Worksheet in Mother Tongue Week 1-4
Worksheet in Mother Tongue Week 1-4
Worksheet in Mother Tongue Week 1-4
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By that time two or three people passed, stopped, turned to look, and some stood watching.
Sang oras nga sadto duwa o tatlo ka tawo ang nag agi, nag pundo, nagbalikid para mag lantaw
kag ang iban nag kalay tindog lantaw.
I think the grade one pupil will understand English better because it is easier for children to
understand if English is used because when it comes to vernacular, other children are more
confused or do not understand what the teacher is saying in his class.
1. What is MTB-MLE?
Mother tongue- based multilingual education (MTB MLE) An education
programmed for children who do not understand or speak the official school
language when they begin school. MTB MLE students learn to read and write
first in their mother tongue.
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1. Mother tongue education refers to education that uses language that children are most
familiar with. Children are most familiar with the language they speak at home. This
language, if taught in school, makes comprehension, understanding and learning easier.
2. Various surveys have revealed that kids learn faster and better in the language they have
been speaking in their homes. P Sree Nair of division For Child Studies, Centre for Economic
and Social Studies and UNICEF, has researched on the “Effects of medium of instruction on
learning levels.” This was the study on kids attending Telegu medium schools and the data
was gathered in Andhra Pradesh.
3. P.Nair argues “learning levels of students can suffer at lower levels of schooling’’ if
they have English as the medium of instruction. The impact of this is most on kids from poor
background as they rarely get any support from the family in learning English or get help in
clearing basic concepts of different subjects taught in English.
Children enjoy more when taught in their own language, preventing the delays and hiccups in
learning. They enjoy school more and feel at home being surrounded by pupil and teachers
speaking a familiar language. They are confident of themselves and sure about picking up
new concepts with ease. This actually leads to higher self esteem in the students. Also, it is a
matter of pride to know one’s mother tongue thoroughly.
4. It boosts confidence making a positive influence and shaping up the personality in an
unambiguous way. It saves them from unnecessary stress of getting lessons in a foreign
language and coping with its pressure. It ultimately leads to better academic performance of
children.
The parents being familiar with their native language finds it easier to get engaged with the
education of their ward. They find it easy to communicate with the teachers teaching their
kids. Academic research suggests that smart parents should stick with their native language
in their homes as this is the language they know best. English or for that matter any other
medium of teaching will take care of itself in time.
5. Language is one of the most the important way of keeping the culture alive. Quite often
the direct translation from mother tongue to another language makes the script lose its
essence. Hence, proficiency in their native language develops a sense of belonging and
identity with the culture and heritage among children.
They develop a sense of pride and a strong sense of self identity. Fluency in their native
language is beneficial to a child. Everyone ways more than one and is important for the
overall development of a child. It makes students remain connected to their culture roots.
6. Being taught in their mother tongue kinds of provide an equal opportunity to all regardless
of their status, geographic location or different ethnic backgrounds. In today’s interconnected
world if a person is well versed in the mother language, it becomes easier to communicate
and interact with the world at large and develop wonderful ideas that can lead the world from
the front. Being bilingual makes you stand out of the crowd and lead the way.
3. Do you think mother tongue hinders the learning of the English language among the
Hiligaynon speaking children? Why?
I think the students might feel inferior due to the effect of their mother tongue,
learners of the second language which is the Hiligaynon have a tendency to
transmit whatsoever they know from their first language to the second.
MTB-MLE (CONTENT & PEDAGOGY OFMOTHER TONGUE)
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