NAPOLEON B. IMPERIAL received on Dec. 17, 2010 his secondment to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as its Deputy Executive Director effective Jan. 2011. Nap, as he is well known to most of us, is Chief Economic Development Specialist, Education and Manpower Development Division Social Development Staff of the National Economic and Development Authority …
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Hi Joe, Yes, your suggestions all align with our intentions. The ordinance will be multisectoral, and will hopefully follow the Catalan example closely. As you pointed out, education is one of many sectors that must be addressed, at a serious policy level, to reverse language decline. The Technical Working Group will be having its first …
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An Open Letter to Firth McEachern, a young Canadian recently stationed in San Fernando, La Union, who speaks Ilocano: Dear Firth, You may think I’m beating this to a pulp, but the attached Matrix of Bills (House Bill Nos. 66, 93, 162, 191, and 1245) is a neato comparison of the Bills on the Language …
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Hi Joe, Here are the first 9 parts of the column I have been writing for the Northern Star, the SunStar Baguio, the Observer, the Weekly Banat, and the Ilocos Herald. It explores issues of language discrimination, language threats, the benefits of multilingualism, the need for language preservation and reform, and suggested actions to be …
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Theoretical and Empirical Foundations of Assistance to Threatened Languages By Joshua A. Fishman The Firth McEachern published observations (“No longer cool to speak Iloko,” “Kankana-ey being replaced by Iloko?” “Customer is always right, right?” “Losing the mother tongue,” “Quest for a multi-culture,” and “Diversity shock“) prompted my friend (a linguistic grad student), Sherma E. Benosa …
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Republic of the Philippines HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Quezon City, Metro Manila FIFTEENTH CONGRESS First Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO. 162 —————————————————————————————————————- Introduced by ATTY. MAGTANGGOL T. GUNIGUNDO I —————————————————————————————————————- EXPLANATORY NOTE It is an honor to re-file the Multi-Lingual Education (MLE) bill that was originally known as HB 3719 that we filed on March 4, …
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010 4:52 PM Dear MTBMLE folks: I salute you all for making MTBMLE a dominant theme in education discourse. While we must not lose sight of our achievements, we should also not be complacent. The next task is to ensure that enough push is given to the MLE Bill at the House. …
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Multilingual Education for All in Asia and the Pacific: Policies, Practices and Processes. 4th International Conference on Language and Education. Nov. 6-8, 2013, Imperial Queen's Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand. Correspondence related to the conference may be addressed to: Ms. Panyaphat Piam-o-pad, International Conference Secretariat Coordinator (mleconf2013@gmail.com) or Ms. Kyungah Kristy Bang, MLE Secretariat Coordinator (k.bang@unesco.org).
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