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Discontinuing Mother Tongue as Medium of Instruction
This chapter critically analyzes the new language-in-education policy in the Philippines through a translanguaging lens. We explore the mother tongue's role in early childhood learning, emphasizing its cognitive, academic, and sociocultural advantages.Bonjovi H. Hajan +6 more
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Instructional Note: Using the Mother Tongue as a Resource for English Acquisition
Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2022In these instructional notes, I share practical strategies for using ESL students’ first language as a resource for English language and literacy acquisition. These strategies emerged from a bilingual writing program that linked ESL and Spanish writing instruction at Bronx Community College (CUNY).
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Heteroglossia in mother tongue instruction in Sweden and the development of plurilingual literacies
Pragmatics and Society, 2021AbstractThis article analyses how perceptions of and approaches to teaching linguistically heterogeneous groups in mother tongue instruction (MTI) in Sweden impact on the development of plurilingual literacies in that context. Linguistic ethnographic data collected over 12 months in classrooms and schools where MTI takes place were thematically ...
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Challenges in the use of mother tongue as a medium of instruction
Pantao (International Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences)The study evaluated the mother tongue as a medium of instruction: an evaluation for the school year 2019 – 2020. Teaching mother tongue focused on language used in instructional materials, appropriate training, seminars, and cultural diversity. It also included the problems encountered in teaching using the mother tongue and the intervention program ...
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Mother tongue instruction in Lubuagan: A case study from the Philippines
International Review of Education, 2011In the modern era, the prevailing model of public education has been that of “one size fits all”, with private schooling being a small but notable exception. Language (of instruction) was generally viewed as a minor variable readily overcome by standard classroom instruction.
Stephen L. Walter, Diane E. Dekker
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Towards mother tongue instruction in adult education in South Africa
2021Adult Education and Training (AET) in South Africa has been designed to be a source of foundational knowledge and skills to learners in order to improve their social, political and economic conditions. As a result, AET, whose majority beneficiaries speak previously marginalised indigenous languages, has adopted English as a language of teaching and ...
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The use of mother tongue as a medium of instruction: Experiences in the province of Benguet
Pantao (International Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences)The Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) program has been implemented for more than ten years. While its benefits have been recognized, certain negative effects have also been observed. This study focuses on assessing the implementation of MTB-MLE in the Province of Benguet.
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