Attitudes of Filipino college teachers towards language diversity

Document Type

Article

Source Title

CEd Research Journal

Volume

3

First Page

1

Last Page

10

Publication Date

6-2003

Abstract

The study is an exploratory survey of the dimensions of the attitudes of Filipino college teachers on language diversity. Respondents of the study included 151 college teachers in the Humanities and Engineering departments from four public (University of the Philippines -Diliman, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, and Technological University of the Philippines) and four private (Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University, Lyceum of the Philippines, University of Sto. Tomas) universities in Metro Manila.

Specifically, the study sought to determine the relationship of the attitudes of college teachers on language diversity to variables such as sex, type of department, and type of school. The result revealed several components or dimensions of the teachers' attitudes towards language diversity. These components include the pedagogical value of English, pedagogical implications of students' limited knowledge of English, pedagogical value of Filipino, attitudes toward code-switching, strictness in the use of English and policy support. This only shows that while most schools house diverse group of students, teachers' attitudes on language diversity certainty vary.

The study further revealed that more female teachers show positive attitudes on code-switching such that when the students cannot understand the lesson/discussion in English, the teachers should explain it using Filipino. Teachers from the Humanities Department show positive attitudes on the use of Code-switching in the classroom. While more Humanities teachers agree to immediately correct errors, they also believe that teachers may opt to use Filipino in explaining the lesson. Also, more private school teachers show positive attitudes toward code-switching, while more public school teachers value the use of Filipino in classrooms.

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Disciplines

Anthropological Linguistics and Sociolinguistics | Linguistics

Keywords

Language and languages—Study and teaching—Philippines; Multilingualism—Philippines

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