De La Salle University - Manila

Objectives

The by-laws of the LSP spelled out the organization's objectives:

• to strive for the advancement of the scientific study of language, including basic research, particularly on language in the Philippine context;
• to disseminate the results of original scientific studies undertaken and to communicate with organizations within and outside the Philippines that are also engaged in such pursuit;
• to conduct training programs on language and language related topics both at pre-service and in-service levels locally and nationally;
• To hold conferences at the local, regional, national, and institutional levels in matters relating to linguistics, language education and the like; and
• to encourage the participation of members of the society at local, regional, national, and international seminars/workshops/meetings/conferences on linguistics, language, and language education to broaden their insights and promote their professional growth.