Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region 02(Cagayan Valley)
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF ISABELA
Alibagu, City of Ilagan, Isabela 3300

Session Guide in the Conduct of

District Seminar Workshop on Understanding the Mother Tongue Curriculum
and Pedagogy in the Different Learning Key Stages
Date: May 29-31, 2019

Session Title : Understanding the Mother Tongue Curriculum

Participants : Male: ________ Female : ________
Duration: 40 minutes
I. Objectives
At the end of the 30 minutes session, the participants should be able to:
1. define Mother Tongue

2. identify the benefits of using Mother Tongue in the Curriculum

3. raise awareness on the understanding of MT Curriculum.

II. Key Understanding/ Content

1. 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 - Bro. Armin Luistro, FSC.
2. The Mother Tongue is used in all learning areas from kinder to Grade 3 except in the teaching of Filipino and English subject.
III. Expected Output
 Participants can be able to demonstrate understanding of Mother Tongue Curriculum through Demonstration Teaching and class
observation.
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region 02(Cagayan Valley)
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF ISABELA
Alibagu, City of Ilagan, Isabela 3300

IV. References
Regional/Division LR training slides

V. Session Guide
Objective/s Key Learning Points Methodology/ Activity Materials/ Time/Duration
Slide No.
Intro/Priming Activity
Greetings! 5 minutes

The facilitator will present an activity for grouping

the participants

Define Mother Mother Tongue refers to ACTIVITY 1:

Tongue a formal and non-formal Distribute envelopes containing questions written Manila 10 minutes
education in which the in strip of cartoline. paper, meta
children's mother tongue cards and
is used in the classroom Have each group answer the questions.. marker pens
as a bridge in learning
Filipino and English Presentation of output by group.
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region 02(Cagayan Valley)
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF ISABELA
Alibagu, City of Ilagan, Isabela 3300

Analysis/Processing 5 minutes
These are guide questions from the activity
provided.
1. What is Mother Tongue? 5 minutes
2. What is the implication of the Mother
Tongue in the learning of pupils?

Abstraction + Input
Local and International DO:
studies have shown that The facilitator will discuss :
Identify the benefits using the mother tongue -the benefits of Mother Tongue with sample
inside the classroom during
of Mother Tongue of pictures thru slides slides
the learners' early years of
schooling produce better pictures and 10 minutes
and faster learners who can Q & A goes along the session marker pens
easily learn
second(Filipino) and third
language (English).
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region 02(Cagayan Valley)
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF ISABELA
Alibagu, City of Ilagan, Isabela 3300

Raise awareness on Application 5 minutes

the understanding Be an effective teacher using the Mother
the MT Curriculum Tongue.
Let the participants share their experiences in
using the mother tongue

Have them write their output in meta cards.

Assign a member to present their output.

Closure

Using the Mother Tongue enable pupils to clearly

express their ideas thus they enjoy their class more.
Pupils are also able to give more example as they are
familiar with the language

Prepared by:

WALTER P. BAUTISTA JR.

Principal 1
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region 02(Cagayan Valley)
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF ISABELA
Alibagu, City of Ilagan, Isabela 3300