English, alongside with Filipino, is one of the languages of the Philippines used for communication and instruction as provided by Article 7 of the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines (Tan, 2014). It has become the second language of the Philippines and has been widely used…
Essays on Language and Linguistics
The objective of this study is to establish the Effectiveness of Mother Tongue in Learning English among Primary Learners and identify the differences from the different respondents and investigate the correlation of the grades of MTB-MLE subject and English subject to the academic performance of…
Every language consists of a collection of numerous words where the creation of new words go on and on and it never finishes. The group of words denominates the vocabulary and its amount plays a very important role in communication, especially in expressing the ideas…
Language often heavily burdened by political populism and leftism in African Postcolonial Literature, which appeared to promote rejection. One of the literary ramifications of nationalist / anti-colonial agitation was an aesthetic based on race that saw even the new product of literary hybridity born of…
“Volunteering in the Dominican Republic at a clinic and not being able to communicate with a patient who spoke French was a very hard experience” (Alsharif). My dad told me this to emphasize the importance of knowing a foreign language. Every summer, my dad travels…
The following foreign and local studies are valuable resources that also disclose sources of information relevant and helpful to the present study. The study made by Berbardo, Aggabao and Tarun (2015) entitled “The Implementation of the Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) Program in Northern Isabela,…
Abstract English is the most widespread and essential language today. It is a medium of communication and is important for education, understanding and speaking English fluently. The need for effective oral communication is essential in the modern world. Communication in English is becoming an increasingly…
An Igbo immigrant attended graduate school in Chicago, leaving Nigeria. He would soon be followed by friends and family, creating an Igbo identity in the United States. Although education in America causes culture change for Igbo Americans, Igbo Americans should integrate their native culture in…
There is a need to start with an explanation of the term sex and the term gender since there is a difference between these two. The term sex is a reference to biological characteristics, such as genetic differences and genitalia. To be more precise, it…
The discussions in this section are taken from the ideas of authors of books, journals and other reference materials that deal with code- switching as a language teaching strategy anchored on the grammar- translation method. Based on the extended body of research on code- switching,…
