ABSTRACT
By utilizing mixed methods, this paper sought to unravel the third-generation Filipino-Chinese life that created a gap in intergenerational language usage. The 48 study target cases supported the analysis of third-generation Filipino-Chinese youth growing number in Pampanga who looked to have forgotten the Chinese language. The first and second generations revealed the primary factors affecting third-generation language use. Data analysis of intergenerational respondents employed UNESCO's language vitality framework and updated language maintenance ideas. Pampanga's Filipino-Chinese youths face conceptual and pedagogical challenges in multilingual education due to its three statutory official languages and two heritage languages. The findings led to pedagogical rethinking to address Filipino-Chinese youth and heritage language speakers' concerns. They also encouraged the Chinese Linguistic Intervention Program (CLIP) to bridge the generational language gap. A framework was created to assess the validity of the Chinese language in Pampanga and aid policy development, need identification, and safeguarding.
