Course 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.
Course 1 - Activity 1: Share Your Reflections
Watch the video film “Khula Aakash” 2014 from the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XjDHOrcJyw and reflect on it. Think about what is ECCE? Why is it important? How does ECCE provide a basis for learning in school and life? Share your reflections.
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?
ReplyDeleteIn my school most of the children speak Hindi. So one language is easy for them . Only 2nd language English they feel difficult.
DeleteI taught English but my students used to speak Hindi always. So it felt me difficult sometimes but in a same way I taught them with their language after that i converted to my language.
DeleteGenerally most of children are Bengali , some from different state of India although except one or two they speak in Hindi or English. We know in our school Hindi or English as a medium of instruction is used in our school.
ReplyDeleteAs most of the children in my school come from different parts of the country and speak different languages at home as there mother tongue, many of them are not even able to converse with each other, neither they get much help from home, as at home they speak in their mother tongue, whereas the language of the textbooks is either in English or Hindi, making it difficult for children to understand and converse with each other at initial stage. And it is very difficult for the teachers also, as teacher is not familiar with other languages, so the most familiar languages taken up, in which learning can become easy.
ReplyDeleteMost of the children in my school come from different states and they speak different languages as their mother tongue . NCERT books are in English and Hindi which is difficult for early learners to understand and communicate.
ReplyDeleteMajority of the children in our classes has mother tongue different from the school language. So wherever the explanation cannot be given by using Art integration, Teaching Learning materials, explanation with reference to the context or by hands on activities, then the utilization of the vernacular language enables for immediate understanding. If the teacher is well versed in the vernacular languages, it is an added advantage in this situation.
ReplyDeleteStudents belong to differrent states hence mother tongue is different ,if only stress is given in language learning in early years and later concepts then it will be better
ReplyDeletemother language is helps the students to understand the topic
ReplyDeleteMost of the children speak Tamil language but there are also children who speak other languages as I teach in Kendriya Vidyalaya in Tamil Nadu. It is really challenging to teach the language Hindi . Translating the text and explaining in their mother tongue is invariably the most important part of teaching a language unknown to children. Until this is done they will not be able to enjoy the nuances involved in a particular language.
ReplyDeleteStudents come from different strata. Some of them are from other states also,some speak rural language. Their mother language , pictures, by hand activities help them to learn.
ReplyDeleteStudents belong to different states hence mother tongue is different ,if only stress is given in mother tongue it will be easy for them to understand the concepts then in later years it will be easier for them to learn.
ReplyDeleteFor early learners it is difficult to read and comprehend as their mother tongue is different from textual language.
ReplyDeleteSome children in my school come from different parts of the country and speak different languages at home as there mother tongue. Mist of the children speak hindi, and K Vs. are English medium somany of them are not even able to converse with each other, neither they get much help from home, as at home they speak in their mother tongue, whereas the language of the textbooks is either in English or Hindi, making it difficult for children to understand and converse with each other at initial stage. And it is very difficult for the teachers also, as teacher is not familiar with other languages, so the most familiar languages taken up, in which learning can become easy.
ReplyDeleteMost of the children in our school come from different states of the country and speak different languages Many of them are not even able to speak with each orher. But as we know children learn fast to adgest in different enviounment . If one is unable to understand any sentence other explain it in his easy words. we explain it with pictures and actions.
ReplyDeletechildren in my school come from myriad backgrounds. so, the languages they are exposed in the textbooks are totally different from the languages they speak in their daily lives. That hampers the teaching learning process adversely.As a result, many of the doubts remain as such in the minds of the children throughout their lives.
ReplyDeleteChildren comes school in different background and having different language. They have some basic needs including language. Without their basic language they are unable to think and understand. So it is Compulsory for us to include their home language in teaching learning process.
ReplyDeleteIn my school most of the children speaks hindi.so one language is easy for them .only 2nd language English they feel difficult.Including their home language we teach them english.
ReplyDeleteMost of the children in my school are from Bengal and few are from neighbouring states.
ReplyDeleteThough Hindi And English is used as the medium of instruction in my school but on requirement sometimes Bengali is also used to support the early learners.
Students belong to differrent states hence mother tongue is different . Without their basic language they are unable to think and understand.
ReplyDeleteAs per studies we can see that Indian languages are composite in nature; a language
ReplyDeletehas influences of other languages it comes in contact with, thus, making it
difficult to neatly label the languages apart.
For example, Saraipali and Basna blocks in Mahasamund district of
Chhattisgarh border Bargarh district of Odisha, where Sambalpuri language
is spoken. Therefore, the Chhattisgarhi spoken in Saraipali and Basna
features several Sambalpuri words but local languages are not found in textbooks.
