WEEK 14

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What are instructional materials in the context of Mother Tongue Based-Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE)?

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Instructional materials are resources like textbooks and digital tools used for teaching.

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What is code switching and why is it common among students in MTB-MLE?

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Code switching is the practice of alternating between languages. It is common because students often run out of words in their mother tongue and switch to English.

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What challenges do students educated through MTB-MLE face in English competitions?

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Students may struggle to quickly process and respond to complex questions or instructions in English, leading to lower performance.

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What is the widening gap in the scaffolding process in MTB-MLE?

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The gap arises from the difficulty of bridging the contemporary conversational language spoken at home and the policy-based mother tongue taught in schools.

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How does Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTLBE) affect the development of English?

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While MTLBE supports comprehension in native languages, it can hinder the development of English, which is essential for global communication.

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What educational gaps are felt by parents in urban vs rural areas?

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Parents in underserved areas struggle to support their children due to a lack of access to resources, exacerbating educational inequality.

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What difficulties do children face in understanding concepts across subjects in MTB-MLE?

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Children struggle to understand, memorize, and use terminologies in newly translated subjects due to a lack of vocabulary.

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What issues arise from the translation of subject content into the mother tongue?

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The content is often translated using unfamiliar words that substitute technical terms, making it difficult for students to understand.

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What are the four main themes related to challenges in MTB-MLE identified by stakeholders?

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The themes include multilingual environment, difficulty in translation, inadequacy of instructional materials, and mandatory compliance to DepEd.

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What problems did teachers face regarding textbooks and guides in the last two years?

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Textbooks and teachers' guides arrived late in the school year, causing significant problems for teachers.