Multimedia Instructional Materials and Its Effects to the Skills Taught in Mother Tongue-Based (MTB) to Grades One to Three Pupils of the Sinturisan Elementary School for the School Year 2017-2018

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Mother Tongue-Based Instruction is a formal or non-formal education wherein children's mother tongue is used in the classroom as a bridge in learning Filipino and English. It aims to develop appropriate cognitive and reasoning skills enabling children to operate equally in different languages starting in the mother tongue with the transition to Filipino and then English. Mother Tongue-Based Instruction teacher browsed the lessons included in the curriculum and saw how the lessons are to be administered and taught to pupils of primary grades, We know that although lessons are pre-given and the teacher has to adapt the lessons to suit learners needs. That is why the researcher conducted this study to know the effects of modifying the presentations or instructional materials into multimedia.

METHODS

This study used the descriptive design method wherein the subjects were asked to describe their reactions to the multimedia presentations/instructional materials seen in the lessons compared to the presentation used to do. Thirty-three (33) Grades One to Three pupils oftheSinturisan Elementary School were utilized as subjects of this study.

RESULTS

Based on the reactions of the respondents of this study yielded as they strongly agreed that they learn a lot from the presentations used. They were also being motivated to learn, and they are actually interested from the materials utilized by the teacher , with that they appreciate their teacher's efforts in multimedia presentation and that they are happier because of the demonstration of the different materials. The reaction also cited that they tend to remember more from multimedia presentations and instructional materials employed on the lessons.

DISCUSSIONS

It can be deduced that Grades One to Three pupils of the Sinturisan Elementary School positively and interestingly reacted to see multimedia presentations and other instructional materials. Based on the reaction, the researcher proposed a multimedia presentation.