Mtb-Mle (Chapers 1-3)
CHAPTER I
THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND This chapter presents the problem of the researchers sought after the foundation for which to base the study.
Introduction
"Language is not everything in education, but without language, everything is nothing in education." (Wolff, 2006).
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth. The failure of education represents the inability of society to properly perpetuate itself through succeeding generations.
Many years ago Filipinos dwell on the notion that the best way to learn reading and writing fast is through the use of a foreign language. This may be one of the reasons why the country adopted English as medium of instruction an all levels of the education ladder. In 1987, Policy on Bilingual Education was first introduced by then Department of Education, Culture and Sports. This was followed by the implementation of the Lingua Franca Education Project which gave then 16 regions to choose from the three widely spoken languages – Tagalog, Ilocano and Cebuano (Morada, 2009).
The Philippines is lagging behind Asian countries in terms of education. This is due to same factors, which include lack of instructional materials and devices which greatly affect the quality of education. It has been the objective of the government particularly the Department of Education (DepEd) to improve the quality of education in the Philippines. It is understood that the quality of educational system, the educational program, and effectiveness of any teaching is gauged by the input, the way the teacher performs, the process of teaching, the output and the quality of pupils achievement. Leysa further revealed that taking these into consideration, national and international researches have been conducted and studies have been made to trace the ground of mediocrity. A study made by the Summer Institute of Linguistics has found that although good teachers play an important part in good early education, the use of the mother
THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND This chapter presents the problem of the researchers sought after the foundation for which to base the study.
Introduction
"Language is not everything in education, but without language, everything is nothing in education." (Wolff, 2006).
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth. The failure of education represents the inability of society to properly perpetuate itself through succeeding generations.
Many years ago Filipinos dwell on the notion that the best way to learn reading and writing fast is through the use of a foreign language. This may be one of the reasons why the country adopted English as medium of instruction an all levels of the education ladder. In 1987, Policy on Bilingual Education was first introduced by then Department of Education, Culture and Sports. This was followed by the implementation of the Lingua Franca Education Project which gave then 16 regions to choose from the three widely spoken languages – Tagalog, Ilocano and Cebuano (Morada, 2009).
The Philippines is lagging behind Asian countries in terms of education. This is due to same factors, which include lack of instructional materials and devices which greatly affect the quality of education. It has been the objective of the government particularly the Department of Education (DepEd) to improve the quality of education in the Philippines. It is understood that the quality of educational system, the educational program, and effectiveness of any teaching is gauged by the input, the way the teacher performs, the process of teaching, the output and the quality of pupils achievement. Leysa further revealed that taking these into consideration, national and international researches have been conducted and studies have been made to trace the ground of mediocrity. A study made by the Summer Institute of Linguistics has found that although good teachers play an important part in good early education, the use of the mother