Semi-Final Examination in EL 105

(Language Policies and Multilingual Societies)

Second Semester, AY 2019 - 2020

Name: Year & Section:

General Instructions:
The examination is composed of 40 items: 15 items Identification; 10 items Multiple Choice; 5 item Analogy Test; 5 items Short Response, and
5 items Drawing. You are only given 60 minutes to finish the exam. Cheating is not an option. God bless.
Begin here:
I. IDENTIFICATION
Directions: Identify the word/s described in each of the statements. Choose from the word pool. Write only the letter of your answer.
a. Special bilingualism h. Bilingual Education o. English
b. Identity i. Subtractive Bilingualism p. K-12 Program
c. Language j. Article XIV, Sec. 8 and 9 q. Corazon Aquino
d. Post-colonial countries k. Executive Order No. 335 r. Gloria Macapagal - Arroyo
e. American English l. Ordinance in 1768 s. Manuel Quezon
f. Education under the Americans m. Filipino t. Ferdinand Marcos
g. Education Act in 1863 n. Mother Tongue
1. Second language is added at the expense of the first language (Cummins, 2000).
2. Countries that are no longer colonized and have regained its political independence.
3. It is viewed as socially constituted, reflexive, dynamic product of the social, historical, and political contexts of an individual’s experiences.
4. This ordinance asked the establishment of schools and prohibited any other language than Spanish in schools.
5. This prescribed that Spanish was to be the sole medium of instruction to facilitate the need to learn Spanish.
6. The Thomasites were sent to the Philippines to teach the Filipinos.
7. A part of the 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines, this resolved the issue on what the national language is.
8. Defined operationally as the separate use of Filipino and English as the media of instruction in specific subject areas.
9. It enjoined all departments, bureaus, offices and agencies of the government to use the Filipino language in official transactions,
communications, and correspondence.
10. She proposed the House Bill No. 5091”An Act to Strengthen and Enhance the Use of English as the Medium of Instruction in the
Educational System.
11. The medium of instruction in the learning areas of Filipino and Araling Panlipunan according to House Bill No. 5091.
12. This sought to build proficiency through language via MTB-MLE.
13. This refers to languages or dialects first learned by a child and with which the child identifies with.
14. To help counteract the American cultural influence among the Filipinos, this president encouraged the revival of native culture.
15. This is the target model for English language teaching in the Philippines.

II. MULTIPLE CHOICE

Directions: Encircle the letter which corresponds to the correct answer.

16. All statements are reasons for the failure of the Spanish language education except one:
a. The Philippines is geographically distant from Spain.
b. There was a lack of fund for education.
c. The 1935 Constitution developed a common national language.
d. The friars wanted to monopolize the tools of communication to ensure their power.
17. The following are goals of the Bilingual Education Policy except one:
a. Enhance learning through two languages
b. Propagate Filipino as language of literacy
c. Develop English as linguistic symbol of national identity
d. Maintain English as an international language for the Philippines
18. According to the Language Policy of the CHED, Literature subjects may be taught in Filipino, English or any other language as long as:
a. There are enough instructional materials for the selected language
b. There is a memorandum from the institution itself
c. There is a presidential decree to support the selection
d. There are movies produced in the target language.
19. According to the Language Policy of the CHED, Literature subjects may be taught in Filipino, English or any other language as long as:
a. Both local and national government recognize the language
b. Both students and instructors/professors are competent in that language
c. Both parents and stakeholders agree on the selected language
a. Both the community and the institution are exposed to the language

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 20. The following shows a push to introduce English earlier in Education except one:
a. In Korea, parents are sending their children to private schools to ensure that they are educated in English from the start.
b. In China, where English was previously introduced from year 6, the Ministry mandated English from year 3.
c. In the Philippines, bilingual education has shifted to become trilingual (English, Filipino, and Mother Tongue).
d. In Indonesia, English is adopted in the curriculum of primary schools.
21. This decree issued by Felipe IV demanded that the colonial government should teach Spanish to all Natives.
a. The Decree in 1550 b. The Decree in 1634 c. The Ordinance in 1863 d. EO 335
22. This body promulgated the Bilingual Education Policy (BEP) in the Philippines.
a. UNESCO b. CHED c. DepEd d. DECS
23. Disregard for linguistic human rights is illustrated in:
a. Promoting English as a universal language
b. Disadvantaging minority languages and smaller speech communities
c. Establishing Filipino as a national language
d. Changing Tagalog to Filipino as the Philippines’ national language
24. Education under the ___________ ordered the prohibition of the use of English and the Filipino’s reliance on Western nations.
a. Spanish b. Japanese c. American d. Commonwealth
25. The Spanish friars were ordered to learn the indigenous languages of the Filipinos. There was a decree that they should teach Spanish to
the natives.
a. Both are true. b. Both are false. c. First statement is true, second is false. d. First statement is false, second is true.

III. ANALOGY TEST

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the word that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair.

26. General Education Curriculum: CHED :: Bilingual Education Policy:

27. House Bill 5091:English :: EO 335:
28. Standard International Language: English :: :Filipino
29. EO No. 10: Jose P. Laurel :: EO No. 335:
30. Spanish Education: Friars :: American Education:

IV. SHORT RESPONSE

Directions: Pictures recently circulating the internet will be shown. In two sentences, explain the picture in reference to the emergence of new
Englishes, context, or meaning-based interpretation.

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V. DRAWING
Directions: Draw your own version of a historical storyboard for the Language Policies in the Philippines through a comic strip.

36. Spanish Colonization 37. American Period 38. Japanese Period 39. After Martial Law 40. Present Time

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