This chapter provides a brief history of the language-in-education debates in the country, assesses the hits and misses of bilingual education, and takes stock of the arguments for and against the use of the mother tongues leading to the promulgation of a comprehensive basic education law which...
The petition alleges, among others, that (a) Almario does not satisfy the qualification requirement of Section 6 of RA 7104 which in 1991 created the Commission on the Filipino Language (Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino). Section 6 specifically provides: “No one shall be appointed as commissioner ...
It presents the case of professional workers organizing and representing themselves through what is known as accredited professional organizations (APOs). It offers some observations and suggestions as to how the contributions of such organizations could be maximized in mainstreaming their workers into ...
Mexico has rapidly emerged as a significant player in the call center and BPO industry, distinguished by its bilingual proficiency and strategic nearshore advantages. Its geographical proximity to the United States, coupled with a deep cultural understanding of both American and Latin American markets,...
Unlike most studies on languages in education, which take a neutral, de-contextualized stance, this volume take a pluricentric view of the English language by positioning it in relation to its varieties, as well as to other languages in the country. Because of the changing realities of English...
first few years of primary school—does promise a rectification, as envisioned (and thus far implemented) this reform is tokenist at best, and will in fact pursue the same bilingual policy that has seen the privileging and intellectualization of Tagalog and English across the past half-century....
The aims and objectives of education vary from one country to another. Historically, the school, as part of the society’s superstructure, is the established institution to transmit and maintain its traditional culture. The primary goals is education is to socialized the young along society’s bel...
The Bilingual Education Program of the Philippines (BEP), where English is the medium of instruction in Science and Mathematics and Pilipino or Filipino, the national language, in all other subjects, has been recognized as one of the earliest comprehensive bilingual education experiments in the ...
Despite solving a common problem, having massive media coverage, and being apart of the Oscars VIP gift bags, JP credits project management as the key to Phone Loops’ success. In today's episode of Shopify Masters, you’ll hear from JP and COO of Phone Loops, Alex Gingras on the project...
We have developed this guidebook to provide you with quality information that are responsive to your needs as an investor stepping into the country for the first time. It gives you an overview of the business climate in the Philippines and various reasons why it has remained to be a bright ...