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    implementation of the Mother Tongue Based- Multilingual Education in the Philippines Paul Julian Santiago Osaka University pauljuliansantiago@gmail.com I. Overview: From Bilingual Education Policy to MLE The Philippines saw a big change this year when the Republic Act 10533‚ also known as the “Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013‚ was signed into law by President Benigno Aquino III last May 15. One of the salient features of this law is the use of the mother tongue (MT) as the language of

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    Rhetorical Analysis of “Mother Tongue” written by Amy Tan “So easy to read”(p.4). Amy Tan ends her essay‚ “Mother Tongue” with this short and even grammatically wrong sentence. She tells us this mother’s brief review is a proof of success of her writing. Why does she think that easiness is an essence of her writing? She suggests answers to this question by her essay. In her essay‚ Amy Tan effectively convinces her readers that “broken English” is not an inferior language‚ but just

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    the case may be language is the strongest source of communication‚ and it can affect us privately and publicly. In Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue”‚ she talks about her family’s language. Her family was from china. So Amy talks about her understanding of her mother’s English. She says “I again find myself conscious of the English I was using and the English I do use with her” (240). She wants to speak in the way that her mother can understand her‚ and feel comfortable. It is not that her mother does not

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    PASIG CITY – The Department of Education (DepEd) has added seven more languages from the current 12 major local languages as medium of instruction from Kinder up to Grade 3 under the Mother-Tongue-Based Multi-Lingual Education (MTB-MLE). The additional languages are Ybanag for pupils in Tuguegarao City‚ Cagayan‚ and Isabela; Ivatan for the Batanes Group; Sambal in Zambales; Aklanon in Aklan‚ Capiz; Kinaray-a in Capiz‚ Aklan; Yakan in Autonomous Region Muslim Mindanao and Surigaonon covering Surigao

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    Essays #1: Rough Draft Language & Power in “Mother Tongue” A higher level of sophistication and articulation in one’s speech portrays one as a very well educated person. Such a person’s "language" makes them an admirable individual that can lead people and hold power with ease. In the article “Mother Tongue”‚ Amy Tan emphasizes the idea that we all speak different languages unconsciously and that

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    Peiwen Su Professor Ibrahim English 107 October 5‚ 2014 Mother Tongue Amy Tan uses her mother’s experiences as a sample to represent a type of new immigrants who is always disrespected by locals and have troubles in dealing a lot of things; the reason why this happens is because they cannot speak English well. However‚ from Tan’s perspective‚ although non-native speakers should also improve their English if they want to fit in to different cultures‚ native speaker

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    Raise. Native. Source. Origin. Protector. These are all words that can be interchanged with the word “mother.” Like anything else all language has an origin. Likewise‚ language is something that comes from a source but changes‚ or is raised‚ over time. Different languages are native to different people and some language is protected over time‚ whether through books or the human mind. In her work “Mother Tongue‚” Amy Tan explores the creation of her language and her mother’s role in it through her

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    December 6‚ 2012 “Mother Tongue” In the short autobiography narrative “Mother Tongue” written by Amy Tan she discusses the reasons why she was passionate on becoming a writer. It is no surprise‚ that her vision in the work of fiction it is outstanding throughout her struggles with the English language as a Chinese young girl born in an immigrant family. She faced many obstacles of the culture of the 1950’s‚ 1960’s and 1970’s. However‚ she never gave up on the dream of being a writer and defeat

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    BioLab3 Bones and Muscles Summary Report Student Name: I. Skeletal system A. Long Bone Structure Define the following terms. Bone Organ of the skeletal system Cartilage Serves as a cushion Ligament Dense‚ regular connective tissue/bone to bone Tendons Dense‚ regular connective tissue/ bone to muscle Osteocytes Separated by an extracellular matrix hardened by deposits of calcium salts Diaphysis Long shaft of compact bone Compact bone Solid and dense‚

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    Bones in our body are living tissue. They have their own blood vessels and are made of living cells‚ which help them to grow and to repair themselves. Every single person has a skeleton made up of many bones. These bones give your body structure‚ let you move in many ways‚ protect your internal organs‚ and more. As well‚ proteins‚ minerals and vitamins make up the bone. Bones have several parts‚ but are manily made out of calcium deposits. It takes around 20 years for our bones to completely

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