Language attitudes in linguistically diverse contexts: Implications for mother tongue education programme in Central Mindanao, Philippines

English linguistic neo-imperialism in the era of globalization: A conceptual viewpoint

“…These accommodations of the status of English in education have received various support and positive attitudes towards its use, especially from the stakeholders despite the retreat of the colonial rule and the advocating of multilingual education ( Lai, 2001 ; Choy and Troudi, 2006 ; Bokhorst-Heng and Caleon, 2009 ; Mahboob and Cruz, 2013 ). The educational systems have reinforced the power of English, which has resulted in the perceived practical use of English as the language used to talk to foreigners ( Ponce and Lucas, 2021 ) and as an index of intelligence ( Bacon and Kim, 2018 ); hence, the people, in general, maintain the status of English as the language of education for the most part because of these notions.…”