By Sherma E. Benosa BilingualPen.com 1.0 Introduction Ilocano, the third most widely spoken language in the Philippines, plays an important role in the everyday lives of its speakers, especially those in Ilocano-speaking provinces. It is widely used in mass media, in governance, at home, and everywhere, except in school. That is, until recently. For …
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By Magtanggol T. Gunigundo I Philippine Daily Inquirer, Saturday, November 19, 2011 Despite its claim to being research-based, the present K-12 curriculum actually ignores language-in-education findings when it provides for the use of the first language (L1) as medium of instruction for only up to Grade 3 and thereafter, with no transition whatsoever, shifts to …
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The following article, Europe’s Push to Teach in English Creates Barriers in the Classroom, written by Aisha Labi and published in The Chronicle of Higher Education on Feb. 13, 2011, was brought to our attention by Dr. Isabel Pefianco Martin, professor at Ateneo de Manila: Like a growing number of scholars in Europe, Philipp J.H. Schröder, a …
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On Friday, January 28, 2011, Dr. Isabel Pefianco Martin of the Department of English, Ateneo de Manila University, relayed an email to Ched Arzadon, et al., which email was promptly relayed to MTBMLE/Talaytayan Group. It called attention to an article about teaching English using Cantonese. Dr. Martin wrote that “This is something that I’d …
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Following is a news item from The Nation (http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/apps/print.php?newsid=30141925) published on November 10, 2010: Stressing the importance of language Abhisit vows to protect diversity, give ethnic kids right to use mother tongue As legendary statesman Nelson Mandela said “if you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to …
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Following is a PRESS STATEMENT (October 2, 2010) from 170 + Talaytayan MLE Incorporated. It was published in INQUIRER.net as “Educators push for use of mother tongue in schools” with some alterations (see first two comments). Quite frankly, we prefer the Inquirer’s version on account of the fact that it’s easier to understand it; the …
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 To: TEDloop@yahoogroups.com, MLE-Philippines@yahoogroups.com, talaytayan-mle@yahoogroups.com I attended the congressional hearing yesterday where the English Only bill of Gullas and the MLE bill of Gunigundo were presented. It was an SRO and there was a certain feeling of excitement in the air. Kudos to Cong. Gunigundo for giving a powerful and convincing presentation …
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By Ricardo Ma. Nolasco, Ph.D. Associate Professor in Linguistics University of the Philippines, Diliman rnolasco_upmin@yahoo.com Courtesy of Philippine Daily Inquirer February 05, 2010 22:44:00 IN A RECENT FORUM, SOME PRESIDENTIAL aspirants in the 2010 election have taken the position that English should become the medium of instruction in Philippine schools. As Patricia Licuanan [Filipino psychologist …
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By Erwin S. Fernandez (Presented at the 1st MLE Conference, “Reclaiming the Right to Learn in One’s Own Language,” Capitol University, Cagayan de Oro City, Feb 18-20, 2010.) ABSTRACT: This article explores the thinking of Pangasinan educator Dr. Pedro T. Orata on the teaching of the mother tongue in the classroom. Against the background of …
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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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