Foreign Language Policy and Pedagogy in the Philippines: Potentials for a Decolonial Approach

• Main Authors: Cabling, Kristine, Bautista, Naidyl Isis, Sibayan-Sarmiento, Anna Marie, Phd, Cruz, Frances Antoinette, Melchor, Jillian Loise
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Subjects: decolonial studies; decolonizing foreign languages; foreign languages; foreign language instructional materials; foreign language policy; foreign language teaching approaches
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/socialtransformations/vol8/iss2/8; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/socialtransformations/article/1150/viewcontent/ST_208.2_208_20Article_20__20Cabling.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The implementation of the Department of Education’s Special Program in Foreign Language (SPFL) marked the beginnings of the nationwide institutionalization of a range of foreign languages (FL) in the Philippines, stimulating new sites of inquiry for the field of critical language studies. Many of th...