Anguish as Mother Tongue: English in a Multilingual Context

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Paterno, Jhoanna Michelle G
• التنسيق: text
• منشور في: Archīum Ateneo 2018
• الموضوعات: English as mother tongue; Language and identity; English in postcolonial contexts; English Language and Literature
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://archium.ateneo.edu/english-faculty-pubs/8; https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-10-7528-5_5

Until fairly recently, the Philippines was adopting a bilingual policy that utilized both English and Filipino as media of instruction in schools. The government’s recent shift in policy regarding the use of mother tongue instruction is indicative of its recognition of the positive and empowering be...