MOTHER TONGUE

BASED-
MULTILINGUAL
EDUCATION:
PERCEPTIONS AND
CHALLENGES
PADAL, JOUHAIRA MAE S.

PUGOY, CARMENA P.

ROSCO, HANNAH D.

TALABOC, JASHIEL MARIE Y.

 OBJECTIVES
• Identify the challenges faced by parents and teachers
in the implementation of MTB-MLE.

• Determine the perception of the parents and teachers

in the implementation of MTB-MLE.

• Examine if there is a difference between the parent’s

and teachers’ perceptions and challenges of the
implementation of MTB-MLE.

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 Statement of the Problem
This study aims to determine the perceptions and challenges of parents and teachers in the implementation of Mother Tongue

Based-Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) in primary grades.

Specifically, this study sought to answer the following questions:

1.What are the perceptions of the parents and teacher on the implementation of Mother Tongue Based-Multilingual Education (MTB-

MLE) in primary grades?

2.What are the challenges of the parents and teacher on the implementation of Mother Tongue Based-Multilingual Education (MTB-

MLE) in primary grades?

3.Is there a difference between teachers and parent’s perceptions in the implementation of Mother Tongue Based- Multilingual

Education?

4.Is there a difference between teachers and parents’ challenges in the implementation of Mother Tongue Based- Multilingual

Education?
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Description of the
study

This study will be titled “ Mother Tongue Based-

Multilingual Education: Perception and Challenges”. This
study will employ a Mixed method of qualitative and
quantitative design. The data gathered will be used to
determine if there are significant differences between the
parent’s and teachers’ perceptions and challenges on the
implementation of MTB-MLE.
RATIONALE

Nowadays, more often than not, children in primary grades are

neither fully proficient in their mother tongue nor the English
language. The implementation of Mother Tongue-Based-Multilingual
education in the Philippines brought a couple of challenges that
schools have been taking into consideration.
Relevant Theories

 Piaget’s Theory of the Child's Cognitive

Development

Schema Theory by R.C. Anderson

Socio-Cultural Learning Theory by Lev Vygotsky

Relevant Studies

• Factors affecting the implementation of the Mother

Tongue Based-Multilingual Education as Perceived by
teachers from Baguio and Benguet by (Dialyn et.al, 2014)

Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education Challenges:

A Case Study by (Edgar, 2017)

The nature of challenges teachers faces and using the

Malawi breakthrough to literacy (MBTL) course to teach
initial literacy to standard one learner in Mzuzu, Malawi
by (Chihana, 2013)
Design

 Mixed-method Research
(Quantitative and Qualitative Research
Instrument)
ENVIRONMENT

• Tinangnan Elementary School

Cabulijan Elementary School
Tubigon East Central Elementary School
Tubigon West Central Elementary School
Guiwanon Elementary School
PARTICIPANTS

 The participants are composed of 30 teachers and

50 parents with a total of 80 participants.
Instruments

 Borton Learning Language Questionnaire (2013)

Adopted questionnaire of Edgar Eslit (1990) UNESCO (2007) factors in

the successful implementation of Mother Tongue- Based Multilingual
Education
Methodology

 Sending of Transmittal Letters to the School Head

Obtaining Participants Informed Consent
Gathering of Data
Analysis of Data Will Follow
TREATMENT
OF DATA

 The data gathered will be analyzed by applying

statistical measures accordingly using a T-test on
Microsoft Excel Formula.
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THANK YOU!!!

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