Home⇛Psychology and Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal⇛vol. 16 no. 6 (2023)

Challenges on the Language Policy of MTB- MLE Program: A Content Analysis

Charlene Joy Oliveros

Discipline: English Language

 

Abstract:

The study focused on the challenges on the language policy of MTB-MLE Program through content analysis. This study aimed at identifying and analyzing the challenges of the MTB-MLE Program. The researcher made use of a qualitative research design that deals with the content analysis of data. Since this study is mainly qualitative in nature, it used an in-depth content analysis to fully gain a clear understanding of the challenges on MTB-MLE as a language policy. In the content analysis, five studies about the challenges of MTB-MLE were analyzed using the framework of Spolsky (2004). The findings revealed that the challenges in implementing the MTB-MLE program as a language policy lies in the fact that several actors are not prepared to fill the cup that constitutes the policy. The beliefs of the teachers, even the parents; the practices of teachers, students, and parents; and the management of the government on providing needed materials and other resources, led to the challenges that impede learning. Findings generated in this study showed that even up to this date, the challenges of the study are repetitive. In light of findings, this paper would like to recommend that the policymakers try on hearing-out the problems and challenges in the ground level to improve its implementation. They might consider assessing first the readiness of the language policy in the future before its roll-out by looking at the components of the language to be implemented.



References:

