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    Rhealyn G. Lim‚ Rolly L. Daluyen‚ Zaldy T. Dackias‚ Ana Leah L. ABSTRACT The study aims to know how the different elementary schools in La Trinidad on the implementation of Mother Tongue Based Multilingual Education Program and if the students perform higher on the assessment after the implementation of Mother Tongue Based-Multi Lingual Education (MTBMLE)‚ compared to the Old Curriculum. The MTBMLE is now on its two years of its implementation. As conceptualized by the Department of Education

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    Summary of “Mother Tongue” In the book‚ “Mother Tongue”‚ Amy Tan asserts that language is a tool of communication. Tan herself speak two kinds of English‚ standard English and broken English. She realizes that she always speak in perfect English‚ the standard English‚ when she gives a speech‚ when she is giving a speech which her mother attends. However‚ when she talks to her mother‚ she changes her language into a limited English‚ broken English‚ without any transfer. This is because the language

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    Tues‚ September 10‚ 2012 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

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    In Tan’s essay Mother Tongue‚ she pointed that we all speak a different language without thinking and we are being categorized by the way we speak. Tan is an imaginary writer who is “fascinated by language in daily life” and uses English language as her daily part in the work. In paragraph 2 and 3 Tan observed experience that made aware of the “Englishes” that she had been using. The first time she had noticed is when she was giving a talk about her book‚ The Joy Luck Club‚ everyone in the audience

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    Mother Tongue Not all people who speak the English language speak it the same way. A language can be subdivided into any number of dialects which each vary in some way from the parent English language. “Mother Tongue‚” an article based on the power of language; without standard language skills‚ one is identified as an outsider‚ often wrongly perceived and unfairly discriminated against. In the article Amy Tan describes her observation and thoughts about the use of the English language and the

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    Mother Tongue The essay I want to write on is Mother Tongue‚ which is written by Amy Tan. This article recalls me some adversities when the first few days I came to the United States. Amy is an ethnic Chinese writer who was born and living in United States. She was faced with language problem during her life. In this essay‚ Amy Tan talks about her mother’s broken grammar and the dialogue in English without grammar between her mother and her. But when Amy talks with other people‚ gives a speech‚

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    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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    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 with

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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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    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

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