PRELIM EXAM

Interview a teacher in the public school (near you) who is

teaching in Grade 1, Grade 2, or Grade 3. Solicit answer to the
following question. (note: please observe proper protocol about
physical distancing)
Interview Protocol
Name of the Teacher: _TESSIE CARO PUDA
School: _CATUMBALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Grade level taught: 3
Questions:
1. What Mother Tongue (MT) are you using inyour class?
____sinugbuanong binisaya__
2. Are you using the MT as language for teaching __YES___
or/and as a subject? YES_______
3. Do you use instructional materials in the MT? ____YES__
Please enumerate:
__BOOKS, DRAWING, MATERIAL ETC __
4. Do you find it easy __NO____ or difficult _YES___ in using the
MT as a medium of instruction or a language of teaching? Why?

ON MATHEMATICS LIKE READRY AND WRITING NUMBER

EASY IN WRITE AND READ ENGLISH THEN IN
MTB_______________________________________________________
5. If you are teaching MT as a subject, do you find it easy
_NO_____ or difficult? ___YES_____ Why?
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TRANSLATION ENGLISH TERM TO BISAYA IN USE LIKE IN
MATHEMATIC TERM OR SCENCE
6. Do you use the mother tongue in singing songs? __YES_____
or reciting poems? __YES______ If yes, please write the title of
the song, or the title of the poem.
TATLONG BEBI, BALAY NI SUPERMAN
7. Do you find your learners enjoying the lessons with the use
of the mother? Yes / No _____ Describe their reactions.
HAPPY ACTIVE CLASS PARTICIPATION IN GROUP LEARNING
ACTIVITE EASY TO UNDERSTANT
8. Are your learners learning? Yes __/____ No _____
9. Is the MT you are using, the same as your own as a teacher?
_YES_____ If no, what is your MT? _________

10. When did you start teaching MTB-MLE? SINCE OT WAS

ADAPTED AND EMPLEMMENTED BY THE CURRCULUM
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Why did you shift to MTB-MLE?

_TO INPROVE LEARNING ASSESSMENT
11. What are the things that are favorable or not in MTB-MLE.
Please enumerate.
_EASY TO UNDERSTANT AND IMPROVE THE READINIG SKILL
BUT IN MATHETICS IT DIFFICULT IN READY AND WRITING
NUMBERS IN WORDS

FOR THE FUTURE TEACHER:

From the conducted interview, what are the important insights
you have gained?
TEACHER ADJUSTMENT OF LESSON TO THE LEVEL OF
LEARNERS. TRANSLATION LEARN ENGLISH TO MTB IN MTB
TO ENGLISH
As a future teachers, why do you need to learn and use the
mother tongue in the lower primary grades in school?
Yes to adjustment of lesson to the level of learners. Traslation
Of English lesson to MTB TO English
Why did the Department of Education require schools to use
mother as a subject and as language for teaching and learning
from Kindergarten up to Grade 3?
For ready apprehension understand lesson easily improved
learning skills among children
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