ECE 021

1. MODULE
10

2. MOTHER TONGUE LEARNING
AS A MEANS TO QUALITY AND
ACCESS
Education is almost offered in the
old colonial languages – French,
English or Portuguese which most
young people do not speak at home.

3. MOTHER TONGUE LEARNING
AS A MEANS TO QUALITY AND
ACCESS
Literacy is not simply being able to
decode what is on a page; it is the
intellectual process of gaining
meaning from text.

4. MOTHER TONGUE LEARNING
AS A MEANS TO QUALITY AND
ACCESS
Given that issues related to the
poor quality of education in many
countries can be directly linked to a
lack of mother tongue learning.

5. BEGIN LITERACY TEACHING IN
MOTHER TONGUE
A curriculum rooted in the child’s
known language, culture and
environment, with appropriate and
locally-developed reading and
curriculum materials

6. BEGIN LITERACY TEACHING IN
MOTHER TONGUE
Using the home language in the
early stages of schooling in
multilingual contexts supports child-
centric policies.

7. BEGIN LITERACY TEACHING IN
MOTHER TONGUE
A second language is learned best
when a first language is learned well.

8. BEGIN LITERACY TEACHING IN
MOTHER TONGUE
Learning to read is a complex
process and it is essential that it
happens early.

9. BEGIN LITERACY TEACHING IN
MOTHER TONGUE
Mother tongue learning is a critical
part of the literacy puzzle.

10. BEGIN LITERACY TEACHING IN
MOTHER TONGUE
Learning in mother tongue over a
long period of time in school with the
gradual introduction of other
languages and a culturally relevant

11. BEGIN LITERACY TEACHING IN
MOTHER TONGUE
curriculum with appropriate and
adequate materials that bridge to
the wider world means a quality
education is much more likely to be
provided.

12. LISTENING AND SPEAKING
STRATEGIES
Strengthen phonological and
phonemic awareness.

13. LISTENING AND SPEAKING
STRATEGIES
Activities like singing, rhymes,
modelling and presentation of video
clips are some ways to illustrate the
appropriate utterance of the
different letter sounds.

14. LISTENING AND SPEAKING
STRATEGIES
To focus attention and further
sustain the interest of learners,
integration of listening and speaking
can be applied in activities that draw
out kinesthetic responses.

15. READING STRATEGIES
“Color-coded reading” can be
employed to assess reading
readiness.

16. READING STRATEGIES
Interpretative/Dramatic Reading
on the other hand, hones learners’
skill to express themselves orally.

17. READING STRATEGIES
Routine Activities indirectly
perform a big role in teaching and
learning the language.

18. WRITING ACTIVITIES
Can be utilized using the
interactive board either independent
or collaborative learning.

19. WRITING ACTIVITIES
Activities in writing class can
provide effective interaction among
learners.