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A Written Report Prepared by Group 1:

ACOSTA, APRIL JANE C.

AGNES, MARK JOSHUA R.
AGUSTIN, MARYJOICE L.
AQUINO, GERALDINE T.

Submitted to:

MS. PINKY MARIE L. MILAR, LPT

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Lesson 2: Language-In-Education Policies in the Philippines

through the Years
I. OBJECTIVES

a. define language policy in education

b. discuss evolution and types of minority language rights
c. appreciate the importance of linguistic rights; and
d. explain linguistic rights in international domain.

II. INTRODUCTION

Language Education Policy (LEP)

- Is the process through which the ideals, goals, and contents of a language policy
can be realized in education practices.

- The roles of Language policy and language practice and use of education have
been regarded to influence the efficacy of teaching and learning in the school setting.

III. LESSON PROPER

Commonwealth Institution

• Commonwealth Act no. 134 (1936)- an act to establish the National Language
Institute and define its powers and duties.

• Executive Order no. 134 (1937)- states that the national language will be based in
Tagalog.

• Executive Order no. 263 (1940)- authorization of printing of the dictionary and
grammar of the national language.

• Commonwealth Act no. 570 , Section 1 & 2 (1940)- Filipino is one of the official
language in the Philippines.

Linguistic Rights

-The rights of individuals to use their language.

Evolution of Linguistic Rights

Formal treaty-based language rights are mostly concerned with minority rights. The
history of such language rights can be split into five phases:

• Pre 1815 - Language rights are covered in bilateral agreements.

• Final Act of Congress of Vienna - Some national constitutions protects the language
rights of national minorities.

• Between WW1 and WW2 - The right to private use of any language, and provision for
instruction in primary schools through medium of own language.

• 1945-1970s - International legislation for protection of human rights was

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undertaken within infrastructure of United Nations. Mainly for individual rights and
collective rights to oppressed groups for self-determination.

• Early 1970s onwards - there was a renewed interest in rights of minorities, including
language rights of minorities. e.g. UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging
to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities.

Types of Linguistic Rights

1. Right to speak one’s own language in legal, administrative and judicial acts.
2. Right to receive education in one’s own language.
3. Right for media to be broadcast in one’s own language.

Importance of Linguistic Rights

The main goal of linguistics, like all other intellectual disciplines, is to increase our
knowledge and understanding of the world. Since language is universal and
fundamental to all human interactions, the knowledge attained in linguistics has many
practical applications.

Linguistic Rights in International Domain

The Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights

• The Universal declaration of linguistic Rights approved on 6 June 1996 in

Barcelona, Spain.

•This declaration was drawn up in response to calls for linguistic rights as a fundamental
human right at the 12th Seminar of the International Association for the Development of
Intercultural Communication and the Final Declaration of the General Assembly of the
International Federation of Modern language teachers.

The UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Right.

• Adopted by the IN General Assembly in 1966 makes international law provision for
protection of minorities.

•Article 27 states that individuals of linguistic minorities cannot be denied the right to use
their own language.

The UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic,

Religious and Linguistic Minorities

• Adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1992.

• Article 4 - it states that states should provide individuals belonging to minority groups
with sufficient opportunities for education in their mother tongue.

Convention on the Rights of the Child

• Adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1989.

• In this convention, Articles 29 and 30 declare respect for the child’s own cultural identity,
language and values, even when those are different from the country of residence, and
the right for the child to use his or her own language, in spite of th3 child’s minority or
immigrant status.
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IV. Conclusion

• An all-important decision of language education policy concerns the choice of

medium of instruction (Tollefson Citation2008, 3) which determines the language(s) to be
learnt, for how much time, etc. Since the 1950s, there have been some important
developments in the field of language policy and language planning studies. It began from
a rather technical approach to solving language planning problems in predominantly
newly independent states where the emphasis was on developing the corpus and status
of a new official standard language to be taught in schools.

• Linguistic rights protect the individual and collective right to choose one’s language
or languages for communication both within the private and the public spheres. They
include the right to speak one’s own language in legal, administrative and judicial acts,
the right to receive education in one’s own language, and the right for media to be
broadcast in one’s own language. For minority groups the opportunity to use one’s own
language can be of crucial importance, since it protects individual and collective identity
and culture as well as participation in public life.

• Language rights in international law are usually dealt with in the broader framework
of cultural and educational rights. Important instruments on language rights include the
Universal Declaration of Language Rights (1996), the Convention on the Rights of the
Child (1989),And so on.

V. Reference

Jaymarie, B. (2022). Pointers for Linguistics Rights and Philippine Language Situation
(2022,2023).

https://www.studocu.com/ph/document/davao-oriental-state-
university/languageprogram-and-policies-in-multilingual-societies/pointers-for-linguistic-
rights-andphilippine-language-situation/49287032

Language In Education Policies in The Philippines Through The Years (2021,2022).

https://www.studocu.com/ph/document/bohol-island-state-university/education/7-el-
104language-in-education-policies-in-the-philippines-through-the-years/22957913