CPMT (Content and Pedagogy of Mother Tongue)

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Santa Monica Institute of Technology
Andrada Building,Cabili Avenue,Poblacion Iligan City
Tel.No.:221-2678
santamonica@ymail.com

Bachelor of Elementary Education

COURSE CODE: CPMT (Content and Pedagogy for Mother Tongue)
1st Semester of A.Y. 2020-2021

Introduction

This module will enlighten you of the fundamental of the mother tongue as a
subject and as a language for teaching and learning.Additionally you will examine
the advantages that will be acquired from doing so.It will identify the various
provisions of the Department of Education Order 74,s.2009 as a policy that institutionalizes
Mother Tongue based-Multilingual Education(MTB-MLE) in the country.You will moreover
learn in this module the many advantages that Filipino learners will obtain from the use of the
mother tongue.

Rationale

The language that you use at home is your first language which is also called
the mother tongue.If is the language that child knows best and uses most because it is
first language of the learner.As future teachers,why do you need to learn and use the
mother in the lower primary grades in school?Why did the Department of Education
require schools to use the mother tongue as a subject and as a language for teaching
and learning from Kindergarten up to Grade?
Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of this module the students should be able to:
•Determined the provisions of DepEd Order 74,s.2009
•Identified the fundamental requirements for a strong Mother Tongue Based-Multilingual
Education(MTBMLE).
Activity
Write at least twenty(20) commonly used words in your mother tongue that you use at
home.Write these in the answer sheets provided.
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Legal Bases and Benefits of Teaching and Learning the Mother Tongue
Lesson 1.1 Knowing and Understanding DepEd Order No.74,s.2009

Discussion

No less than the United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural

Organization(UNESCO) advocates the use of the mother tongue and celebrates
Mother Tongue day every February 21 of each yeaar.The United Nations,in its
declaration of Educaation for All(EFA) has included a provision on the use of
the mother tongue to preserve one’s heritage in the Jonmien Declaration.

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In our country,the Department of Education issued department Order No.,74,s.2009

Institutionalizing Mother Tongue-based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE).This was
strengthened by the declaration of the President of the Philippines Benigno Aquino,Jr. When he
said:

Learn English well and connect to the world.

Learn Filipino well and connect to your country.
Retain your dialect and connect to your heritage.

According to DepEd Order 74,s. 2009,MTBMLE is the effective use of more than two
languages for literacy and instruction.local and international studies have validated the
superiority of the use of the mother tongue first in improving learning outcomes and promoting
Education for All.

The same DepEd Order established a framework that provides curricular guidance of
teachers,school managers,instructional quality assurance for teachers and other educational
leaders.

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Legal Bases and Benefits of Teaching and Learning the Mother Tongue
Lesson 1.1 Knowing and Understanding DepEd Order No.74,s.2009

In order to provide a strong MTBMLE program,there are Ten Fundamental Requirements

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needed according to DepEd Order 74,s. 2009.These are:

1. A working orthography (alphabet and spelling) for the local language that is acceptable to the
majority of the stakeholders and promotes intellectualization of that language.

2. Development,production and distribution of inexpensive instructional materials with special

priority to beginning reading and children’s literature.As much as possible,the materials should
be original,localized in terms of people,events,realities and appropriate to the language,age and
culture of the learners.

3. The use of the learner’s first language(L1) as the primary medium of instruction from pre-
school until at least Grade 3.It shall be the main vehicle to teach understanding and mastery of
the subjects.

4. Mother Tongue or the first language (L1) as a subject and a language for teaching and
learning will be introduced in grade one for conceptual understanding.

5. The inclusion of additional language such as Filipino or English and other local or foreign
languages shall be introduced as separate subjects in a carefully planned pacing programs.
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6. In the secondary level,Filipino and English,shall be the primary medium of instruction
(MOI).The learner’s L1 shall still be utilized as an auxilliary medium of instruction.

7. Other than English,Filipino or Arabic for Madaris schools,the choice of additional languages
shall be at the behest of parents and endorsed by local stakeholders and as resources
permit.When the pupils are ready,Filipino and English shall be gradually used as MOI mo
earlier than grade three.However,L1 shall be effectively used to scaffold learning.

8. The language of instruction(teaching) shall also be the primary language for testing in all
regular school-based and system-wide examination and in all international benchmarking and
assessment exercises.It shall be maintained that the focus or educational assessment shall be
specifically on the learner’s understanding of the subject content and not to be muddled on
language testing.

9. There must be a continuing in -service training (INSET) in partnership with MLE specialists
on the effective use of L1 as language of instruction(teaching) to facilitate reading,cognitive
academic language proficiency,nd development of cognitive and higher order thinking
skills(HOTS) of the learners.INSET shall likewise equip educators to develop cultural sensitivity
and enhance appreciation for cultural and linguistic diversity.

10.Ensuring critical awareness,maximum participation,and support from the Local Government

Units(LGUs),parents,and community for the implementation of the language and literacy
program strategy.

Knowing and understanding the DepEd Order 74 which contains the legal bases for learning
and teaching the mother tongue in schools provide a strong foundation for future teachers like

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you.

Exercise

Interview a teacher in the public school who is teaching in Kindergarten,Grade 1,Grade 2,or
Grade 3.Seek answers to the questions which will be given on the following pages.

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Legal Bases and Benefits of Teaching and Learning the Mother Tongue
Lesson 1.1 Knowing and Understanding DepEd Order No.74,s.2009
Assessment

Now you know that the use of the mother tongue has been mandated by the
Department of Education,then you have to prepare yourselves for the role you will play as a
teacher from Kindergarten to Grade 3.

Make an inventory of the words in the mother tongue that you HEAR and READ and are
commonly used in your community.It will help if you can identify its Filipino and English
equivalents.Do this in the format that you see below and submit your output to your facilitator.

INVENTORY OF WORDS in the MOTHER TONGUE with FILIPINO and ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS.
Write your answer on the following pages.

Reflection

Kindly answer the following questions on your answer sheets on the following pages.
1. Is the mother tongue the same as the first language or L1?

2. Do other countries use also the mother tongue as advocated by UNESCO to achieve Education
for All?

3. Will Mother Tongue be used as a medium of instruction in Science and Math in Grade 3?

4. Why do we have to master our first language(L1) or mother tongue before we learn our
second(L2) or third(L3) language?

Resources and Additional Resources

DepEd K to 12 Curriculum Guide in Mathematics

DepEd K to 12 Curriculum Guide in Science
MOther Tongue:for Teching and Learning,F.F.L.,Lorimar Publisher

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