Three Principles of

Education in
Multilingual World
Principle 1:
UNESCO supports mother tongue instruction
as a means of improving educational quality
building upon the knowledge and experience
of the learners and teachers.
Principle 2:
UNESCO supports bilingual
and/or multilingual education
at all levels of education as a
means of promoting both
social and gender equality
and as a key element on
linguistically diverse
societies.
Principle 3:
UNESCO supports language as an
essential component of
intercultural education in order to
encourage understanding between
different population groups and
ensure respect to fundamental
rights.
MOTHER TONGUE BASED-
MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION
*MLE refers to “first-language-first” education.

*MLE is the use of more than two languages for

literacy instruction.
PURPOSE OF MTB-MLE
*To develop appropriate cognitive
and reasoning skills enabling
children to operate equally :

- different languages
-to preserve the Philippine cultural
tresuare as well.
The language considered by
DepEd in its MTB-MLE
 Look  Hiligaynon
 Pangasinan  Cebuano
 Kapampangan  Maranao
 Tagalog  Chavacano
 Bicol  Maguindanaon
 Waray  Tausog
 Benefits of MTB-MLE
 Reduced Drop-out
 Reduced Repetition
 Children are attending school
 Children are learning
 Parents and community are involved
 *Strong Foundation
Typical-children
MLEwhoseProgram
early education is in
the language of their home tend to
do better in the later years of their
education.
*Strong Bridge
-an essential difference between MLE
programs and rural “mother tongue
education”program is in the inclusion
of a guidedtransition fro learning
through the mother tongue to
learning through another tongue.
MLE PROGRAM has 4 stages:
Malone Planning for Mother tongue-
based MLE
Philippines Stakeholders say
about MLE
 Department of Education
 National Economic and Development Authority
 Philippines Business for Education (PBED)
 Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)
 Linguistic Society of the Philippines (LSP)
 DepEd Secretary De Jesus
 Up President Abueva
 Chairman of CHED Licuanan
 Chai of UP Deliman Department of Antropology Dr. Tan
 Convener of NAAKEM International Dr.
 Important task in formulating a
community-based MLE program
include the following:
1. Conduct preliminary research.
2. Mobilize resources and develop linkages.
3. Recruit and train staff.
4. Develop a writing system.
5. Develop curriculum and instructional materials.
6. Develop literature.
7. Evaluate the program and document progress.
8. Coordinate the program.
 Educational Implications
1. Meaningful reading in a variety of genres.
2. Focusing on the language itself-how it
works, how it is used.
3. Using the language orally and in writing .
Essential Features of a Strong and Sustained
MLE Program (Susan Malone. SIL)
g. Evaluation ad documentation of each
component of the programme , including learners
academic progress.
h. Cooperation among supporting agencies.
i. Supportive political environment.

According to Cummins (2000)

- the level of development of children’s mother
tongue is a strong predictor of their second
language development, children with a solid
foundation in their mother tongue develop
stronger literacy abilities in the school languages.