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The world is rapidly changing and all nations strive to catch up with the technological and economic system called globalization. This system affects not only the economy, but other aspects of society, and institutions such as education, law, mass media. In all of this language has a central place, as the avenue through which "wired" communication, connected wherever in the world, flows. Because of this, there is pressure on nations to change their policies to keep up with globalization. From the issues surrounding globalization, a discourse comes forth: neoliberalism. One of the policies that is changed in order to be in accordance with neoliberalism is that of language policies, specifically, in the education sector there are those who believe that English is the way to progress. This study will look at the language issues in the country and its' connection to the political context of our society while focusing at the programs for language planning, and the implementation of language policies. It is the goal of this paper to pinpoint and discuss the language issues in the educational system of the Philippines, in the context of neoliberalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The primary goal of this study is to outline and analyze the successes of the Sentro ng Wikang Filipino Diliman as a language institute, in its management of the Filipino language as a language of the academe at the University of the Philippines Diliman, based on the established language policy (Patakarang Pangwika) of UP itself. Using the studies and theory propagated by Bernard Spolsky about language management, the programs and systematization implemented by the Sentro ng Wikang Filipino are analyzed using SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats). The SWF's mandate is to cultivate the use of the Filipino language in the university. It is with this mandate in mind that its projects in nomenclature, strengthening the ties between language agencies and cultural organizations, enrichment of terminologies, and publications, are assessed. This study includes the period after the devolution of the SWF from 2001, under the directorship of Dr. Galileo Zafra, up to the directorship of Dr. Rommel Rodriguez, which ended in early 2019. Analyzing documents such as End of Term Reports, project proposals, and minutes of meetings, the successes of the SWF Diliman as the language manager of UP are assessed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]