The New Challenge of the Mother Tongues: The Future of Philippine Postcolonial Language Politics

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Tupas, T. Ruanni F.
• التنسيق: text
• منشور في: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• الموضوعات: Alternative Learning System (ALS); Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Instruction (MLE); national language; politics of education
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss16/9; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1207/viewcontent/_5BKKv00n16_2011_5D_203.3_ForumKritika_Tupas.pdf

For much of postcolonial language politics around the world, the fight has largely been between a foreign (read: colonial) language and (a) dominant local language(s). This is true in the Philippines where the debates have focused on English and Filipino, the Tagalog-based national language. In rece...