  1. 2010 Census of Population and Housing, v1.1, National Statistics Office, Manila, Philippines. 
  2. Aliñab, J. M., Prudente, M. S., & Aguja, S. E. (2018). Teachers’ perceptions on using MTB-MLE in teaching grade 3 mathematics. Advanced Science Letters, 24(11), 8039-8042.
  3. Adriano, M. N. I., Franco, N. T., & Estrella, E. A. (2021). Language-in-education policies and stakeholders’ perception of the current MTB-MLE policy in an ASEAN country. The Australian journal of language and literacy, 44(1), 84-99.
  4. Anudin, A. G. (2018). Six years of MTB MLE: Revisiting Teachers’ Language Attitude towards the Teaching of Chavacano. Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, 1(3), 68-79.
  5. Bernardo, E. C., Aggabao, N. T., Tarun, J. Z., (2018). Implementation of the Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB- MLE) Program: Reactions, Attitudes and Perceptions of Teachers.  Asian Conference on Education & International Development 2018 Official Conference Proceedings. 
  6. Caterial, M.D, Balane, C. T., & Tantoy, O. A. (2019). The Teaching of Mother-Tongue Based Multi-lingual Education of Pre-Service Teachers: Basis for a Training Program. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Publications.
  7. Chiong, C., Menzies, L., & Parameshwaran, M. (2017). Why do long‐serving teachers stay in the teaching profession? Analysing the motivations of teachers with 10 or more years’ experience in England. British Educational Research Journal, 43(6), 1083-1110.
  8. DepED Order 74, s.2009. (2009). Institutionalizing Mother Tongue Based Multilingual Education. Pasig City: Department of Education.
  9. DepEd Order 16, s.2012. (2012). Guidelines on the Implementation of the Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE). Pasig City: Department of Education.
  10. DepEd Order 28, s. 2013(2013). Additional guidelines to the DepEd Order No.16 (Guidelines on the the implementation of mother tongue-based-multilingual education (MTB-MLE). Department of Education. Retrieved from http://www.deped.gov.ph/sites/default/files/order/2013/DO_s2013_028.pdf
  11. Eslit, E. (2017). Mother Tongue Based Multilingual Education Challenges: A Case Study Edelweiss Appli Sci Tech 1: 10-23 
  12. Espada, J. T., Bayrante, J. R., Mocorro, R. E., Vinculado, O. P., Vivero, P. M., Bongcaras, L. L., & Labarrette, R. A. (2017). Challenges in the implementation of the mother tongue-based multilingual education program: A case study. Research Journal of English Language and Literature, 5(4), 510-527.
  13. Esteron, J. J. (2020). Language attitudes and identity construction of trilingual learners in a rural school in the Philippines. LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching, 23 (1), 89-103.
  14. Fillmore, N. (2014). Mother tongue-based multilingual education policy and implementation in Mindanao, Philippines (No. M. International and Community Development). Deakin University.
  15. Gempeso, H. D. P., & Mendez, J. D. S. (2021). Constructive Alignment of Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB MLE) Language Policy Implementation to the Practices of a Multilingual Classroom. English Language Teaching Educational Journal, 4(2), 125-137.
  16. Kleinheksel, A. J., Rockich-Winston, N., Tawfik, H., & Wyatt, T. R. (2020). Demystifying content analysis. American journal of pharmaceutical education, 84(1), 7113.
  17. Lim-Ramos, S., Francisco, W., Leduna, N. A., Librado, K. S., Nuñez, M. R., Deran, J. J., & Alieto, E. (2020). Substituting English with a Local Language: Examining Parents' Belief Toward Chavacano as Language of Instruction. Lim-Ramos, S., Francisco, W., Leduna, NA, Nuñez, MR, Pabraquel, MK, Deran, JJ, Alieto, E.(2020). Substituting English with a Local Language: Examining Parents’ belief toward Chavacano as Language of Instruction. Asian EFL, 27(1), 177-195.
  18. Lopez, M. P. S., Coady, M. R., & Ekid, A. G. F. (2019). Rural indigenous teachers' lived experiences in mother tongue education in the Philippines: Counter-stories of resistance. Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies (JCEPS), 17(3).
  19. Medilo, C. G. (2016, October). The experience of mother tongue-based multilingual education teachers in Southern Leyte, Philippines. In International Forum (Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 64-79).
  20. Mondez, R. G. (2013). Appropriateness of Mother-Tongue Based Multi-Lingual Education (MTB-MLE) in Urban Areas: A Synthesis Study. International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR). Retrieved on July, 16, 2020.
  21. Montecillo, D. E. A., & Lomboy, O. C. Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) on Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB MLE) Program among Grades 1 and 2 Public School Teachers in Lupi, Camarines Sur, Philippines.
  22. Namanya, S. J. (2017, December). The effects of mother tongue-based multilingual education on the English literacy of children in Silang, Philippines. In International Forum (Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 160-177).
  23. Nolasco, R.M. (2008). The Prospects of Multilingual Education and Literacy in the Philippines. Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization.
  24. Oda, R., & Vizconde, C. (2021). Nanung epektu na?(What’s the effect?): impact of mother tongue-based multilingual education (MTB-MLE) policy on language use and language attitudes of 5th graders in Pampanga, the Philippines. Asian Journal of English Language Studies (AJELS) Volume.
  25. Paterno, M. G. (2018). Anguish as Mother Tongue: English in a Multilingual Context. In Reconceptualizing English Education in a Multilingual Society (pp. 67-83). Springer, Singapore.
  26. Paz, R. M. O. (2018). Elementary education programs teachers and MTB-MLE implementation in the Philippines. People: International Journal of Social Sciences, 4(2).
  27. Perez, A.L., & Alieto, E. (2018). Change of 'tongue' from English to a local language: A correlation of Mother Tongue proficiency and mathematics achievement. The Asian ESP Journal, 14(7.2), 136-150.
  28. Ricento, T.K. and Hornberger, N.H. (1996). Unpeeling the Onion: Language Planning and Policy and the ELT Professional. TESOL Quarterly 30(3).
  29. Spolsky, B. (2004). Language policy. Cambridge University Press.
  30. Spolsky, B. (2009). Language management. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 
  31. Wong, P. M. (2009). Teachers and promotion: Research evidence on the role of gender, career intentions, promotion criteria and teacher satisfaction. In International Handbook of Research on Teachers and Teaching (pp. 511-523). Springer, Boston, MA.
  32. Yadav, M. K. (2014). Role of mother tongue in second language learning. International Journal of Research, 1(11), 572-582.

Tools


Copyright © 2024  KITE Digital Educational Solutions |  Exclusively distributed by CE-Logic