May 26, 2011 Hi Joe, The advisory enables the field people to choose which among the non-DepEd seminars could address the training needs of their staff this year. For funding purposes, they could cite DepEd Order 74 when they prepare the local Memo for those staff who have identified MLE as the priority need. This …
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The Department of Education (DepEd) issued DepEd Advisory No. 241 s. 2011 on May 25, 2011, scheduling a series of national seminars on Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTBMLE) that will be conducted by the Southeast Center for Training and Development (SECTD) on the following dates and venues: July 29-31, 2011 at the Baguio Convention Center, …
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Wed, March 30, 2011 12:44:52 AM, Diliman, Quezon City. Ched E. Arzadon, our peripatetic MTBMLE prime advocate/chronicler/reporter, files the following update to our earlier post: The much awaited Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTBMLE) seminar-workshop is just few days away. The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has indicated its support by allowing the use of the …
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No. 2 on the Enclosure to DepEd Order No. 74 approved by former Sec. Jesli Lapus on July 14, 2009 — more than a year ago — requires the “Development, production and distribution of inexpensive instructional materials in the designated language at the school, division, and regional levels with a special priority on beginning reading …
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Dr. Ricardo Ma. Duran Nolasco of the UP Department of Linguistics will speak on Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) at a forum for educators and scholars on February 4, 2011, at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University (ADZU). The event will be held in commemoration of the International Mother Language Day, an observance held annually on 21 …
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Today (Jan. 17, 2011), I had the privilege of meeting with Diane E. Dekker, Multilingual Education Consultant of the Summer Institute of Linguistics (Philippines), and we dwelled a bit on the MTB-MLE international conference in the Philippines. When I got home, I checked my email and saw Manuel Faelnar’s email regarding the international MTB-MLE conference being held …
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-5euCw5Os4&w=480&h=390] It’s always heartwarming to learn about the initiatives of our fellow educators and MLE advocates to promote the use of the local language in education. For example during the MLE Conference in CDO last February, I was so amazed to see how DepEd Region 4-A and Region 5 filled up the whole room assigned …
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Reporting from Iloilo City–the immediate environs where the original MLE PIONEER, Dr. Jose V. Aguilar conducted his first Iloilo Experiment (1948-1954) in which he successfully demonstrated that “the experimental group (using Hiligaynon as the MOI) was significantly superior in proficiency (language and reading tests) and subject matter (arithmetic and social studies tests) than the …
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In response to my suggestion in an earlier post to have our own MLE Training Centers in the Philippines, instead of sending our own teachers to attend MLE training in Thailand–which is not a cheap option, Ched Arzadon of 171+ Talaytayan MLE sent the following email: About the training, if you refer to our MLE …
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An Open Letter to Pres. Aquino, Congress, DepEd, FAPE, local and international businesses/organizations: In the aftermath of DepEd Order #74 s. 2009, the ongoing deliberation on the various MLE bills now pending in Congress, and most importantly, the herein attached mail from Ched Arzadon, I have a suggestion, which is probably not my original idea, …
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Multilingual Education for All in Asia and the Pacific: Policies, Practices and Processes. 4th International Conference on Language and Education. Nov. 6-8, 2013, Imperial Queen's Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand. Correspondence related to the conference may be addressed to: Ms. Panyaphat Piam-o-pad, International Conference Secretariat Coordinator (mleconf2013@gmail.com) or Ms. Kyungah Kristy Bang, MLE Secretariat Coordinator (k.bang@unesco.org).
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