MOTHER

TONGUE AND
LANGUAGE
CURRICULUM
What is Mother Tongue?
✗ Mother tongue is defined The term "mother tongue"
refers to a person's 
as the first language that a
native language — that is, a
person learns and the language learned from birth.
language used in that Also called a first language,
person's home country. dominant language, home
language, and native tongue. 

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 Benefits of mother
tongue in education
 1. Helps the child value its culture and
heritage, which contributes to a positive
self-concept
2. Language proficiency is an important
variable for school success
3. Strengthens the foundation for language
learning in a broader sense
https://www.languageone.org/about-
languageone/mother-tongue-education/

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✗ 4. Allows for a smooth return to
education in country of origin
5. Allows for better
communication and a closer bond
with family and friends in country
of origin

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“Mother tongue promotion in the school helps develop not
only the mother tongue, but also children’s abilities in the
majority school language”
Cummins, J. (2001)

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Reasons Why We Should Support Our Child’s
Mother Tongue/Home Language
✗ Children who continue to
learn through their
mother tongue are more
likely to reach a higher
level of proficiency in the
second language.
✗ The mother tongue gives
the child a feeling of
positive identity. They
learn to value their
language and their
culture. This is the strong
foundation they need on
which to build their
second language.
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✗ The mother tongue ✗ Learning to read in the
acts a scaffold not a home language makes
barrier to the second the child a better
language. This is reader in the second
because many skills language.
learned in the mother
tongue transfer to the
second language.

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Hindrances of mother tongue
✗ There are no exact ✗ The structures of
equivalents of English English also are
language in the mother different form that of
tongue. So the learner the mother tongue.
will not be able to do
exact translation work.

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✗ The structures words of
English like the articles,
prepositions and
demonstratives are not
always equivalents in the
mother tongue.
✗ Thus, there are many
differences between the
mother tongue and
English. So, the learners
try to impress their
mother tongue on
English. Sometimes the
knowledge of mother
tongue becomes a
stumbling block in
learning English .
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Problems encountered by Teachers
✗ Absence of books written in mother tongue This is
the condition of having no textbooks or dictionaries
in the mother tongue that are needed to
accommodate the needs of the learners having
different mother tongues. Although one of the
strategies in implementing MTB-MLE is the
improvization of instructional materials written in
mother tongue, still teachers need books that are
accurate and reliable.
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✗ Lack of vocabulary This is considered to be the
dearth of words to use when delivering a message or
information. There is no wide range of the words or
phrases used in discussing the lesson using mother
tongue; therefore, it is considered as one of the
problems being encountered by the teachers.

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✗ Lack of teacher-training Lack of teacher-training
includes unpreparedness of the teachers to teach their
learners with the use of mother tongue as their
medium of instruction considering that their pupils
have different mother tongues.
✗ http://iafor.org/archives/journals/iafor-journal-of-
language-learning/10.22492.ijll.1.1.04.pdf

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What is Language Curriculum?
✗ A language-based curriculum provides well-
planned content information that is strategically
presented to facilitate learning and enrich the
language experiences of the students across all
subject areas. Beyond language arts classes,
language learning is embedded in all content
classes, the arts, and physical education.

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The language curriculum is based on the belief
that literacy is critical to responsible and
productive citizenship, and that all students can
became literate. The curriculum is designed to
provide students with the knowledge and skill
that they need to achieve this goal.

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Successful language learners
✗ understand that ✗ communicate – that is,
language learning is a read, listen, view,
necessary, life- speak, write, and
enhancing, reflective represent – effectively
process; and with confidence;

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✗ make meaningful ✗ think critically;
connections between
themselves, what they
encounter in texts, and
the world around
them;

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✗ understand that all ✗ appreciate the cultural
texts advance a impact and aesthetic
particular point of power of texts;
view that must be
recognized, questioned,
assessed, and
evaluated;

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✗ use language to
interact and connect
with individuals and
communities, for
personal growth, and
for active participation
as world citizens.

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Curriculum

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