Full Description
Education and Language in the Philippines provides a comprehensive overview of the critical role of education and language development in the Philippines. Lorraine Pe Symaco and Francisco P. Dumanig highlight the economic, social, and political factors that led to the complexity of the country's education system and language policies. In addition, they provide a nuanced discussion of the pressing issues regarding the contextual realities of Philippine education language policies and reforms, the role of multilingual education in learners' identity formation, and the impact of multi-ethnic teaching approaches. The book emphasizes that in a plurilingual country, social actors contribute in many ways to the changes of language education policy. It explores and discusses how such policies are implemented and results in the development of multilingual education. This book is the first to comprehensively examine the interconnected roles of education and language in the Philippines.
Contents
1Introduction and Contextual Background
2Education, Language and Development
3Language and National Identity
4Language-in-Education Policies in the Philippines
5Education, Language Policy and Use in the Philippines
6Education and Language: a Multi-ethnic Approach
7Closing Remarks: Education and Language in the Philippines
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