1. Duhaylungsod, Joyce T.Principles and Strategies II BSEd- English III 1. What does the Philippine Constitution say about the use of Egnlish and Filipino as a means of communication in the country?Article XIVLanguage Section 6. The national language of the Philippines is Filipino. As it evolves, it shall be further developed and enriched on the basis of existing Philippine and other languages.Subject to provisions of law and as the Congress may deem appropriate, the Government shall take steps to initiate and sustain the useof Filipino as a medium of official communication and as language of instruction in the educational system.Section 7. For purposes of communication and instruction, the official languages of the Philippines are Filipino and, until otherwise provided by law, English.The regional languages are the auxiliary official languages in the regions and shall serve as auxiliary media of instruction therein.Spanish and Arabic shall be promoted on a voluntary and optional basis.Section 8. This Constitution shall be promulgated in Filipino and English and shall be translated into major regional languages, Arabic, and Spanish. Section 9. The Congress shall establish a national language commission composed of representatives of various regions and disciplineswhich shall undertake, coordinate, and promote researches for the development, propagation, and preservation of Filipino and other languages. 2. Research on the laterst pronouncement of the Department of Education regarding the use of English as a medium of instruction. Attached to this page is the Deped Order No. 36 series of 2006, Implementing Rules and Regulations of Executive Order no. 210 (Establishing the Policy to Strengthen the Use of English Language as a Medium of Instruction in the Education System). 2. 3. I heard a Filipino teacher say, that students' performane in Araling Panlipunan and Filipino has gone down in the past year. she traces this declineing performance to the multidisciplinary integration in Filipino. Is this thinking common to Language teachers? Interview language teachers. The use of multidisciplinary integration should be in passing. By using this, the teacher will not eat time by aligning other concepts to the lesson. But the teacher should see to it that when he/she that the concept integrated to the subject should be aligned to the subject and he/she should go back to the subject after passing out to other concepts. Going back to the main subject will guide the studenst and will not confuse the.I do not believe that it cause the decline of the students' performance unless the students are not yet ready to cope with the higherlearning. In Bloom's Taxonomy, if the child is still in the knowledge and comprehension level, the student will not understand and obsorb the knowledge in analysis, application, eveluation and synthesis. the concepts used should be aligned with the mental readiness of the student. in Erik Erikson's theory, the student's learning is not productive and is frustrating when he/she is not ready to learn. 4. One language-related problem in schools today is the huge number of non- readers. What are some cause? What renemdial measures are undertaken by the schools? Propose some solutions. Interview language teachers. The cause of non-readers is due to the absence of a literate environment, which should be the home and the school. This cause the late encounter of the child to print. therefore, the child has less interaction to words and reading is also slow.It is recommended that teachers should apply intervention non- readers. one intervention is would be the use of books that isappropriate to the comprehension level of the child. If the material is not appropriate to the child's capacities and needs learning can be frustrating because he/she lask readiness. In Bloom's Taxonomy, a child will not be able to move to another level if he/she has not yet acquired the skills needed for the first level. Intervention programs should be in the context of the environment of the students. Aside fromthe intervention program, the teacher should monitor the student's performance and progress. The lack of administrative component would make the program useless.