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Should mother tongue be taught in school?
Using mother tongue helps a child develop their critical thinking and literacy skills. Research shows that children learning in mother tongue adopt a better understanding of the curriculum. Children learning in mother tongue enjoy school more and learn faster due to feeling comfortable in their environment.
Can mother tongue be taught in Filipino and English subject support your answer?
As a medium of instruction, the mother tongue is used in all learning areas from Kinder to Grade 3 except in teaching Filipino and English subjects. Filipino is introduced in the second quarter of Grade 1 for oral fluency (speaking).
Why Filipino language is important in education?
Go talk to them using Filipino language, it can increase their ability and knowledge in our language. Teaching your child some abakada reading for it also helps develop their brain, and helps create new connections for their brain cells, which helps kickstart and boost their development as they grow up.
Is Filipino or Tagalog a mother tongue?
Tagalog is the mother tongue for nearly 25 percent of the population and is spoken as a first or second language by more than half of all Filipinos. The mandatory teaching of Pilipino in public schools since 1973 and the extensive literature in Tagalog has contributed to its increased use in the popular media.
What are the problems or issues in teaching mother tongue in the Philippine context?
Some problems encountered by the teachers in implementing mother tongue – based instruction include absence of books written in mother tongue, lack of vocabulary, and lack of teacher-training. Nevertheless, the study indicated that major attention and effort are still necessary to be given to the approach.
Why is Tagalog language important?
In fact, it is one of the official languages of the country. The combined native and secondary speakers of Filipino outnumber the English speakers, and with around 180 indigenous languages native to the country, it plays an important role as a lingua franca.
How mother tongue can enrich cultural awareness of both teachers and students?
It is a means of bringing the learners’ cultural background knowledge into the class. It facilitates checking understanding and giving instructions. It facilitates the task of explaining the meaning of abstract words introducing the main differences in grammar and pronunciation between L1 and L2.
Is Tagalog different from Filipino?
Tagalog and Filipino seem like they are completely interchangeable. However, for all intents and purposes, Tagalog is a different language from Filipino.
Which is correct Filipino or Tagalog?
When people use the terms Tagalog and Filipino interchangeably, they really mean Manila Tagalog and Filipino. Also, the official name for the Philippine national language is Filipino, not Tagalog. The Philippine government and language experts were deliberate in making Filipino a language for all Filipinos.