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Ariel 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
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Gonzalez, 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)