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Jorolan-Quintero, Genevieve – International Review of Education, 2018
English and Filipino (Tagalog) are the official languages of the Philippines. English is taught in schools and used as a medium of instruction as early as kindergarten. Because it was originally imposed by Western colonialism, its use in academia has been criticised as discriminatory to regional and indigenous languages other than Tagalog, which…
Descriptors: Oral Tradition, Native Language, Multilingualism, Foreign Countries