- Title Pages
- Asian Englishes Today
- Dedication
- Series editor’s preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of contributors
- [UNTITLED]
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Introduction Philippine English: Linguistic and literary perspectives -
1 A favorable climate and soil: A transplanted language and literature -
2 English in Philippine education: Solution or problem? -
3 English-language media in the Philippines: Description and research -
4 World Englishes or worlds of English? Pitfalls of a postcolonial discourse in Philippine English -
5 ‘When I was a child I spake as a child’: Reflecting on the limits of a nationalist language policy -
6 Taglish, or the phantom power of the lingua franca -
7 Linguistic diversity and English in the Philippines -
8 A lectal description of the phonological features of Philippine English -
9 Lexicography and the description of Philippine English vocabulary -
10 Investigating the grammatical features of Philippine English -
11 English in Philippine call centers and BPO operations: Issues, opportunities and research -
12 Colonial education and the shaping of Philippine literature in English -
13 Negotiating language: Postcolonialism and nationalism in Philippine literature in English -
14 ‘This scene so fair’: Filipino English poetry, 1905–2005 -
15 The Philippine short story in English: An overview -
16 The Filipino novel in English -
17 Filipino diasporic literature -
18 In conversation: Cebuano writers on Philippine literature and English -
19 Bibliographical resources for researching English in the Philippines - Index
English in Philippine education: Solution or problem?
English in Philippine education: Solution or problem?
- Chapter:
- (p.28) (p.29) 2 English in Philippine education: Solution or problem?
- Source:
- Philippine English
- Author(s):
Allan B. I. Bernardo
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
This chapter examines the role of English in Philippine education. It focuses on the arguments for maintaining English as the medium of instruction. From the earliest implementation of English as the medium of instruction policy during the American colonial period, it was already argued that English would be the better medium to give Filipinos access to the knowledge of other civilizations. The most overt and persistent arguments for maintaining English as the medium of instruction involve the supposed advantage of English as a medium for intellectual pursuits, for international communication, and for economic advancement, especially in the current globalizing world environment.
Keywords: Philippine education, English, instruction policy, international communication, economic advancement
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- Title Pages
- Asian Englishes Today
- Dedication
- Series editor’s preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of contributors
- [UNTITLED]
-
Introduction Philippine English: Linguistic and literary perspectives -
1 A favorable climate and soil: A transplanted language and literature -
2 English in Philippine education: Solution or problem? -
3 English-language media in the Philippines: Description and research -
4 World Englishes or worlds of English? Pitfalls of a postcolonial discourse in Philippine English -
5 ‘When I was a child I spake as a child’: Reflecting on the limits of a nationalist language policy -
6 Taglish, or the phantom power of the lingua franca -
7 Linguistic diversity and English in the Philippines -
8 A lectal description of the phonological features of Philippine English -
9 Lexicography and the description of Philippine English vocabulary -
10 Investigating the grammatical features of Philippine English -
11 English in Philippine call centers and BPO operations: Issues, opportunities and research -
12 Colonial education and the shaping of Philippine literature in English -
13 Negotiating language: Postcolonialism and nationalism in Philippine literature in English -
14 ‘This scene so fair’: Filipino English poetry, 1905–2005 -
15 The Philippine short story in English: An overview -
16 The Filipino novel in English -
17 Filipino diasporic literature -
18 In conversation: Cebuano writers on Philippine literature and English -
19 Bibliographical resources for researching English in the Philippines - Index