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Direct linkAriel Robert C. Ponce; Rochelle Irene G. Lucas – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Mother Tongue Education (MTE) in the Philippines seeks to educate learners from kindergarten to 3rd grade using their mother tongues. However, in Linguistically Diverse Contexts (LDCs) where multiple mother tongues are spoken, a lingua franca is nominated as the alternative MOI. Against this backdrop, our study explores the language attitudes of…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Native Language, Multilingualism, Native Language Instruction
Dumanig, Francisco Perlas; David, Maya Khemlani; Manan, Syed Abdul – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
Globalisation has resulted in people from different parts of the world migrating from one country to another in search of better job opportunities. Countries that provide attractive job opportunities are most likely to become the major destinations of migrant workers. In Southeast Asia, Malaysia is one of the preferred destinations of economic…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Employment Opportunities, Foreign Countries, Migrant Workers
Tupas, Ruanni – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2015
This paper maps out the linguistic history of nation-building in the Philippines through the politics of "p" and "f" in the country. This politics concerns the various strategic acts of naming the national language at different periods of the country's history that have shaped its fate as the most hegemonic indigenous…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Official Languages, Native Language, Language Planning
Dumanig, Francisco Perlas; David, Maya Khemlani; Shanmuganathan, Thilagavathi – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2013
Personal, social, cultural, economic, and political factors influence the language/s used by family members in the home domain. This study examines how family language policies are planned and developed in Filipino-Malaysian families in Malaysia. The language used at home in such mixed or exogamous marriages is also influenced by the ethnicity of…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Language Planning, Multilingualism, Foreign Countries
Leung, Alex Ho-Cheong – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2012
This paper explores the purported negative influence of foreign domestic helpers (FDHs) on child second language acquisition (SLA) by studying Hong Kong Cantonese children's listening ability in second language (L2) English. 31 kindergarten third graders aged 4;6 to 6, and 29 first year secondary students aged 11-14 who have had a Filipino…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Grade 3, Listening Skills
Peer reviewedGonzalez, Andrew; Bajunid, Ibrahim Ahmed – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1996
Describes the multilingual situation underlying the educational scheme in the Philippines, a system inherent with problems arising from the unequal developmental status of Filipino and English and the subsequent failure to meet manpower and material needs. The article issues a call to use the synergy created by two languages. Bajunid's response…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Classroom Techniques, Code Switching (Language), English (Second Language)
