Courses 7 Activity 2: Share Your Thoughts
How is the language spoken by the children in your class in their day-to-day lives different from the language that is used in the textbooks? Please explain with the help of an example in about 100 words.
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As per 2011 census, India has 1369 spoken languages out of which 121 are main languages. However, only 36 languages are used as medium of instructions in schools along with English. But, in India children are often deprived of the opportunity to learn in school through a language they're mostly familiar with. Many children don't find their own language represented in their schools and are bound to learn almost entirely through an unfamiliar language. For example, languages like Rajasthani, Chhattisgarhi, Bhojpuri, Haryanvi, etc. are spoken by crores of people in our country. However, these languages are not used as medium of instructions in our schools due to which children are bound to end up in learning in a language that they don't either speak or understand. This prevents them from meaningfully engaging with teaching learning processes in the school, which can in turn lead to feelings of helplessness and low-esteem in children. As a result, their identity and self confidence are also gravely injured leading to negative impact on their academic performance and many more.
ReplyDeleteLanguage means a structured system of communication which is used by us.The actual meaning derives the same as the language spoken by the child in primary classes and the language that is used in the textbooks.The differences of these two language are the technical process of teaching-learning methods.For example,a child converse with his friend's using spoken language i.e., home language as-'Jaro nan pecha lamcha mo?'.Meaning is 'Are you reading a book,friend?'
ReplyDeleteMany children don't find their own language represented in their schools and are bound to learn almost entirely through an unfamiliar language. For example, languages like Rajasthani, Chhattisgarhi, Bhojpuri, Haryanvi, etc. are spoken by crores of people in our country.
ReplyDeleteThe differences of these two language are the technical process of teaching-learning methods.For example,a child converse with his friend's using spoken language i.e., home language
The differences of these two language are the technical process of teaching-learning methods.For example,a child converse with his friend's using spoken language i.e., home language as-'Jaro nan pecha lamcha mo?'.Meaning is 'Are you reading a book,frien
ReplyDeleteMany children don't find their own language represented in their schools and are bound to learn almost entirely through an unfamiliar language. For example, languages like Rajasthani, Chhattisgarhi, Bhojpuri, Haryanvi, etc. are spoken by crores of people in our country.
ReplyDeleteIndia has 1369 spoken languages out of which 121 are main languages. However, only 36 languages are used as medium of instructions in schools along with English. But, in India children are often deprived of the opportunity to learn in school through a language they're mostly familiar with. Many children don't find their own language.
ReplyDeleteThis prevents them from meaningfully engaging with teaching learning processes in the school, which can in turn lead to feelings of helplessness and low-esteem in children.
ReplyDeleteThe differences of these two language are the technical process of teaching-learning methods.For example,a child converse with his friend's using spoken language i.e., home language as-'Jaro nan pecha lamcha mo?'.Meaning is 'Are you reading a book,friend.
ReplyDeleteAs we know children came from diverse background and their standard of living also differ from each other.some children came from a background where their parents are well educated and their communication skills are good.But the children who came from a background where the parents are illiterate find it difficult to understand the language which is used in the textbook.As a example would like to take the scenery of my class,in my class most of the children are from Nepali background.So the language they used in their day today live are two mixed language that is Nepali and hindi.But the medium of instruction is mostly in English, which makes them difficult to understand clearly.To avoid these circumstances child centered environment should introduce in the classroom and their active participation in the classroom, allow them to speak their home language for better understanding in teaching learning processes.
ReplyDeleteThe place where my school is situated is not so remote, children are mostly arunachal tribal belonging to nocte tribe. They speak nocte. Additionally there are other community also such as Adibasi and nepali. So it becomes a challenge to teach them in a comfortable language. So as a teacher I try to communicate in the language which is somewhat familiar to then like hindi , assamese or their own respective language. And gradually try to bring them to instructive language, English. But it is not so easy one have to keep on trying and trying sometimes get frustrated too but could not loss hope.
ReplyDeleteWithout home language children facing problems.ln the last census we have observed that out of 1369 spoken languages which 121 are main language and only 36 languages are used as a medium of instruction in schools and see that mostly Indian children are deprived of the opportunity to learn in school through their familiar language.ln my school also students are learning through unfamiliar language, but they can speak and understand enough. childrens confidence and faith must be hamper their learning to negative impact on their academic sessions through a unfamiliar instruction of school languages.
ReplyDeleteFor all students, whether they are learning through their first language or an additional language, language is a vehicle for learning. It is through language that learners access the content of the lesson and communicate their ideas. So, as a teacher, it is your responsibility to make sure that language isn’t a barrier to learning.One way to achieve this is for teachers to become more ‘language aware’. Being language aware means you understand the possible challenges that language presents to learning. These challenges might arise because a student is learning a subject through an additional language or it might be the first time a student has come across certain vocabulary or structures in their first language. A teacher who is ‘language aware’ understands why students face these difficulties and what they can do to support students.
ReplyDeleteIn the early childhood classroom, silence is not golden. Spoken words are opportunities for learning that should take place throughout the day - especially during conversations between children and between teachers and children.
ReplyDeleteHuman language is a remarkable way to communicate. No other form of communication in the natural world transfers so much information in such a short period of time. It is even more remarkable that in three short years a child can hear, mimic, explore, practice, and finally, learn language.
For most students in our school, the mother tongue is different from the medium of instruction or even the lingua franca. Learning materials are not in children's mother tongues and many teachers don't speak children's mother tongues. Children, especially young ones, may find it difficult to comprehend what is being taught.
ReplyDeleteFor example, during a English class, students may be unable to understand a poem completely because they don't know the meaning of some of the words.
We know that in the primary level the children comes from different language background according to the parents speak at home or village. School is that center where children gather from different vilages or communities. When they first meet each other they feel little uncomfortable by hearing the language of other children because they don't understand eachother language but gradually after little spend of time they become frankly and try to make understand themselves each other languages. At school children not only learn languages but also they try to search which language belong from which village. Language play such a big role to communicate eachother which carry one another in different ways through which they could understand more deeply.
ReplyDeleteAs per 2011 census, India has 1369 spoken languages out of which 121 are main languages. However, only 36 languages are used as medium of instructions in schools along with English. But, in India children are often deprived of the opportunity to learn in school through a language they're mostly familiar with. Many children don't find their own language represented in their schools and are bound to learn almost entirely through an unfamiliar language. For example, languages like Rajasthani, Chhattisgarhi, Bhojpuri, Haryanvi, etc. are spoken by crores of people in our country. However, these languages are not used as medium of instructions in our schools due to which children are bound to end up in learning in a language that they don't either speak or understand. This prevents them from meaningfully engaging with teaching learning processes in the school, which can in turn lead to feelings of helplessness and low-esteem in children. As a result, their identity and self confidence are also gravely injured leading to negative impact on their academic performance and many more
ReplyDeleteLanguage is the means through which child learns,but in our country many children do not understand the language that is used in classroom transaction.This results in poor learning outcomes.
ReplyDeleteIn our country many children do not find their language represented in their schools and are bound to learn in an unfamiliar language.This prevents them from meaningfully engage in teaching learning processes,resulting in poor learning outcome.
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