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This document outlines a module on the benefits of teaching and learning in the mother tongue for students at Iloilo Science and Technology University. It highlights various advantages across language, cognitive, academic, and socio-cultural development, emphasizing improved communication skills, higher academic performance, and increased participation among learners. The module also includes activities for students to engage with their mother tongue and reflect on their learning experiences.

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EED-119_Module-1_Lesson-2

This document outlines a module on the benefits of teaching and learning in the mother tongue for students at Iloilo Science and Technology University. It highlights various advantages across language, cognitive, academic, and socio-cultural development, emphasizing improved communication skills, higher academic performance, and increased participation among learners. The module also includes activities for students to engage with their mother tongue and reflect on their learning experiences.

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Republic of the Philippines

Iloilo Science and Technology University


Burgos St., La Paz, Iloilo City, 5000 Philippines
Trunkline: (+6333) 320-7190 | Telefax: (+6333) 329-4274
https://www.isatu.edu.ph/
[email protected]

EED 119 | Content and Pedagogy in the Mother Tongue | Second Semester, A.Y. 2024-2025

MODULE I: Legal Bases and Benefits of Teaching and Learning the Mother Tongue
Lesson 2: The Benefits: Why Use the Mother Tongue?
February 4, 2025

Intended Learning Outcomes:


By the end of the session, the students must have:
1. enumerated some benefits of the use of the mother tongue for learners and
future teachers, and
2. discussed what sample studies have said about the benefits of the use of the
mother tongue.

I. ACTIVATE

Answer the following:


1. How many languages do you speak? What are they?
2. Why do you think we have to master our L1 before we learn our L2 or L3?

II. ANALYZE

In the Philippines, studies have been implemented to strengthen the


understanding and identify the benefits in the learning and use of the mother tongue
(L1).

Let’s look at these benefits in the four (4) aspects of development.

BENEFITS OF MOTHER TONGUE BASED-MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION

Aspects of
Benefits of MTB-MLE
Development

→ Education begins with the use of L1 of the learners, a


language that they can understand.
→ The macro skills in communication are developed for
effective meaning-making and accuracy.
 Listening – Learners listen to understand and use
LANGUAGE what they hear.
 Speaking – Learners speak with understanding to
communicate their thoughts and ideas clearly.
 Reading – Learners read to understand, apply,
analyze, critique, and use information from printed
or digital materials.

The Benefits of Mother Tongue | EED 119 | REF


 Writing – Learners write creatively to communicate
thoughts and feelings clearly and accurately to
others.
→ School children will have a good language bridge to the
next language which is needed to succeed in school and
for lifelong learning.
→ The first language that children master will provide a
strong educational foundation.

→ The first language becomes the language of thinking,


doing, applying, and creating.
COGNITIVE → School children in the early years learn beyond the who,
what, when, and where and progress to higher order
thinking skills because they use the first language.

→ Beginning school learners express themselves easily and


freely.
→ School learners participate actively in class activities.
→ Learners are able to process instruction easily without
doing mental translation.
ACADEMIC
→ Beginning school learners academically perform better
that those using the second or third languages.
→ Parents are more likely to participate in the children’s
learning.
→ Teachers can easily scaffold the learning of children.

→ School learners bring to class prior knowledge, lived


experiences, language, and culture.
→ Lessons incorporate the best of cultural values in arts,
SOCIO-
music, literature, tradition, and others.
CULTURAL
→ The daily experiences of the learners are included and
developed in the various concepts in the curriculum.
→ Learners preserve their heritage and culture.

MORE BENEFITS

▪ Children who are using the L1 to communicate are more participative and
confident and have higher self-esteem.
▪ Increased motivation, initiative, and creativity are achieved.
▪ L1 classrooms allow children to be themselves and develop their
responsibilities as well as their intellects.
▪ Increased retention rates – children tend to be interested in going to school
▪ The use of mother tongue in learning enables the learner to:
✓ Listen with understanding.
✓ Speak with understanding.
✓ Read with understanding.
✓ Write with understanding.
✓ View with understanding.
▪ Understanding – making meaning out of what has been heard, read, spoken,
written, or seen

The Benefits of Mother Tongue | EED 119 | REF


III. ABSTRACT

In the Philippines, RICE is our staple food. We eat RICE more than three times a
day. Let us use RICE as an example to study our first language (L1).

Answer the questions that refer to RICE with answers in your mother tongue.

RICE: OUR STAPLE FOOD

Question Answer in the Mother Tongue


1. What is RICE in your mother tongue?
2. What is UNMILLED RICE called?
3. What name do you give to STICKY
RICE?
4. How does your family call BROWN
RICE?
5. What is UNCOOKED RICE in your
mother tongue?
6. What is COOKED RICE in your mother
tongue?
7. How do you call LEFTOVER RICE?
8. What is the word for FRIED RICE in your
mother tongue?
9. What term is used for RICE BRAN?
10. What term is used for RICE HUSK?

Write your personal reflection about the activity. Complete the following
incomplete sentences:
1. I learned that _____________________________________________________________.
2. I realized that _____________________________________________________________.
3. I resolve to ________________________________________________________________.
4. When I become a teacher, I will ___________________________________________.

IV. APPLY

Performance Task (Group Work)


Experience the Benefits of the Mother Tongue: Use It for Listening and Speaking

Directions.
1. Form a group of 5 members.
2. Choose a short story or a legend which is commonly told in your locality and has
an English translation.
3. Write this story or legend in both your mother tongue and in English. Submit a copy
of this story (Mother Tongue & English versions) along with the observation log
below.
4. Tell this story to a set of children in your locality. First, do it in mother tongue. Next,
do it in English.
5. Record all observations and make a report.
6. Document (pictures, video, observation log) your activity. Package your group
output and prepare to present it next session.
The Benefits of Mother Tongue | EED 119 | REF
Learners’ Behavior
Key Observation Learners’ Behavior
Observed in Mother
Questions Observed in English Story
Tongue Story
1. Do learners like
storytelling time?
What are the
observable reactions?
2. How do learners listen
while the story is told?
3. How do learners
respond to oral
questions about the
story
4. To what extent do
learners understand
the story?
5. To what extent do
learners enjoy
listening and talking
about the story?
6. What general
observations have
you made about the
storytelling time in
two languages?
7. In which language did
the learners enjoy
and learn more?

Question to ponder:

As a future teacher, which language is more effective in communicating with learners


in the early grade level? Why?

References:

Alcudia, F.F., et al. (2016). Mother tongue for teaching and learning. Metro Manila:
Lorimar Publishing, Inc.

DepEd Mother Tongue Curriculum Guide (2016)

Kagawaran ng Edukasyon (2019). Mabasa na kita: Sulundan sa Pagtudlo sang


Hiligaynon (Ikalawang Edisyon)

Prepared by:

(Sgd.)
RENANTE E. FERNANDEZ
EED 119 Learning Facilitator

The Benefits of Mother Tongue | EED 119 | REF

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