Benefits of Teaching and

Learning Mother Tongue

ACOL, CHRIZA
ANIEVAS, KRISCIA
WHAT IS MOTHER TONGUE BASED-Multi
Lingual Education?

• It is a formal or non-formal education, in which the

children’s mother tongue is used in the classroom as a
bridge in learning Filipino and English.
• It is a structured program of language learning and
cognitive development which provides learners with a
strong educational foundation in the first language.
According to Education Secretary Br. Armin
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 it is used in all

learning areas from Kinder to Grade 3 except
in the teaching of Filipino and English
subjects.
WHAT ARE THE
BENEFITS?
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 learner’s 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
homogenous 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 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 ARE THESE
LANGUAGES?
There are twelve major language's to be used
as language:

1. Tagalog
2. Kapampangan
3. Pangasinense
4. Iloko
5. Bikol
6. Cebuano
DepEd adds 7 more languages in mother tongue-based
education

The additional languages are:

• Ybanag for pupils in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, and
Isabela
• Ivåtan 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 province
Elements of Mother Tongue
and Mother Tongue-Based
Multi Lingual Framework: Its
Implementation in Early
Childhood Education.
ARABIT, RAFAELA
ARGUILLES, ALEXIS
BALMONTE, LENNY
One of the changes in Basic Education
Curriculum brought about by the new
K-12 program is the introduction of
Mother Tongue- Based Multilingual
Education (MTB-MLE) specifically in
Kindergarten, Grades 1, 2 and 3 to
support the goal of “ Every Child- A-
Reader and A –Writer” by Grade 1.”
 MTB-MLE refers to “first-language-
first” education that is, schooling which
begins in the mother tongue and
transitions to additional languages
particularly Filipino and English. It is
meant to address the high functional
illiteracy of Filipinos where language
plays a significant factor.
 It encourages active participation by
children in the learning process
because they understand what is being
discussed and what is being asked of
them. They can immediately use their
mother tongue to construct and explain
their world, articulate their thoughts
and add new concepts to what they
already know.
Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-
MLE) Curriculum Framework
MTB-MLE Basic Elements

➤ Prior knowledge
➤ Cognitive development and higher order thinking skills
(HOTS)
➤ Strong Bridge
➤ Scaffolding
Teaching for
Meaning and
Accuracy

1. Listening, speaking,
reading , and writing
for Meaning
2. Listening, speaking,
reading, and writing
for Accuracy
 The following standards illustrate teaching
meaning and accuracy.
STORY TRACK Focus on
meaning
Listening Listen in order to understand, think
critically, and respond creatively
Speaking Speak with understanding to
communicate ideas, knowledge,
experiences
Reading Read with understanding to apply,
analyze, evaluate, and create new
knowledge
Writing Write to communicate knowledge,
ideas, experiences, goals
Viewing View in order to understand, think
critically respond creatively
PRIMER TRACK Focus on
accuracy
Recognize and distinguish
sounds, recognize parts of words
Use correct vocabulary,
pronunciation, grammar
Decode by recognizing parts of
words, sentences
Form letters properly and neatly,
spell words accurately; use
correct grammar
Recognize and distinguish print
and non-print and be able to critic
the materials objectively
THANK YOU!