Mother tongue: for teaching and learning / by Purita Bilbao. --

Includes bibliographical references.

Unit 1: Overview 1 -- Module 1 Legal bases and benefits of teaching and learning the mother tongue 1 -- Unit 2: Mother Tongue as a language 16 -- Module 2 What is language ? 16 -- Module 3 Phonetic features of a language 42 -- Module 4 Orthography 66 -- Module 5 Parts of speech 72 --Module 6 Semantics and syntax of a language 106 -- Unit 3: Mother tongue as a language of teaching and learning 123 -- Module 7 Use mother as a subject 123 -- Module 7 Use of mother tongue as a subject 123 -- Module 8 Use mother tongue in teaching mathematics 183 -- Module 9 Use mother tongue in teaching teaching elementary science 198 -- Module 10 Use mother tongue in teaching araling panlipunan 225 -- References 244-245 --

"Fina Felisa L. Alcudia is an Associate Professor at West Visayas State University in Iloilo City, She earned her doctoral degree on English studies major in Language from the University of the Philippines in Diliman. Her research interests include pragmatics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics and discourse studies. She is currently the Director of the University Distance Education Program of West Visayas State University. She also handles courses in linguistics and pedagogy in the undergraduate and graduate programs. She is part of the pioneering team working on the course guide and materials production to assist Teacher Education Institutions in Region VI in the training of teachers for MTB-MLE."