Subject: Language Programs and Policies in Multilingual Societies

Course Credit: 3 units

Contact hours : 54 hrs
Prerequisite: EL 103- Principles and Theories of Language Acquisition and Learning
Course Description:
Provides a survey of local and international basic education language
programs and policies that account for issues and considerations relevant to
the engagement of teachers in school settings

TOPIC OUTLINE

Weeks 1 Key Concepts and Issues in Bilingual and Multilingual Education

Week 2-3 Foundations for Bilingual and Multilingual Education
A. Bilingualism and Creativity: An Educational Perspective
B. Language Acquisition in Bilingual Education
Week 4 Multilingualism and Language Contact
Weeks 5 Effects of Language Contact Situation
Weeks 6-7 Language Planning in Multilingual Society
A. Types of Language Planning
B. Major issues with the language in multilingual society
Week 7 Language Policies in the Philippines
The Supremacy of English in Philippine Language Education Policy
Week 8 Benefits of Multilingualism in Education
Week 9 MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Week 10 Primary School Bilingual Education: Pedagogical Issues and Practices
Week 11 Secondary Bilingual Education: Cutting the Gordian Knot
Week 12 Global Dimensions of Bilingual and Multilingual Education: Canada
Week 13 Minority Languages, State Languages, and English in European
Education
Week 14 Contested Notions of Bilingualism and Trilingualism in the
People’s Republic of China
Week 15 Bilingual Education in Japan: Slow but Steady Progress
Week 16 Bilingual and Multilingual Education in Brunei and Malaysia: Policies
and Practices
Week 17 “Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth”: Tension and Conflict between
Language Institutions in South Africa
Week 18 FINAL EXAMINATION

Lovella G. Velasco, PhD

Instructor