APPROVAL SHEET

This thesis entitled “MOTHER TONGUE: A PLIGHT AMONG GRADE 1 TO

GRADE 3 TEACHERS IN SELECTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN
TAGUM CITY, PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY,’’ prepared and submitted by
Josue Q. Ampang , Chellamae G. Aparente, Allen B. Teraza , in partial
fulfillment of the requirements for the degree , Bachelor of Secondary Education, has
been examined and is hereby endorsed.

JOJU AMOR C. VILLAJOS RN,RM,LPT,MAN

Adviser
PANEL EXAMINERS

Approved by the Thesis Committee on Oral Examination.

BERNARDINO E. PLACIA ,Ed.D

Chairman

CATHERINE P. CANTALEJO, RN,MAN ARLENE ZAMORA,RN,RM

Member Member

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Accepted and Approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree,
Bachelor of Secondary Education.

BERNARDINO E. PLACIA,Ed.D
Education Department Head

ACKNOWLEGMENT

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 The researcher would like to extend sincere appreciation and deep gratitude to

all, in one way or another, rendered assistance and contributed their effort in making

this study possible.

First, to our powerful and Almighty God, for His guidance and countless

blessings in making this a successful one;

To our beloved parents who provided us their unselfish care and endless

support;

To our adviser, Prof Joju Amor C. Villajos, RN,RM,LPT,MAN,Ed.D for her

genuine dedication and constructive criticism to improve the quality of this

complication;

To the thesis panel of examiners:

To Madam Doris R. Naberos, for allowing us to conduct the study and for

allowing us to engage in this study as participants;

To the informants who patiently and willingly cooperated with us; and

To the authors and co-researchers who are our source of knowledge and our

strong foundation for which supports our study, thank you so much. May our good

Lord bless us all.

The Researchers

DEDICATION

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 This piece of work is lovingly dedicated

To our parents

To our friends

To our classmates

To our inspirations

and joy in life

our love ones

and above all,

To the Almighty God

Researchers

THESIS ABSTRACT

Title: MOTHER-TONGUE: A PLIGHT AMONG GRADE 1 TO 3

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 TEACHERS IN SELECTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN

TAGUM CITY; A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY

Researchers:JOSUE Q. AMPANG, CHELLAMAE G. APARENTE, ALLEN B.

TERAZA

Publication:SEPTEMBER 2017

TAGUM CITY

REGION X1

Institution: ARRIESGADO COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCOPORATED

Subject Area:

Specific Location Where Copies can be found:

Library

Research Office

Program Head Office

Magugpo Pilot Emelda Elementary School

Magugpo Pilot Central Elementary School

Rizal Elementary School

Visayan Village Elementary School

Herculina L. Edig Elementary School

DepEd, Tagum City Division Office

This phenomenological study aims to understand the plight of the grade 1 to 3

teachers in teaching mother-tongue. The main concept of this study is to unveil and

record the real situations of the grade teachers from selected elementary schools in

Tagum City.

We believe that teachers take active part in the community. They are not just

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an individual who yearn to teach learners but to develop the learners to become

productive citizen someday and they took multiple responsibilities on how the

learners learned from them.

Mother-tongue is the basic language we learned from home as well as to the

community and it becomes our tool in communication. Through this, the Department

of Education (DepEd) comes with an idea to integrate mother-tongue inside the

classroom. Then, it was realized with an order no. 16 series of February 17, 2012

starting 2012-2013.

But, the implementation of mother-tongue across nation brings an issue

towards teachers who’s supposed to be the implementer of mother-tongue inside the

classroom. This issue comes up as our research with the following guide questions:

1.) What are the difficulties of Grade 1 to 3 teachers in teaching mother-tongue as

a medium of instruction?

2.) What are the experiences of Grade 1 to 3 teachers in teaching mother-tongue

as a medium of instruction?

3.) How mother-tongue changed the teaching strategy of Grade 1 to 3 teachers

toward their pupils?

The results of our research were identified in different factors which made the

mother-tongue came as plight towards teachers. During the implementation of

mother-tongue, teachers were doing adjustment and because there were unfamiliar

words that they never heard before they took it as their major problem. Work load is

one of their issues. There was time that they extend their efforts to fulfill the needs of

the learners and to finished the paper works as well. They also noticed that the

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implementation of mother-tongue was time-consuming specifically in making daily

lesson log and interpreting unfamiliar words to the students. As they compare the old

curriculum from mother-tongue as part of the new curriculum, they said that the old

curriculum was preferable rather than the new curriculum.

In this setting, the implementation of mother-tongue should have another

review in order to know if mother-tongue has really big contribution in terms of

developing educational system. The Department of Education (DepEd) should also

consider the situation of the teachers.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE
APPROVAL SHEET
ACKNOWLEDGE
DEDICATION
THESIS ABSTRACT

Chapter Page
1 INTRODUCTION 1
Purpose of the Study 3
Significance of the Study 4
Definition of Terms 5
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 Organization of the Study 6
Theoretical Lens 7
2 Review of Related Literature 8

Difficulties Encountered by Grade 1 to 3 Teachers in

Implementing Mother Tongue-Based Instruction
3 METHODOLOGY
Research Design 12
Role of the Research 13
Data Collection 14
Trustworthiness of the Study 15
Ethical Consideration 16
Data Gathering Procedures 17
4 RESULTS 19
Categorization of Data 21
Summary of Themes
23-51
5 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION 52
Recommendations 57-
58
Concluding remarks 59
APPENDICES 60-
92
BIBLIOGRAPHY 94-
95
Curriculum Vitae 96-
98

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