GROUP MEMBERS SERGIO JADE MENESES MARY CRIS MOLINA MERYGEN PACTORES VIOLIE PAMAT FLORABEL PALMA GIL

2. A first language (also native language, mother
tongue, arterial language, or L1) is the language(s) a
person has learned from birth or within the critical
period, or that a person speaks the best and so is often
the basis for sociolinguistic identity. In some
countries, the terms native language or mother tongue
refer to the language of one's ethnic group rather than
one's first language. Sometimes, there can be more than
one native or mother tongue, (for example, when the
child's parents speak different languages)

6. 3.
Intellectual:
Students need uninterrupted
intellectual development.
When students who are not
yet fluent in English switch to
using only English, they are
functioning at an intellectual
level below their age.

7. 4.
Educational:
Students who learn
English and continue to develop their native
language have higher academic achievement in
later years than do students who learn
English at the expense of their first
language.

8. 5. Economic:
Better employment
opportunities in this country
and overseas are available for
individuals who are fluent in
English and another language.

9. References:
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_language
 http://www.idra.org/IDRA_Newsletter/January_2000_Bilingual_Education/Why_is
_it_Important_to_Maintain_the_Native_Language?/#sthash.BnSUH5rH.dpuf
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_the_Philippines
 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilingualism
 http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bilingualism
 http://www.asha.org/practice/multicultural/issues/bll.htm