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Mother Tongue Matters, Local Language as a key to Effective Learning

The Asia-Pacific region hosts several thousand languages. Linguistic diversity, which is characteristic of many countries of the region, presents a variety of challenges for the education system. What languages should children learn? Even more important: What language should be used for imparting instruction in schools? What factors direct the policy makers in formulating language policies? What would be more appropriate in pedagogical terms? These questions need careful examination for understanding the current state of language use in education for different countries of the region. Indeed, the central role played by language in processes of cognition and learning is a well established fact. Researchers and thinkers have unreservedly endorsed the crucial value of competence in the mother tongue, which children acquire in the most natural fashion as they grow and develop, for further learning and educationbb

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UNESCO
Resource Format
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Subject(s)/ Learning Area(s)
Local Curriculum, Art, Educational Studies, English, ICT, Life Skills, Mathematics, Morality and Civics, Myanmar, Physical Education, Practicum, Reflective Practice and Essential Skills, Science, Social Studies, Media
Publisher
UNESCO
Publishing Year/Publishing Month
2009/1
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Unit 1. Introduction to Local Curriculum
အခန်းငယ်
1.2. Local Curriculum topics in basic education
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1.2.1. Local Curriculum topics
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Mother, Tongue, Matters, Local, Language, Key, Effective, learning, MTB-MLE
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