| The advantage of promoting English as a medium of | | | | are better than those who are taught in a language |
| teaching lies on global competitiveness. Using English | | | | other than what they speak at home." (cited in Luz, |
| to learn Math, Science or other subjects will gain | | | | 2007). It was further stated that the problem behind |
| students some comparative advantage in the global | | | | poor Math and Science skills is not the low proficiency |
| market. Furthermore, the proliferation of call centers | | | | ion English. It is poor Math and Science skills. Indeed, |
| in our country intensifies the need to promote English | | | | English proficiency level is merely one of the factors |
| as a medium for learning. Lastly, since the questions | | | | that determine one's overall abilities and skills. |
| in most subjects like Math and Science are in English, | | | | Countries like Japan and Chinese have been using |
| students were believed to improve their Math and | | | | their mother tongue in their subjects and were |
| Science skills. This policy is actually promoting | | | | shown that they have high aptitude scores. Clearly, |
| neo-liberalization, whose main principle is free market | | | | this disadvantage shows the negligence for national |
| or free trade. The government's enthusiasm for | | | | development. As opposed to what the policymakers |
| global competitiveness clearly depicts the | | | | intend, the lack of support and trust to our own |
| embracement of foreign employers. The goal | | | | native language is an illustration of our abandonment |
| therefore, is really not to increase learning skills on | | | | for national identity. |
| the subjects abovementioned, rather to be hired on | | | | National development is accompanied by education |
| global market. | | | | and various socioeconomic processes that are |
| The disadvantages of this policy lie on the fact that it | | | | inextricably linked. In this case, we should be |
| will hurt learning. UNESCO findings show that "young | | | | promoting our own dialect to strengthen our social |
| children learn how to read and acquire numeracy | | | | identity and make learning a wonderful and easy |
| faster and better when taught in their mother | | | | experience, not something for the benefit of the |
| tongue. Their achievement rates in higher-grade levels | | | | foreign industries. |