"Minus one kasi Taglis" : a mixed methods sequential study on the potential discrimination of selected UPRHS faculty towards the use of taglish in formal academic requirements

Date

6-2024

Academic Strand

General Academic Strand (GAS)

Adviser

Aries John G. Enardecido

Principal

Buela, Mabel S.

Abstract

The Philippines is, undoubtedly, a nation of multilinguals, and one of the behaviors formed in this linguistic environment is Code-Switching (CS) a behavior that may be considered a reality for the many Filipino multilinguals. Despite this, the Philippine education system has yet to completely embrace CS because of a language standard that can be traced back to our American colonizers. Language education policies, namely Bilingual Education and MTB-MLE have also yet to formally introduce CS into the Filipino classroom, resulting in its often discrimination from formal requirements. This study aims to investigate and pinpoint the current state of this standard by determining how UPRHS instructors act towards CS (namely, Taglish) in formal academic requirements. It achieves this through a mixed-methods exploratory research design using attitudinal surveys distributed among 21 teachers, from which 8 participants were selected for focus group discussions. These discussions were analyzed using thematic analysis with particular attention given to the roles of language standard and markedness. This study finds that UPRHS faculty have a relatively positive view of Taglish, showing that they do not attach the language phenomena with a lack of intelligence and language proficiency. They, however, still discriminate against it - particularly in written requirements - because of three main factors: The standards of a higher third-party such as the school or the curriculum, the presence of other learning objectives that may be hindered or broken by using mixed language, and the general nature of requirements they give away.

Language

English

LC Subject

Capstone

Location

UP Rural High School

Document Type

Capstone

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