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Direct linkBelvis, Cyril; Morauda-Gutierrez, Merry Ruth – Cogent Education, 2019
In 2009, the Department of Education of the Philippines released a directive to use the mother tongue as a medium of instruction from kindergarten to third grade. Among Southeast Asian countries, the Philippines pioneered the formal adaption of mother tongue-based multilingual education (MTB-MLE). However, the policy is beset with both structural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, Native Language, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedGonzalez, Andrew – Language & Communication, 1996
Explores the implications of the divergence in the language of law, predominantly English, and the language of court proceedings, English and Filipino, for meeting the current social demands of Philippine society and for the future of the communication situation there. An interim solution to the dangers of the miscarriage of justice would be to…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Change Strategies, Colonialism, Context Effect
Download full textGonzalez, Andrew – 1991
This article describes the shift from English to Filipino (Tagalog) as the language of instruction in elementary social studies education in the Philippines, focusing on the Philippines Department of Education's efforts to implement pre-service and in-service teacher training programs to expedite the change. In 1974 the Department of Education…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
