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International Scholars’ Conference – Universitas Klabat

“RESEARCH: BRIDGING THEORIES AND PRACTICES”

Paper 126 – Education

LEARNING WITH THE LINGUA FRANCA VS LEARNING WITH A FOREIGN LANGUAGE Natividad E. Lorenzo and Romelyn V. Tutaan

Mariano Marcos State University r o m e l ynv t u t aan @ g m a il. co m

ABSTRACT

Learning is believed to be easier and faster if it takes place in the native language of the learner. However, the difficulty may be only for a short initial period. Through teacher guidance and the use of appropriate instructional materials and activities, the children’s minds can come to understand meanings and absorb concepts thus the initial difficulty of learning in a foreign language can be overcome. This is the thesis of this paper.