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Amorphous Language as Alternative Model for Multilingual Education in the Philippines
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Belvis, Cyril; Morauda-Gutierrez, Merry Ruth – Cogent Education, 2019
In 2009, the Department of Education of the Philippines released a directive to use the mother tongue as a medium of instruction from kindergarten to third grade. Among Southeast Asian countries, the Philippines pioneered the formal adaption of mother tongue-based multilingual education (MTB-MLE). However, the policy is beset with both structural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, Native Language, Early Childhood Education
Primary Science Teaching to Bicolano Students: In Bicol, English or Filipino?
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Vela, Jualim Datiles – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2015
This study aimed to determine the effects of using the local and mother languages on primary students' academic performance in science, which is officially taught in English. Using the official language, English, and the two local languages--Filipino, the national and official language, and Bicol, the mother language of the respondents--science…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Science Instruction, Language of Instruction, Elementary School Students
From English to Filipino: Training Teachers for the Great Shift in Social Studies in the Philippines.
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Gonzalez, Andrew – 1991
This article describes the shift from English to Filipino (Tagalog) as the language of instruction in elementary social studies education in the Philippines, focusing on the Philippines Department of Education's efforts to implement pre-service and in-service teacher training programs to expedite the change. In 1974 the Department of Education…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
A Child's Step Forward in Reading. The Effect of Language of Material and Other Factors on Reading Comprehension among Grade Four Pupils. Philippine Normal College Research Series No. 3.
Santiago, Milagros J.; de Guzman, Estefania S. – 1977
Sixty grade four pupils of the Philippine Normal College Laboratory were involved in a study to determine the effect of language of material, type of material, and ability level on their reading comprehension. The materials were either unilingual English (E/E), unilingual Pilipino (P/P), or consisted of a text in English followed by questions in…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Educational Research