DILIP S. INGOLE
PRT KV NO.2,
O.F. DEHUROAD, PUNE
Most of the children here speak marathi which is "dialect" to hindi so the language spoken by the children in my class in their day-to-day lives is not very much different the language that is used in hindi textbooks. but in the second language ie, english they feel difficulty in understanding and communicating with others.
ReplyDeleteStudents come from different strata. Some of them are from other states also, some speak local language. Their mother language , pictures, by hand activities help them to learn. so bi language instructions , taking help from the classmates who speaks the same language , helps them to fee at ease
ReplyDeleteI teach in kendriya vidyalaya, Hakimpet, it's in telangana.
ReplyDeleteHere most of the children speak Telugu language but there are some children who also speak tamil, malyalam and other languages . It is really challenging to teach the language Hindi and other subjects in english.
And it is very difficult for the teachers to teach as teachers are not familiar with all the languages.
So I think teacher teaching, specially class 1and 2 are also familiar with the language that most of children speak and understand and teacher should use both the languages means mother tongue and school languages while teaching. Only than children will be able understand the concept better and enjoy learning.
Kusum LATA
KV AFS HAKIMPU
A class room can be presumed as a mini India because students belong to different states. Their first language is their mother tongue. They speak in their native language. Whereas textbook language are totally different from the languages they speak in their daily lives.
ReplyDeleteMost of the children speak Malayalam but there are also children who speak other languages as I teach in Kendriya Vidyalaya in Kerala. It is really challenging to teach the language Hindi . Translating the text and explaining in their mother tongue is invariably the most important part of teaching a language unknown to children. Until this is done they will not be able to enjoy the nuances involved in a particular language.
ReplyDeleteThe child is more comfortable in his or her own language that is mother tongue but school provides them English and Hindi as Medium of instruction.In the beginning the gets more confused and feel little difficult to interact with teacher and friends. Not only these text book languages are new to them.Thus it is the duty of teacher to know which languages are to be taught in better understanding methods.
ReplyDeleteI'm a kv teacher from Andhra Pradesh. Here children from many state language study but mostly children from Telugu language dominates. So If we use here pure Hindi or English as a medium of instructions as per kv norms then local children face a lot of difficulty in understanding the fundamentals in all subjects. so I prefer to explain everything in all the three languages like in Telugu , Hindi and English in primary classes to build strong foundation. This helps in acquiring self confidence and increase in their concentration levels among children.
ReplyDeleteIn my school students do not face much problem in using english and hindi language ad medium of instructions.
ReplyDeleteSometimes a child from a village in South India when admitted to school finds it difficult to understand hindi and to interact with others . Slowly they pick the language and become comfortable.
Children tend to speak in their mother tongue amongst themselves if they find their peers from the same cultural background whereas their textbooks have fairly different language i.e. English or Hindi.
ReplyDeleteIn my school, students speak in Hindi in their day-to-day lives as most of them are from Madhya Pradesh and mother tongue of most of them is Hindi and others who are from different states are also living in Madhya Pradesh for a long time.
ReplyDeleteMost of the students in my school speak Gujarati with family and peers. It becomes difficult for them to learn in English or Hindi.
ReplyDeleteSchool being at the border of telangana, as a district of telangana have children whose mother tongue or 2nd home language is telugu, where as teaching is either in english or in hindi, faces a lot of problem in pronunciation in hindi and english because of the impact of mother tongue. Certain letters are not in mother tongue, which effects their writing too.
ReplyDeleteMost of the students in my classes speak hindi in home. However, books at the school are present in English. Some of the students are of other states which are non-Hindi, non-English. These students find difficulty in communicating with other students and teachers.
ReplyDeleteHere I am going to comment on behalf of students---
ReplyDelete1. Very unfamiliar, not understandable, with small print and the English as used is very high with much of grammar, No pictorial representations--makes the child especially in Primary scared , disinterested, and finally drop out from the school.
Most of the children in my school come from different states and they speak different languages as their mother tongue . Some of the students are of other states which are non-Hindi, non-English. These students find difficulty in communicating with other students and teachers.
ReplyDeleteLanguages are learned in early ages very easily.so it's a good decision to make students comfortable in learning with comprehension They become confident also in mother tongue and with we can sane our cultural values and traditional things alive which give roots to our young ones.
ReplyDeleteAnand
ReplyDeleteIn our school, students speak in their first language that is Hindi. However they use some English language words also but their first response comes in Hindi language and we have to communicate that they have to reply in English language only then they try to communicate in English with some difficulty because they have limited vocabulary. So it takes time to develop vocabulary for communication in English language.
