Correlation of Spiral Progression and Mother Tongue -Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) Integration in the Grade 11 Curriculum

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Finding the relationships between language and education is important since it is one of the vehicles that enable students and teachers to foster understanding and communication in the classroom. However, with the heavy stress of the current educational system on the English language, this now raises the question as to whether spiral progression (starting with a small concept and expanding it into practical applications) and the Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) method in the Grade 11 curriculum affects students' learning and their perspectives about the said methods.

METHODS

 This research has been done with the usage of the descriptive -qualitative research design, to determine the perceptions of the respondents regarding the two methods. Through this, the researcher gathered 180 respondents from the Grade 11 sections of Bucal National High School and then used a questionnaire that has been tailored to the needs of the research. The results gathered were compiled, analyzed, and then presented via the tabular and verbal manners for better understanding.

RESULTS

Based on the research, the Grade 11 students are more comfortable with the usage of the Filipino language into their lessons, while it is also noticeable that the respondents have observed that their teachers often use the English language during their classes. Still, there is also a noticeable fact that both the teachers and the students have used a mixture of the Filipino and English languages when they are talking to each other. With this, the researcher has also found out that the students experience difficulty in understanding the lesson when the English language is used.

DISCUSSIONS

With these results, it can be determined that there should be practices done among the Grade 11 students to further hone their grasp of both their local language and the English language. Even if there is a greater emphasis on the value of English fluency in the present curriculum, proper balances of the languages used in the classroom must be maintained to have efficient learning and learners in the class.