different festivals, and other literature we have here in our country. Most of the communities here in our country have their own unique culture. But how do these […]

Caught Between the Past and the Present

Written by: Gezeiryl S. Gonzales & Maurice V. Santocildes Centuries had pass and people continually wander about what this world has to offer. Unanswered questions are still left hanging then another one was instantly remembered. “Should stories and practices passed on by ancestors, written or unwritten, be rejected?” This present world of literate people knows […]

Orality: It should not belittled

Written by: Trisia May Dequito & Loren Joy Gania Internet here, internet there, in just a click you can search on the Google for your assignments, research purposes or even in information dissemination because there are articles that were posted on social media for easy access. Things go easy right now. In today’s generation, people […]

A Literate’s Voice

Written by: Timi James J. Empiales and Dhea Camille S. Villanueva To quote Walter J. Ong on his published book Orality and Literacy (1982), “Knowledge of orality-literacy contrasts and relationships does not normally generate impassioned allegiances to theories but rather encourages reflection on aspects of the human condition far too numerous ever to be fully […]

PWD: Persons Without Disconnection

Written by: Ann Therese Jordan & Jem Areve Veigne Marquez While physically normal people find it hard to communicate sometimes because no medium is indeed perfect, the struggle for people with disabilities are undeniably folds. Due to impaired abilities, PWDs not helped at all may never get to be literate and rely on a primarily […]

Insights On Ong’s Orality & Literacy

What we think about his points in relation to our own opinions. Written by: Angelin Kno & Gwen Cabatu In this digital world where information can easily be grasped at the click of a finger, literacy, which is needed to understand this information, is highly prioritized. This begs the questions: Is literacy truly superior to orality; Are […]

Orality And Literacy: Across Its Borders

Written by: Christine Ann Muela & Katrina Sandig In the book Orality and Literacy, Walter Ong emphasized that literacy cannot be ‘dispensed’ from orality, where he also depicted the vitality of language or oral communication in the emergence of literacy. But nowadays, in our current technology-based generation, many would say otherwise since writing is given […]