Title: Glossary of Selected Hiligaynon Words: Development and Evaluation
Abstract: Abstract This study deals with the development of glossary of selected Hiligaynon words and the evaluation of the appropriateness of the glossary developed and its level of acceptability.Descriptive-evaluative was used as a methodology of this study. Researcher made questionnaires were utilized to measure the appropriateness of the developed glossary and the level of acceptability in which were evaluated by experts according to different aspects. The developed glossary contained five hundred sixteen entries which underwent into cross-checking. Moreover, the developed glossary was evaluated highly appropriate by panel of experts and highly acceptable as a whole and according to the evaluation made by: teachers in Literature and Hiligaynon language, teachers of Mother-Tongue, and writers and language practitioners. The development of the glossary showed that Hiligaynon language is very rich and that it represents the authenticity and identity of the culture.