The Challenges and Impact of Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education as Perceived by the Primary Level Teachers of Amai Pakpak Central Elementary School
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Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education, language policy, Philippines, Primary Level Teachers, Multilingualism.Abstract
One of the recent transitions in the Philippine educational system brought by K-12 program is the Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE), which has already materialized for already twelve years. The initiation of this new language policy is also an advent of different challenges affecting its implementation, and its effectiveness as assessed by the primary teachers towards their knowledge, the learning materials, and the attitudes on the policy implementation. In this study, the researchers revealed the factors/problems affecting the primary level teachers, whom were considered as the main constituent towards the attainment of the objectives of MTB-MLE. The goal of the authors is to gather and analyze adequate data on the primary level teachers. With this, researchers accommodate 75% of primary level teachers' population from each primary grade level of Amai Pakpak Central Elementary School (APCES). The findings of the study revealed that the average mean of how teachers perceived the challenges brought by MTB-MLE is slightly serious. Furthermore, it is revealed that the most major problem they had encountered since the implementation of the new language policy is the need to cope with the lacks of mother tongue vocabularies in translating highly technical terms especially in Mathematics and Science. This obstacle has posed difficulties for teachers in effectively teaching these subjects. Lastly, the study explored the teachers' perceived levels of knowledge, availability of materials, and attitudes towards MTB-MLE. The findings can contribute to the improvement and refinement of the MTB-MLE program, enhancing its effectiveness in promoting multilingual education in the Philippines. By unlocking the overall percentage of the perceived level of knowledge, materials, and attitudes, the researcher aimed to assess the impact of the implementation of MTB-MLE in this respective elementary institution.
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