English and mother-tongue-based multilingual education: Language attitudes in the Philippines

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Mahboob, Ahmar, Cruz, Priscilla Angela T
• التنسيق: text
• منشور في: Archīum Ateneo 2013
• الموضوعات: Mother-tongue-based multilingual education; Philippines; language attitudes; language affiliation; language allocation; Language and Literacy Education
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://archium.ateneo.edu/english-faculty-pubs/6; https://ajels.ust.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1-English-and-mother-tongue-based-multilingual-education-Language-attitudes-in-the-Philippines.pdf

In this paper, we will problematize the proposed use of mother-tongue-based instruction in the Philippines. As a country that has, for almost a century, supported the use of English in schools, this proposal marks a drastic shif in Philippine languages in education policies. We argue that a century...