Republic of the Philippines

EASTERN VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY

GRADUATE SCHOOL
Tacloban City

ENHANCED "SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL-APPLIED TRACK SUBJECT” IN THE K-12

CURRICULUM
Name of Students/Proponents:

JERUSALEM, JOHN PAUL

Program: MAED-Administration and Supervision
CEREZO, ANABELLE
Program: MAED-Language Instruction

Salient Enhancement

This proposed enhanced curriculum entails the inclusion of English for

Specific Purpose (ESP) and English for Occupational Purpose (EOP) courses to the
existing English for Academic Purpose (EAP) course. In order to promote
globalization, senior high school graduates must be prepared to become more
effective, adept, and competitive individuals. Additionally, this is for them to become
proficient and exposed extensively to the English language so that they will always
be linguistically prepared wherever they go and whatever they do.

Rationale

In order for students to graduate with cognitive abilities that are on par with
those of non-baccalaureate degree holders, the proposed Enhanced "Senior High
School-Applied Track Subject" in the K–12 Curriculum aims to improve students'
English proficiency in terms of various aspects, such as their writing and speaking
abilities that, of course, regardless of what track they are in. This enhancement will
address the needs of language barriers between Filipinos and other English-
speaking countries. However, for content teachers, teaching English language
learners (ELL) offers a challenge since these learners reflect cultural and language
diversity in their classroom. Because of this, it's critical that subject educators, ESL
educators, administrators, parents, academics, local communities, and lawmakers
work together (Andrade, 2021). That is why with this proposition, hopefully, this gap
will be filled.

The 1987 Constitution's Article XIV Section supports and provides for bilingual
education that uses English and Filipino as the primary languages of instruction and
communication. As a result, three educational organizations—the Commission on
Higher Education (CHED), the Department of Education (DepEd), and the Technical
Skills and Development Authority (TESDA)—are required to work together to
develop relevant policies for promoting education, which is thought to be one way to
improve our economy by producing students who are literate in multiple languages
and competitive on a global scale through the teaching of English. The precise
responsibilities that each educational institution must take on are covered by this
statute. DepEd is required to assess the English language proficiency of educators
and the necessity of conducting training programs to develop and improve it. TESDA
is mandated to oversee the implementation of the Executive Order and monitor
compliance of both public and private schools. The CHED is encouraged to adopt
the use of English as the primary medium of instruction.

Anchored from the Article XIV Section of the 1987 Constitution was the
creation of the K-12 Program or the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2019 (R.A.
10533) which was signed into law by President Benigno Aquino, Jr on May 15, 2013.
The law was part of the education reforms so that our educational system should be
at par not only with our ASEAN neighbors but globally as well. The systematic
depiction of the relationship between linguistic and situational elements is
advantageous to L2 teaching (Halliday, 2007).

By taking part in the upgrading and growing of the curriculum, we, who are not
only teachers but also facilitators, researchers, administrators, innovators, and
others, hope to further the development and improvement of our educational system
through pushing through the enhancement of the different ways of teaching English
to our learners, specifically in the Senior High School. We are confident that once
our educational system is better, we will be among those to reap the rewards.

References:
Andrade, L. C. (2021). THE CHALLENGES AND STRUGGLES OF ELLs AND
TEACHERS IN THE Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.
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Halliday, M. A. K. (2007). General Linguistics and its Application to Language

Teaching(1960). Language and Education, Volume 9, 135–173.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781474211895.ch-007