Mother Tongue versus English as a Second Language in Mathematical Word Problems: Implications to Language Policy Development in the Philippines

This study investigated the performance of 150 Tagalog and 131 Sinugbuanong Bisaya grade three pupils with regard to solving mathematical word problems written in their mother-tongue (L1) and in English as their second language (L2). The respondents were subjected to a validated teacher-made paralle...

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Main Authors: JUDY BAUTISTA, Ilynne Samonte, Cecille Marie Improgo, Merry Ruth Gutierrez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tawasul International Centre for Publishing, Research and Dialogue 2020-06-01
Series:International Journal of Language and Literary Studies
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Online Access:https://ijlls.org/index.php/ijlls/article/view/283