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Bravo-Sotelo, Karizza P.; Metila, Romylyn A. – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2023
Higher education institutions in the Philippines are directed to teach mathematics in only English or Filipino, implying that code-switching for instruction is neither promoted nor encouraged despite teachers' and students' multilingualism. This is true for other multilingual countries with English as an official language. However, literature…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), College Faculty, Mathematics Education, Foreign Countries
Núñez, Jayrome Lleva – Online Submission, 2021
Learning a new language is one of the privileges that a person can get when moving from one place to another and staying there for a longer time. In this paper, I will discuss my journey that resulted to gradual decline of my L1 (First language), Polillohing Tagalog, which is a variety of the Tagalog language, in the Philippines. The result of…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Autobiographies, Ethnography, Language Skill Attrition
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Wilkinson Daniel Wong Gonzales – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2024
This study examines nominal derivational affixes in a multilingual practice in the Philippines involving Hokkien, Tagalog, and English called Lánnang-uè. A feature of this practice is the systematic combination of affixes and roots (henceforth, 'system'). Certain morphological combinations (e.g. Tagalog prefixes + English root) are used frequently…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Morphemes, Morphology (Languages), Multilingualism
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Robin Atilano De Los Reyes; Evelyn Romaguera Bagona – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2024
To address the challenges of teaching and learning among multilingual elementary students, the Philippines, a multilingual country with over 180 languages, implemented the Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE). Studies on the use of mother tongue have reported positive results among students who share a common language. However, in…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Science Instruction, Elementary School Students, Code Switching (Language)
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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
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Perfecto, Marianne Rachel G. – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2022
This paper shall describe the bridging strategies used by Grades 3 and 4 English teachers from schools in two regions in the Philippines to help their multilingual students transition from using the mother tongue as medium of instruction in the different subject areas to using English in the English classroom. Data were obtained through…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Language of Instruction, Code Switching (Language), Recall (Psychology)
Office of English Language Acquisition, US Department of Education, 2021
The U.S. government encourages the study of critical languages spoken in geographic areas of strategic importance to U.S. national security and the global economy through a variety of discretionary grants and scholarship programs. U.S. students are traditionally underrepresented in the study of these languages; however, many of the nation's K-12…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, National Security, Strategic Planning, Scholarships