MTB- MLE
(Mot her Tongue-Based
Mult i Lingual
Education)
MTB- MLE
(Mot her Tongue-Based
Mult i Lingual
Education)
The Philippines is an
ar chipelago in the Pacif ic with
r ich linguist ic and cult ural
diver sity.
Accor ding to the
Et hnologue, ther e ar e
171 living dialect sspoken
in the Philippines today.
Making English and Filipino the of f icial
languages of the Philippines is a
pr actical move, seeing as ther e needs
to be language that can be used to do
business and tr ade as well as to
communicat e on bot h national and
int er national levels.
The linguist ic
discr iminat ionis
pr esent in the
educat ional syst em in
par ticular.
bot h
psychologically and
culturally
damaging
On t he psychological level, a child’s sense
of ident it y is gr ounded in his or her mot
her tongue. I f childr en are condit ioned to
pair English wit h success, t hey will incr
easingly view their own native language as
ir r elevant . They may not see t he need t o
pass it on to the next gener ation, causing
event ual language endanger mentf or minor
it y languages,a signif icantcultural loss.
Ther e ar e twomajor
components of the bill that
dr amatically change the f or mat
of Philippine schools, st ar ting in
2012.
1
ext ension of
secondar y school(K-
12)
The Philippines adopt ed a K-12 cycle
to ensur e that st udent s ar e pr epar ed
to go to univer sit y by the timeof
gr aduat ion f r omgr ade12.
2
addr esses the linguist ic
discr iminat ion that occur sin
emphasizing English educat ion,
by implement ing Mot her Tongue
Based, Mult ilingual Educat ion
(MTB-MLE)
This model pr omotes language of
inst r uction in the mother tongue
of the scho l dist r ict , r ather than
Filipino or English.
However , these other languages
will be taught and incor por ated
int o the cur r iculum gradually.
Advocat es of t his appr oach point t o
pilot pr ogr amsin the Philippines that
havebeen successf ulinhelping
st udent s gain f ull pr of iciency in the
mother tongue, the national language
Filipino, and the global language,
English.
Mother Tongue –Based Multilingual
Education
(MTB-MLE)
is
the
gover nment’s
banner
pr ogram f
education as a salient part of the
or
implementation of the Kto 12Basic Educat
ion Pr ogr am. I t s signif icance is under
scor ed by t he passing of Republic Act
10533, ot her wise known as t he
“EnhancedBasicEducation Actof 2013.”
Eight (8) major languages or Lingua Fr ancaand
other s as cit ed below shall be of f er ed as a
lear ning ar ea and utilized as language of inst
r uction f or SY 2012-2013:
(DO 16, s. 2012 - Guidelines on the I mplement ation of the Mot her Tongue-Based- Mult ilingual
Educat ion )
a. Tagalog;
b. Kapampangan;
c. Pangasinense;
d. I loko;
e. Bikol;
f . Cebuano;
g. Hiligaynon;
h. Waray;
i. Tausug;
j . Maguindanaoan;
k. Mar anao; and
l. Chabacano
7 dialect s r ecent ly added by the
DepEd:
I banag (Tugegar ao Cit y, Cagayan and I sabela)
I vat an (Bat anes group)
Sambal (Zambales)
Aklanon (Aklan, Capiz)
Kinar ay-a (Capiz, Aklan)
Yakan (Aut onomousRegion of Muslim Mindanao)
Sur igaonon (Surigao)
MTB-MLE is educat ion, f or malor
non -f or mal, in which the lear ner ’s
mother tongue and addit ional
languages ar e used in the classroom.
This br idge enables the lear ner s to
use bot h or all their languages f or
success in school and f or lif elong
learning.
Wit h t he end goal of
making
Filipino
childr en lif elong lear
ners in their L1
(MT), L2 (Filipino, t he
national language), and
L3 (English, the global
language) t he lear ner s
ar e mor e t hat pr epar
ed t o develop
t he
compet encies in t he
dif f er ent lear ning ar
eas.
MTB-MLE provides:
Lit eracy
.Prior
knowledge.
Cognit ive development and HOTS.
St r ong Bridge.
Scaf f olding.
Teaching f or meaning and accuracy
Conf idence building and pr of iciencydevelopment
LI TERACY
PRIOR
KNOWLEDGE
Cognitive development
and higher order
thinking skils
Strong Bridge
Scaf f olding
Teaching f or
meaning and
accuracy
Conf idence building
and prof iciency
development
“Weshouldbecometri-lingualasacountry. LearnEnglishweland
connecttotheWorld. LearnFilipinowelandconnecttoourcountry.
Retainyourdialectandconnecttoyourheritage.”
-BenignoAquino I II