Second Native Language

vs.
Language Mother Tongue
Acquisition
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 A native language is
generally the first one that
the child is exposed to,
Benjamins (2011)
A native language that one
Native
learned on one’s mother Language
knee, the first language a
human being learns to speak
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is his native language (native
speaker of his language),
Bloomfield (1933)
 A native language is a
language that a child has
learned and still being
spoken by the individual
using it. Native
Language
In most cases, native
language refers to the
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language that a person
acquires in early childhood
because it is spoken in the
region where the child lives
Clear Distinction of Native language from
Mother Tongue
 Some scholars define native
language basing it on the “common
usage, and even the dominance in
relation to the environment.
Native
 Language of an ethnic group Language
 Native Language refers to the
language of the area the person
grows up in, for instance, you grow SHARON M. MORALES
up in U.S.,so your native language is
English since it’s the language used
everyday everywhere you go by the
vast majority of the people
 Native speaker is a term used to
call a person who was born and
immersed in the language during
youth, in the family in which the
adults shared a similar language Native
because of their natural acquisition
process Language
Native speaker is not necessarily
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knowledgeable about grammatical
rule, but surely, they have good
intuition of the rules based on their
experience with the language.
 What is the mother tongue?

The term "mother tongue"

harks back to the notion that Mother
linguistic skills of a child are
honed by the mother and,
Tongue
therefore, the language spoken
by the mother would be the JESSICA PAOLINE A. SAGUID
primary language that the child
would learn.
 -According to Christine Senfuma, a
wife and mother of one, says :
“The mother tongue is the language a
person has learned as a child at home,
usually from the parents.”
Mother
-Allen Kaziro, a secondary school
teacher and mother of two, added that :
Tongue
“The mother tongue may indicate a
language that a person is as proficient in
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as any other local person who speaks
the same language and the language is
common to that community.
 What is the significance of
mother tongue in child’s Life?
The mother tongue is part of a child's
personal, social and cultural identity. It Mother
is this identification we get from
speaking our mother tongue that Tongue
enforces successful social patterns of
acting and speaking.
Studies have shown that cognitive JESSICA PAOLINE A. SAGUID
development as well as intellectual
improvement is relatively faster in
those who are fluent in their mother
tongue.
 What is the Role of Mother tongue
in child’s Education?
Early Childhood Care and Education,
UNESCO (2007) points out the Mother
overlooked advantages of multilingual
education in the early years. When Tongue
children are offered opportunities to
learn in their mother tongue, they are
more likely to enroll and succeed in JESSICA PAOLINE A. SAGUID
school and their parents are more likely
to communicate with teachers and
participate in their children’s learning.
To summarize:
NATIVE LANGUAGE VS. MOTHER TONGUE

 refers to the  (PRE)

language of the  in-born language
area the person  words (am, am) that
They can both
grows up in are being taught to
refer as First
the baby when they
language, however
 language used in are out in the
depends on a
the certain tummy
situation
community  language of the
home/family
 Ex.Ex.If you are language
from USA your
native language is
English
Thank you for
Listening! Native Language

vs.
God, bless us all!
Mother Tongue
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