Abstract
This paper calls for an interdisciplinary approach to policy formulation regarding the language of education in the Philippines. It has been long agreed upon that for the students to comprehend pieces of instruction, the medium of instruction is important. Continually shifting policies among three important languages has born different outcomes. However, given their high linguistic diversity, communities in the Philippines have become even moremultilingual and multicultural. Constant and rigorous dynamics among the members of these communities has made some of these policies dA©modA© since most of their research database has been exclusively between education and language studies. The bases for the formulation of policies on the language of the education system are the test-results-based outcomes on learning based on experimental settings and sometimes on the advocacies of particular groups. There is indeed a call for other perspectives from different fields and methodologies to contribute to the formulation of the language policy. It is on this note that this study attempts to integrate different social sciences in (re)discovering methodologiestoward the possible encompassing determination, or non-determination, of a medium(s) of instruction. Keywords: language education, medium of instruction, Philippine society and culture, sociolinguistics
Highlights
Language and the formation of public policyPolicy as a term is broad and may contain various definitions
Especially that which was formulated by the state, is important to understand as it affects particular groups of individuals being its primary stakeholders
Policy making is a daunting task, for the policy that would be formed should have encompassed the three factors which serve as the major stakeholders: (1) the society and the socio-economic conditions being the climate in policy making; (2) the political system, under which involve the institutions, attitudes, and processes; and (3) public policy
Summary
Policy as a term is broad and may contain various definitions. But policy, especially that which was formulated by the state, is important to understand as it affects particular groups of individuals being its primary stakeholders. Policy making is a daunting task, for the policy that would be formed should have encompassed the three factors which serve as the major stakeholders: (1) the society and the socio-economic conditions being the climate in policy making; (2) the political system, under which involve the institutions, attitudes, and processes; and (3) public policy (cf Fig.1) These three factors interact with each other and can largely affect how policies are to be created. And pragmatically, if one or two sides of the tripartite are/are compromised in the policy to be created, the latter would collapse as it would fail to serve its purpose of catering to the needs of the society It has long been agreed upon within the issues of Philippine education that the language or the medium of instruction is important to attain an understanding of contents and proficiency of the students. This paper, will explore the integration of various social sciences toward the possible encompassing determination, or non-determination, of a policy for the medium of instruction
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