Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ588402
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0020-8566
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Exporting the European Idea of a National Language: Some Educational Implications of the Use of English and Indigenous Languages in the Philippines.
Smolicz, Jerzy J.; Nical, Illuminado
International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de l'Education, v43 n5-6 p507-26 1999
Presents the findings of a survey of high school students on their attitudes toward English, Filipino, and their home language. Notes that two-thirds of the population do not have English or Filipino as their first language. Concludes that Filipinos can be literate in their first language and still be fluent in Filipino. Contains 27 references. (AMA)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Schools, Language Attitudes, Language Usage, Student Attitudes, Surveys
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Philippines
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