Home⇛QSU Research Journal⇛vol. 12 no. 1 (2023)

UNLOCKING THE COMPLEX THROUGH MULTILINGUALISM: CASE OF TERTIARY INSTRUCTORS IN A STATE UNIVERSITY

Frelita O. Bartolome | Liriolyn B. Pacursa

Discipline: Linguistics

 

Abstract:

For an extensive period of time, the vast majority of tertiary educators have expressed apprehension regarding multilingualism. Further investigation and analysis are required to ascertain the extent of this problem, encompassing both the benefits and drawbacks it may have on the academic performance of tertiary students. This descriptive comparative study utilized questionnaire to compare the differences in the instructors' perceived advantages and disadvantages in implementing multilingualism based on their age, teaching experience, subject taught, and current employment. The study revealed that the majority of faculty's perceived advantages when utilizing multilingual instruction have a qualitative description of "very" acknowledging the positive effect of using multilingual instruction in the classroom. On the other hand, the respondents' perceptions on the extent of disadvantages associated with multilingual teaching had a mean value of 3.417 and a qualitative description of "moderate" suggesting that there were also some disadvantages noted though its advantages were more notable .Finally, when respondents are grouped by age, teaching experience, educational attainment, and subject taught, the findings indicate that the extent of perceived advantages and disadvantages of multilingual teaching implementation do not vary by any of the given profile variables such as age, teaching experience, educational attainment, subject taught, and current employment. These results imply that the perceived advantages of the implementation of multilingual education are not substantially affected by the demographic profile of the respondents.



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