Mother Tongue-Based Multi-Lingual Education in Philippine Schools Mar 8‚ 2012 by braincontour Scenario: A Waray-speaking couple from Samar decided to relocate in Cebu for job opportunities. Tagging along with them is their first-grader girl. Deficient of finances‚ they decided to enroll the kid in a public school. It so happened that the Philippine Department of Education (DepEd) has introduced the Mother Tongue-Based Multi-Lingual Education (MTB-MLE) program. This is a program that uses your
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Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother Nadirah Malarve In the year of 1938 ‚ photographer Dorothea Lange‚ took one of Americas most captivating and touching series of photographs entitled The Migrant mother. In her photographs‚ she showed pictures of a mother and her two children‚ during the Great Depression in which the family seem completely destitute‚ while setting up camp to find work in the city. This photograph symbolized the Great Depression as it shows how many lives of Americans were affected
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understand you and which will just leave you behind. They’re will always be people who will let you down. Its great knowing that family will never leave your side. My mother has been there with me through everything‚ to be my role model‚ my guidance and my light. Without her I would have no idea what I would do with myself. A mothers love is something special that can only be shared you and her. My mom has influence me so much in so many different ways. From when I was young‚ she always treated
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Surroundings shape everything; canyons and rivers could not have been shaped and formed without the constant stream of water. In "Native Son" by Richard Wright‚ the main character‚ Bigger Thomas‚ has his traits shaped and formed by the culture of oppression he lives in. The oppression towards people of his race‚ set in the 1930’s‚ causes Bigger to develop certain attitudes and behaviors towards white people. Bigger sees the world as a place he does now own; his surroundings tell him that white
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My Ideal Person One woman‚ one mission—that’s all it takes to change the world. Mother Teresa‚ born Agnes Gnocchi Bojaxhin‚ in South Yugoslavia in 1910‚ came to Kolkata at the age of 18 to pursue her life’s mission of caring for the poorest of the poor. Mother Teresa‚ an Angel of Mercy‚ was God’s greatest gift to mankind. Her life was a true story of love and compassion. It was she who brought shine on the faces of millions who were sick and poor. Throughout her life she did the service of the
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My mother is the one and only person who cares about me. She gave me all her love and passion so that I can grow up to be a successful person. The happiest thing in her life is the birth of me and my two sisters and a brother. She never complaint‚ never show how hard she work and happy all the time. She has sacrifice alot for me and my siblings. She always advise us to study hard and never gave up when you lost hope. She has been very proud of my edest sister because she gets 5A in UPSR and 7A in
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I’m glad you came here and celebrate my mother’s 36th birthday‚ and before we start the party‚ I would like to make a speech about my mother. As a bit of backstory‚ I have a fairly fraught relationship with my mother‚ she is a wonderful women‚ supportive‚ critical and very interested in my life. We went through a lot of tough times‚ my relationship with my mother is the strongest‚ and we are capable of sharing our emotions with each other well. She always supporting me‚ when the day I can see the
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specific populations together with a common bond. As powerful as this connection is to bring people together of the same group it is just as powerful to pull people apart that are not in the same group. Amy Tan writes about the power of language in “Mother Tongue”. Tan’s thesis statement - “I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language the way it can evoke an emotion‚ a visual image‚ a complex idea‚ or a simple truth”(Tan 633) - sets the tone for the article. I am in agreement
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were part of my academic career. Then I realized that I was looking at the wrong part of my life. I should not have focused on the people that have influenced me in the academic aspect‚ but the one person who has influenced me the most every day. My mother has the greatest impact on my life as a whole. My mother’s loving‚ caring‚ thoughtful‚ gentle‚ and persistent nature has shaped me as the person I am today. Though I can only hope to have her thoughtful personality one day‚ I am still thankful for
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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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