Mother Tongue

Based–Multi
Lingual Education
Reporters:
Charlene Grace D. Rea
Renzel B. Salavarez
• Isaformalor non-formal education,in whichthe
children’smothertongueis usedin theclassroom
asabridgein learningFilipino andEnglish.
• It is astructuredprogramof languagelearningand
cognitivedevelopmentwhichprovideslearners
with astrongeducationalfoundation in thefirst
language.
 According to Education SecretaryBr
Armin Luistro FSC
“The use of the same language
spoken at home, in the early grades,
helps improve the pupils’ language
and cognitive development in
addition to strengthening their socio-
cultural awareness.”
The mother tongue:
• - as a subject focuses on the
development of reading and
speaking from Grades 1 to 3.
• -As a medium of instruction
the mother tongue is used in all
learning areas from Kinder to
Grade 3 except in the teaching
Whatarethebenefits?
1. Reduced drop-out
2. Reduced repetition
3. More attendance
4. More learning
5. More involvement and participation
from parents and the community
6. More cost-effective in the
implementation
Why use the mother
tongue as the First
Language in school?
 Local and internationals studies
have shown that using the mother
tongue inside the classroom during
the learners’ early years of schooling
produce better and faster learners
who can easily adapt to learn a
second (Filipino) and third language
(English).
• Mother Tongue is typically the first language
of the child and the language of the home. It
can also be construed as the language of
primary socialization, the language developed
by a child from an early childhood.
• Mother Tongue education implies a
linguistically homogeneous community, a
teacher who speaks the language, and the
curriculum materials in the mother tongue
• Mother Tongue-Based instruction provides an
opportunity for our children to exercise their
right to learn in their first language.
 It promotes literacy, as it
hastens the learning process.
They are able to:
a) understand what the teacher is saying,
b) think well
c) argue well and
d) question properly and critically.
Why mother
tongue-based
instruction?
 Results of the 2003 Functional Literacy
Education and Mass Media Survey revealed
that out of 57.59 million Filipinos aged 10 to
64 years old, there were:
• 5.24 million Filipinos who could not read and
write;
• 7.83 million who could not read, write and
compute and
• 18.37 million could not read, write, compute
and comprehend.
What an alarming situation!!
What are these
Languages?
 There are twelve major languages to
be used as language of instruction

1. Tagalog
2. Kapampangan
3. Pangasinense 7.Hiligaynon
4. Iloko 8.Waray
5. Bikol 9.Tausug
6. Cebuano 10.Maguindanaoan
11.Maranao
12.Chabacano
 DepEd adds 7 more languages in
mother tongue-based education
The additional languages are:
•Ybanag for pupils in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, and
Isabela;
•Ivatan for the Batanes Group;
•Sambal in Zambales;
•Aklanon in Aklan, Capiz;
•Kinaray-a in Capiz, Aklan;
•Yakan in Autonomous Region Muslim Mindanao and
•Surigaonon covering Surigao City and provinces
What are the
effects?
 Secretary Edilberto de Jesus,
who once went to observe an
MTBMLE class in Lubuagan,
described the pupils to be
clearly engaged in the learning
process.
 Lea Lombos, a teacher, says that
her pupils can clearly expresstheir
ideas thus they enjoy their classes
more. She added that more
students are able to participate.
Students are able to give more
examples as they are familiar with
the language.
 Fear and inhibition, especially in
the younger ones, are eliminated
as well.
Students are also able to write
their ideas and even form them
into a simple story or song.They
also seem to have a greater
appreciation for reading.