English in Philippine Education: Solution or Problem?

English in Philippine Education: Solution or Problem?

Teaching English as Second Language

Republic of the PhilippinesPANGASINAN STATE UNIVERSITY

GRADUATE SCHOOLUrdaneta City

JULIUS A. SISONLecturer


THE DISCOURSE OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS The shift of educational system Strengthening English language education

Restoration of English as sole medium of communication


1980 – Increase on remittances of OFWs

THE GLOBAL MARKET

2003 – US$ 7.6 billion increase in OFW remittances

63% higher than in 2002

9% of the GNP


Booming BPO Industry in the Philippines 40,000 new jobs in 1999 to 2004

250,000 new jobs for next 5 years ending in 2009 Proposal to use English as the medium of instruction

THE DISCOURSE OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS


English language proficiency is not enough

EDUCATING THE GLOBALLY-COMPETITIVE WORKER

The introduction of the K-12 program

Globally competitive = unending learning (forever learning)UNESCO declaration of Higher Education (1998)


Language Problem in the Philippines What language/s should Filipino students be proficient in,

in order to be globally competitive?

What language/s should be used in the teaching and learning experiences of Filipino students so that they acquire the various competencies required to be competitive in the global labor market

THE LANGUAGE PROBLEM IN THE PHILIPPINE EDUCATION


Argumentation between the critical perspective of globalization and nationalist perspective of education

Language proficiency

English as medium of instruction for all subjects except Filipino

THE LANGUAGE PROBLEM IN THE PHILIPPINE EDUCATION


Language Fallacies Monolingual Fallacy Code-separation postulate

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

Maximum exposure fallacy Subtractive fallacy


Language proficiency effect

Language for Learning Technical Knowledge and Skills

Language of learning effect

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

Null relationship

Structure fit effect

Leadership

is the capacity to

translate vision into reality.

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