Language-in-Education Policies in the Philippines

ELT 2 - Language Program & Policies in Multilingual Societies
Week 4​

​Language-In-Education Policies in the Philippines Through the Years

Learning Objectives

At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:

1. familiarize yourself with the Philippine language policies through the years; and
2. Compare and contrast the language policies of the country in terms of their enactment in schools and the issues associated with the policy.

Activity 1

Identify the "linguistic legacy of each period identified in the next slides. Write your answer in the space provided. You have 3 minutes to answer per period.

Open Ended

What is the linguistic legacy of the Spanish occupation of the Philippines?

Open Ended

What is the linguistic legacy of the American occupation of the Philippines?

Open Ended

What is the linguistic legacy of the Japanese occupation of the Philippines?

Activity 1

Identify the "linguistic legacy of each period identified in the next slides. Write your answer in the space provided. You have 3 minutes to answer per period.

Open Ended

What is the linguistic legacy of the Commonwealth period of the Philippines?

Open Ended

What is the linguistic legacy of the Present day in the Philippines?

Activity 2

Identify the language policy to its corresponding description. Choose your answer from the given choices.

Match

Match the following language policies with their corresponding descriptions.

• Education Act No. 74 (Monolingual Education Policy)

• Executive Order Nos. 134 and 263

• Revised Educational Act

• DEC Department Order No. 9

• DepEd Order No. 74

establishment of public schools where English is the medium of instruction

declaring Tagalog as the National Language of the Phils. & the teaching of Tagalog as separate subj

The use of vernacular languages as medium of instruciton in Gr. 1 & 2, auxiliary MOI in Gr 3-4

Institutionalization of Bilingual Educaiton Policy

Institutionalization of Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Edudcation

• establishment of public schools where English is the medium of instruction

• declaring Tagalog as the National Language of the Phils. & the teaching of Tagalog as separate subj

• The use of vernacular languages as medium of instruciton in Gr. 1 & 2, auxiliary MOI in Gr 3-4

• Institutionalization of Bilingual Educaiton Policy

• Institutionalization of Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Edudcation