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Direct linkRobin Atilano De Los Reyes; Evelyn Romaguera Bagona – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2024
To address the challenges of teaching and learning among multilingual elementary students, the Philippines, a multilingual country with over 180 languages, implemented the Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE). Studies on the use of mother tongue have reported positive results among students who share a common language. However, in…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Science Instruction, Elementary School Students, Code Switching (Language)
Alvin D. Tenorio – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
The implementation of the Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) policy in the Philippine basic education has gained traction among educators. Skepticism as to its effectiveness is evident especially in mathematics class where English is the universally recognised medium. This study explored how elementary teachers from a rural…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language of Instruction, Educational Policy, Teacher Attitudes
Download full textGempeso, Hyra Dave P.; Mendez, Jubelle Dianne S. – English Language Teaching Educational Journal, 2021
This descriptive observational study examined the implementation of Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB MLE) language policy to the classroom practices of a grade three multilingual classroom in the Philippines. The constructive alignment of the said language policy implementation was evaluated in terms of: (1) Mother Tongue (MT) as a…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Native Language, Language of Instruction, Second Language Learning
Perfecto, Marianne Rachel G. – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2022
This paper shall describe the bridging strategies used by Grades 3 and 4 English teachers from schools in two regions in the Philippines to help their multilingual students transition from using the mother tongue as medium of instruction in the different subject areas to using English in the English classroom. Data were obtained through…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Language of Instruction, Code Switching (Language), Recall (Psychology)
De Los Reyes, Robin Atilano – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2019
With the present implementation of Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) in the Philippines, this study investigated the language practices of teachers and learners (collectively 'participants') in the teaching and learning of English as a second language (ESL) in two Third Grade classrooms in a multilingual city in the Philippines.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Code Switching (Language), English (Second Language), Grade 3
