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Starting with the teaching of Latin, French, and Greek back in 1891, languages have always been a part of USC education. In the post-WWII period, Cebuano writer and poet Cornelio Faigao served as chair of the Department of English which was established in response to the needs of Filipinos, especially secretaries and office staff, who required excellent communication skills during the American period. Initially, a two-year secretarial program with English training was offered and later a four-year Bachelor of Arts in English was developed. Fr. John Vogelgesang, SVD, M.A. introduced a concentration in literature during his tenure as chair in the 1950s, while the next decade saw the offering of Teaching of English as a Second Language (TESL) and the creation of the Language, Speech and Drama, and Literature sections within the department.

The merger of the national and international languages departments led to the establishment of the Department of Languages and Literature, which expanded foreign language courses to French, German, Mandarin, and Nihonggo in the 1990s. Two master’s programs, namely a Master of Arts in English Language Teaching and a Master of Arts in Literature, were offered in the 1990s until revisions in the curriculum transformed the department’s flagship programs into a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and Literature (later separated into A.B. Applied Linguistics and A.B. Literature) and a corresponding Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics in the early 2000s. The addition of an A.B. Communications program with majors in Media and Corporate Communications transformed the department into its current setup as the Department of Communications, Linguistics, and Literature.

Dear Self

October 10, 2025 / DCLL, Features / Abigail Barredo

You murmur to yourself, “I want to give up. I want to end this suffering.” You were smiling on the outside, yet you’re not okay on the inside. Your friends think you’re fine, but you know that you aren’t. Your thoughts raced and came to tell you things that destroyed you. You told yourself that you are not worthy to live. You kept telling yourself that nothing is wrong.

Nothing is wrong.

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It’s Not a Heart Problem

August 31, 2025 / DCLL, Features, Literature Corner / Tasmi Rahaman

When I give my heart out to someone and they turn it down
I often take a moment to look at it
I saw the scars that were once deep cuts that fully healed
The broken pieces that I so desperately glued back together
And the bruises that never left its mark
It looks ugly, it looks beaten, but it has always been mine.

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RECAPPING: DCLL’s Affinity Week 2025

August 23, 2025 / DCLL

DCLL welcomed new blood as a new academic year started last August 11, 2025. In keeping with tradition, the University of San Carlos held Affinity 2025 throughout the week. Affinity Week is the university’s week of welcome for newly enrolled students for the academic year, starting with a welcome program on day 1 (August 11) held at the downtown campus, followed by a mix of activities at the department level.

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