In my class many children speak Assamese as their mother tongue. The main difficulty is that they are learning languages which seems alien to them ie, English and Hindi. Many of them can speak Hindi fluently but they find it difficult to write the matras in Hindi. One girl who has been born and brought up in a totally Assamese community, she is struggling to cope up with the two languages that are taught to her.
ReplyDeleteIn our school, students speak in their first language that is Hindi, OR Marathi.. However they use some English language words also but their first response comes in Hindi and with the help of the facilitator, they do pick up the Queen's language English and also learn to communicate effectively. With strategically designed activities they participate in, and learn joyfully. So it takes time to develop vocabulary for communication in English language.
ReplyDeletesumathi Madhavan
KV KOLIWADA
In our school, students speak in their first language that is Hindi. It is really challenging for them to read the books in different language. They feel difficulty in understanding and communicating with others.
ReplyDeleteIn my school children use their mother tongue almost hindi at home so they feel difficulty to read books in english.
ReplyDeleteChildren belonging to different states of our country .
ReplyDeleteIn our school most of the children are able to understand and speak English but speaking we need to help them.
ReplyDeleteChildren are slow learners, English can be a better language for all the kids to start with, it is an international language and it will prepare them for the future world, initially mother language can be initiated but ultimately one common language for all the children would be a wise decision
ReplyDeleteMany students in my class come from different parts of the country and use local languages at their home. When they come to school, they find the school language strange and face a lot of problems in reading and understanding. For example, they learn to speak in Hindi but are unable to read and write. As English is neither spoken at their home nor by their peer, it becomes too difficult for them to read and comprehend.In this way they have to come across two new languages in school. The lack in coping up affects their confidence and interest to learn. Teachers also face a lot of problems in teaching such children without the support of parents.
ReplyDeleteIn KVS, there are thousands of children who are reading other languages in school does not understand what is being taught. They face a lot of difficulty in understanding text and activities going on in school in primary the gap between this is small but when child move to higher classes s/he face a lot of difficulty in managing with their studies at higher standards
ReplyDeleteMost of the children in my class speak regional language, Telugu. Some children face difficulty in learning English and Hindi
ReplyDeleteMost of the students in my class are from various linguistic backgrounds- Hindi speaking, Bhojpuri, Bihari, Oriya, Assamese, Bengali of two or more dialects, Santhali, Telugu etc. Most of them do not have access to English language in their immediate environment after school hours, but their textbooks of English, Maths and EVS are in English language, so self learning becomes difficult for many of them. Many of the students do not have access to Hindi also, after school hours and this has led to poor performance in the Hindi language uptake. Therefore , it is found that learning takes place very slowly as the students have to plough forward through unfamiliar languages to get to and grasp the concepts of the various topics being taught in the classroom. Their critical thinking and creativity also are hampered due to the unfamiliar language in which they are not very comfortable to express themselves.
ReplyDeleteA lot of students of our school speak Hindi and Haryanvi. They feel easy in Hindi and they face difficulty in English language. They feel difficulty in those subjects where language of instruction is English. Most of time they ask "Kya matlab" or iss question ka matlab samjha do, they wait when will the teacher explain in Hindi.
ReplyDeleteMultilinualclass. Local language is Tamil, mother tongue is Tamil for about 70 % of students. Even otherwise, medium of instruction is Eglish, which is not the mother tongue of anyone.
ReplyDeleteMost of the students in my school are Gujarati with Gujarati as their mother tongue. Ours is an English Medium School with English as the medium of communication and instructions. They have to learn the language to understand instructions but there is no basic course in language.Language is taught alongside instructional teaching and children from non- Gujarati speaking backgrounds find it extremely difficult in the beginning till the time they develop foundational literacy and language skills.
ReplyDeleteChildren belonging to different states of our country .
ReplyDeleteMost of the children in my school come from West Bengal and they speak Bangla language as their mother tongue. Some times they speak in Bangla but i am unable to understand what they want to say then i ask other student who knows Bangla so this type of problem i face in class 2. Some time they talk from other students in Bangla fluently and they laugh they show different pose and gesture but i unable to understand what they want to say. I face same problem from some parents who do not know Hindi or English and they want to talk fluently Bangla.
ReplyDeleteMany students in my class come from different parts of the country and use local languages at their home. When they come to school, they find the school language strange and face a lot of problems in reading and understanding. For example, they learn to speak in Hindi but are unable to read and write. As English is neither spoken at their home nor by their peer, it becomes too difficult for them to read and comprehend.In this way they have to come across two new languages in school. The lack in coping up affects their confidence and interest to learn. Teachers also face a lot of problems in teaching such children without the support of parents.
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