From MLE Yahoo Groups, Lino Gerona sends this July 27, 2011 email from Boleg Paripar re an article written by one of his sons regarding the Filipino language/culture: “Raising my two boys, I decided to provide them the best education I could afford. I sent them to private school. During summer vacation, instead of summer …
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Following are links (some are still being uploaded) to papers in their original format presented at the 2011 Kabikolan Conference on Language and Education (EDUKASYON PAUSWAGON, SADIRING TATARAMON AN GAMITON) held at the La Piazza Hotel and Convention Center, Tahao Road, Legazpi City, Albay, on February 24-26.2011: CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS WORKSHOPS/PLENARY PRESENTATIONS New MLE Curriculum (Dr. Rosalina …
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[On Dec. 9, 2007, Tawid News Magasin published a 2-part article by Dr. Aurelio S. Agcaoili, originally from Laoag City and currently Assistant Professor/Coordinator of the Department of Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures (IPLL) in the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Tawid published Part 2 on Dec. 15, 2007. The entire article is reprinted below.] THE SUMMER …
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[Reprinted below is a timely piece written by SHERMA E. BENOSA published in The Manila Times Friday, January 14, 2011, reflecting on some soul-searching on an elusive “solidarity in literature without borders” — elusive only because of a government-imposed bilingual language policy forged chiefly on account of some “nationalistic” stirrings that dominated the public …
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By Firth McEachern I WAS standing in a school courtyard in Sagada, Mountain Province. Some boys, not more than 10-yrs-old, were noisily playing a make-shift bowling game. A few of their words sounded Ilokano, but I assumed it was my imagination. When I spoke to them, I was just as much surprised that they understood …
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By Firth McEachern I WAS at the supermarket a month ago and decided to try out my fledgling Ilokano on a pretty staff girl. “Manu daytoy?” I asked her, as I picked up a can of corn beef. I don’t even like corn beef, but it was a convenient opportunity to gain a smile from …
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[It's déjà vu on an even larger scale. It's a replay of the Philippines force-feeding Tagalog, er Filipino, to all its people in the name of that elusive thing they call "nationalism". Only difference is that we heard nary a whimper of protest from the non-Tagalog speaking ethnic communities. If there was, it wasn't loud …
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[Blogger's Note: My internal stats indicate that there's quite a number interested in the Singapore MLE model. Here's a related article from Dec. 2001.] The management of multilingual and multicultural communities in Singapore By Vanithamani Saravanan English language and Literature, National Institute of Education Nanyang Technological University 469, Bukit Timah Road, Singapore E-mail: vsarav@nie.edu.sg Introduction …
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By Bonifacio V. Ramos (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: Taking a cue from the strong exhortation of the Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, during the celebration of the 2008 International Year of Languages, where he …
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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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