Mother tongue-based multilingual education (MLE) is a formal or nonformal education‚ in which the children’s mother tongue is used in the classroom as a bridge in learning Filipino and English. Children begin their education in a language they understand‚ their mother tongue‚ and develop a strong foundation in their mother language. The purpose of a multilingual education program is to develop appropriate cognitive and reasoning skills enabling children to operate equally in different languages
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Getting to know my Mom It took me eighteen years to spend some quality time with my mother and discover what an incredible journey she has had with my brothers and me. She is the kind of person who has always been very involved with all parts of our daily lives. In fact‚ she was the kind of mother who always had time for her three sons‚ worked full-time and had time to devote to community projects too. Her energy and enthusiasm for all of these things seemed endless and she always tried
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English Commentary Refugee Mother and Child From the beginning of this poem ( the title) to the end of the poem we can feel a sense of pain that the son undergoes as well as the pain and love a mother of a refugee also goes through. In this poem- Refugee mother and her child‚ Chinua Achebe starts off with a very melancholy tone as we are made to imagine the sorrow in a mother’s heart as she would soon have to forget and let go of her dying son. Achebe begins with a bond of affection by using
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considered a “mother” if you aborted your only child? Suppose you have multiple children but aborted one‚ are you still a mother? Abortion was and still is a controversial issue in America. When you abort a child‚ you are taking the life of someone’s niece‚ nephew‚ cousin‚ aunt‚ best friend‚ soul mate‚ etc. In “the mother”‚ Gwendolyn Brooks challenges the controversy of abortions and motherhood by illustrating how the speaker feels trapped in her sorrowfulness and guilt. The title‚ “the mother”‚ contradicts
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overcome every day. The poem “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes is one of the examples which explain how difficult climbing the up in the life is. Hughes uses a hidden metaphor-meaning in which he compares the living a life and climbing the opposite of crystal stair. In the poem‚ mother to son says “I’se still climbin’‚ And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair” meaning there is no person on the world whose life is always easy (Hughes‚ “Mot. to Son” line 19-20). Mother tries to deliver the message
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Cross-Cultural Encounters” Seminar The Jewish Nagging Mother Stereotype in Delmore Schwartz` “America! America!” The Jewish nagging mother stereotype is a concept that started developing at the beginning of the 20th century in America. This stereotype was constantly remodeled to suit a variety of circumstances in the development of the Jewish society. “Excessive‚ overprotective‚ neurotically anxious‚ and ever present‚ the Jewish mother became a scapegoat for ambivalent and hostile sentiments
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About the Poet Chinua Achebe (pronounced /ˈtʃɪnwɑː əˈtʃɛbeɪ/ born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe on November 16‚ 1930) is a Nigerian novelist‚ poet‚ professor at Brown University and critic. He is best known for his first novel‚ Things Fall Apart (1958)‚ which is the most widely read book in modern African literature. Raised by Christian parents in the Igbo town of Ogidi in southeastern Nigeria‚ Achebe excelled at school and won a scholarship for undergraduate studies. He became fascinated with
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WE KEPT MOTHER’S DAY So we decided to have a special celebration of Mother’s Day. We thought it a fine idea. It made us all realize how much Mother had done for us for years‚ and all the efforts and sacrifice that she had made for our sake. We decided that we’d make it a great day‚ a holiday for all the family‚ and do everything we could to make Mother happy. Father decided to take a holiday from his office‚ so as to help in celebrating the day‚ and my sister Anne and I stayed home from college
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A Gift for My Mother The story is about a ten-year-old girl named Lucy‚ whose parents are separated and doesn’t have money enough to fulfill their dreams. The father works at a garage‚ which isn’t enough for the family to live on‚ and he’s getting confronted with that all the time even though he’s giving all he have earned‚ to his family. In the start Lucy’s parents are discussing right in front of her‚ which make Lucy confused because she’s 10 years old and doesn’t yet understand what the big
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Being bossy and abusive is one thing that my mother-in-law is good at. While I was helping her move‚ she was on my back the whole time making sure I was carrying her couch the right way and trying to be the boss. She also loves to slap people in the face over small arguments‚ such as my husband not paying attention to her. I don’t like it‚ but I have to live with it. My mother-in-law‚ Anita‚ is a very bossy individual. On one occasion my husband and I were helping her move into an apartment on
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