orientation mle general

8/12/2019 Orientation MLE General

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Elesio M. Maribao

EPS- II Regional Supervisor

MTBMLE Regional Coordinator

MTBMLE Rationale,

Principles & Purposes


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Define the goals/purposes of education as

you see them.

prepares students to be responsible, mature,

and productive citizens who will uphold the

pride of the nation and their parents.


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What do parents say about the purpose

of schooling?

I send my child to school to learn English.


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How do teachers generally teach English?

Through teaching reading of English.


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What is the number one stated difficulty

Filipino teachers find in the classroom today?

Comprehensionlack of reading

comprehension.

Why do you think this is a difficulty?


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Together read this paragraph

Melek aksara adalah kemampuan untuk

mengidentifikasi, mengerti, menerjemahkan,

membuat, mengkomunikasikan dan

mengolah isi dari rangkaian teks yangterdapat pada bahan-bahan cetak dan tulisan

yang berkaitan dengan berbagai situasi.

Wikipedia


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Learning a second languageHow

long does it take?

It takes at least 2 years to learn basic

communicative skills in a second language.

According to studies, it takes 57 years

minimum to learn a new language in order to

use that language for learning new content (iethe curriculum).


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What do you think happens if the

mother tongue is not used?

Childrens understanding of concepts is

limited or confused if learning only in L2.

It is a fallacy to think that children who are

immersed in L2 from the beginning learn L2

better. They do not.

Thomas and Collier 2001


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Thomas and Collier Study


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School is an alien place

failure to engage indigenous students in

meaningful ways results in classroom

experiences that areincomprehensibleand

culturallyinvalidating. The result is that

indigenous children often lose interest, under-

performand drop out, and remain trapped in

conditions of deprivation and marginalization.(ICEF, 2006:22)


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Mother Tongue Based Multilingual

Educationwhat is it?

Mother tongue-based multilingual education

is education, formal or nonformal, in which

the childrens mother tongue and the nationallanguage(s) are used in the classroom.

Children begin their education in a language

they understand, their mother tongue, and

develop a strong foundationin their motherlanguage.

SIL International, Philippines


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What is the purpose of MTBMLE?

The purpose of a multilingual education program

is to develop appropriate cognitive andreasoning skillsenabling children to operate

equally in different languages - starting in the

mother tongue with transition to Filipino and

English.



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MTBMLE

is a structured program of language learning and cognitive

developmentproviding

a strong educational foundation in the first

language successful bridging to one or more additional

languages

enabling the use of both/all languages for life-long

learning is based in the childs own known environment and

bridges to the wider world.



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Multilingual Education

maintains local language and culture while

providing state/national language acquisition

and instruction

promotes learners integration into the

national society without forcing them to

sacrifice their linguistic and cultural heritage.


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Education in a Multilingual World

UNESCO Position Paper (2003)

UNESCO supports mother tongue instruction

as a means of improving educational quality

by building upon the knowledge and

experience of the learners and teachers.

UNESCO supports bilingual and/or multilingual

education at all levels of education as a

means of promoting both social and genderequality and as a key element of linguistically

diverse societies.


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Mother Tongue Based MLEmoving beyond the known

maintains local language and culture while

providing state/national language acquisition

and instruction

promotes learners integration into the

national society without forcing them to

sacrifice their linguistic and cultural heritage.


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UNKNOWN

KNOWN UNKNOWN

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LANGUAGE:

CONCEPT:

UK

KU

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Language Learning

Academic Learning


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Access to education

Learners whose mother

tongue is the language of

instruction and thelanguage of literacy.

Minority language

learners who do not

speak the languageused when they enter

school or an

education program


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Why do we need to begin with

the mother tongue?

The level of development of children'smother tongue is a strong predictor of

their second language development

Thomas and Collier, 2001


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Childrenwith a solid foundationin

their mother tongue develop stronger

literacy abilities in the school language.

Children's knowledge and skillstransfer across languagesfrom the

mother tongueto the school

language


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Childs

KnowledgeStru

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hildsWorldView

ChildsFirstLangauge

Greg Dekker, 1998


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Build small childrens fluency and confidence in oral L1

Continue to build oral L1

Introduce reading and w ri t ing in L1

Continue to build oral and written L1Intro duce Oral L2

Continue to build oral and written L1 and oral L2


Continue to build oral and written L1 & L2Introduce oral L3

Continue to build fluency & confidence

in using L1, L2 and L3 for everydaycommunication & for learning new

concepts



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ADDother languages

A strong foundation in the mother tongue is

necessary to learn L2

Never stop using the MT

Build a strong bridge to L2


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Lubuagan, Kalinga MTBMLE

Program

Controls Experimentals

N Percentage N Percentage

Grade 1 73 53.47 69 75.87

Grade 2 94[1] 56.9 42 77.8

Grade 3 60 53.9 56 75.1


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Grade 1



Reading 73 52.76 69 75.47

Math 73 48.94 70 82.12

Grade 2

Reading 94 54.9 42 78.3

Math 94 61.9[1] 42 80.3

Grade 3

Reading 60 53.4 56 79.2

Math 60 49.5 56 76.2


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Grade 1



Filipino 73 57.08 70 68.42

English 73 52.76 70 72.41

Grade 2

Filipino 94 51.9 42 81.4

English 94 54.9 42 62.1

Grade 3

Filipino 60 62.9 56 70.6

English 60 53.4 56 77.1


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Conclusion

As evidenced, using the Mother Tonguewill not hinder the learning of second

and third languages. Rather, use of themother tonguestrengthenstheacquisition of other languages while

respecting the learner.


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MTBMLE Bridging Plan in a 12 year program

First Language as L1, Filipino as L2, English as L3

Grade III L1 Math Sci Sibika Fil Eng

Grade II L1 Math Sci Sibika Fil

LSRW

Oral then

RW Eng

Grade I L1 - L, S,

R, W, V

Math Sci Sibika Oral

Fil

Oral

Eng

K Mother Tongue - language, math, values etc.


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6 Questions

MTBMLEwhat is the primary premise?

What will MTBMLE do for the problems of lowattendance, high drop out and low achievement? Why?

How can MTBMLE help schools be a child friendlyenvironment?

What will it do to help the Filipino childs learningprocesses?

What are the steps of the bridging process? List the principles of MTBMLE you gleaned this morning.

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