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Effective Activities to Support Teachers’ Transition into the MTBMLEi Classroom in the Philippines

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Language Issues in Comparative Education

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Su nia a sulat na ipebpagilay sia su napasadan nu kinapaganad’u ’bpamamandu pantag kanu MTBMLE. Su nalimud a ibpangingidsa na ebpun kanu nakatelu ulan a MTBMLE a kabpangagi kaped’u ‘bpamamandu kanu ikaisa a ‘bpangkatan taman kanu manga mapulu nilan lu kanu manga iskwilan a pedtabangan nu Save the Children sa Mindanao, Pilipinas. Su kinapangingidsa kanu lima kataw kanu ‘bpamamandu sa ikaisa a ‘bpangkatan na unan enggu ulian nu kinapaganad. Na sia kanu nauli den a kinangingidsa na inipatadem kanu namedtalabuk su embalangbalang a napaganadan nilan asal’a katawan u aden kambagu nilan sabap sa entu.

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Stone, R. (2013). Effective Activities to Support Teachers’ Transition into the MTBMLEi Classroom in the Philippines. In: Language Issues in Comparative Education. Comparative and International Education, vol 1. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-218-1_10

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