The Philippine bilingual education policy and the spoken discourse performance of the learners in English classes

College

Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education

Department/Unit

Dept of English and Applied Linguistics

Document Type

Archival Material/Manuscript

Publication Date

2009

Abstract

The study was conceived to partly clarify the issue on the deteriorating proficiency of the Filipinos in English. On the assumption that a strong language policy contributes in the spoken discourse proficiency of the learners, the Philippine Bilingual Education Policy was described in details. The spoken discourse performance was examined by recording English language classes both in teacher-fronted lessons and small group discussion. Data revealed that Filipino learners could still speak in English in teacher-fronted and small group discussions but only on phrase or sentence level, after which they tend to code-switch. Said spoken discourse performance could be attributed to the Philippine Bilingual Education policy which allows learners to use the first language as medium of instruction in certain subject matters like Social Sciences, Physical Education and others thereby decreasing the domains of language use.

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Disciplines

Education | Language and Literacy Education

Note

" ... Presented during the Asia TEFL International Conference held in Bangkok, Thailand last August 6-9, 2009."

Keywords

Education, Bilingual—Philippines; Language policy—Philippines; English language—Study and teaching—Philippines

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