UNIT IN
TEACHING AND LEARNING
THE MOTHERTONGUE
As future teachers of Mother Tongue as a subject, you are expected to play the role of a language teacher; thus, it is vital that you understand the nature and dynamics of communication and language learning. In this unit, Teaching and Learning the Mother Tongue, you will be exposed to the five macro skills of communication and the teaching and learning strategies that you can use in the classroom for your young learners to acquire and enhance these skills. A variety of instructional activities will be provided for analysis and you are expected to design your own instructional activities in your chosen Mother Tongue. In addition, lessons on choosing and developing on-grade and culturally relevant instructional materials are also covered in this unit. Hopefully, the tasks that you will complete here will equip you with the adequate knowledge and skills to teach Mother Tongue as a learning area.
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