Course7 Activity 2: Linguistic Situation of My Classroom - 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. Share your Thoughts.
How is the language spoken by the children in your class in their day-to-day lives
ReplyDeleteMost of the parents are eager to have their children learn English quickly. This often prompts them to get their child admitted to an English Medium School. But children find it difficult initially as they use Hindi language with their family and friends.
ReplyDeleteIn order to overcome this problem parents are advised to use English language at home with their child to learn school language more quickly.
Most of the parents are eager to have their children learn English quickly. This often prompts them to get their child admitted to an English Medium School. But children find it difficult initially as they use Hindi language with their family and friends.
ReplyDeleteIn order to overcome this problem parents are advised to use English language at home with their child to learn school language more quickly.Children feel shy sometime to speak on their mother tongue as in English medium school teachers insists them to speak in English.
Most of the students come from near by villages. Some of them are first generation learners. so they find difficult to understand textual language. They feel shy to express them. We conduct different activities, give them opportunities to interact.
ReplyDeleteMostly parents choose an English medium school and the spoken language at home is the mother tongue. The children find it difficult initially but with constant support of parents and teachers, they are able to overcome and start understanding the language better. The children who have joint families and have grandparents staying with them , learn a little later but are more affectionate and supportive. The classroom activities help them to overcome all inhibitions and they are able to express themselves better.
ReplyDeletein india, people feel if someone is fluent in english then only one can get job or considered to be more educated... so from initial stages parents want their children to read and write in that language... no matter what language is used at home or area they live in... so in that case child feel burdened and faces difficulty in learning... even for testing LD psychologists are making efforts to create test in all the languages
ReplyDeleteMost of the parents are eager to have their children learn English quickly. This often prompts them to get their child admitted to an English Medium School. But children find it difficult initially as they use Hindi language with their family and friends.Most of the students come from near by villages. Some of them are first generation learners. so they find difficult to understand textual language. They feel shy to express them. We conduct different activities, give them opportunities to interact.
ReplyDeleteMost of the students come from near by villages. Some of them are first generation learners. so they find difficult to understand textual language. They feel shy to express them. We conduct different activities, give them opportunities to interact.Most of the students come from near by villages.
ReplyDeleteLanguage and communication skills are critical to a child’s development. Good communication makes them better able to engage in socialization as well as learn from formal classroom instruction and the environment around.
DeleteThe classroom language can be Hindi or English depending upon the medium of school, children in India come from different linguistic background with parents back home who only can speak and understand the mother tongue, so if the teacher speaks n explain only in class language, the concept is not delivered to the children completely, and the parents back home are also unable to help them, this leads to Reluctance towards school and learning
ReplyDeleteIn our school, children come from diverse backgrounds. These children are from different states and with vivid cultures. Teachers make use of Hindi and English to reach out with their class. Children were involved in different language activities which included conversation, talks, reading stories, dramatization, etc. to promote the active participation of each child. These languages are the same which they are exposed to and found in their textbooks. For example, outings - visit to market - talk after visit, observe, write the anecdotes and read the writeup in the form of a story and later take such stories or lessons from the textbook. Children create their own story with pictures, posters, short booklets, templates, etc.
ReplyDeleteThe language spoken by the children in may class are different as they are from different states. But the language used in the school are English and Hindi. As our school is located in a colony children are mostly exposed to the Hindi language before they come to school. The common medium of communication is mostly Hindi hence making it convenient for the teachers to communicate with the young ones. Some of the children who do not speak Hindi at all at home initially finds it difficult to understand the language spoken by the teachers but gradually they learn to understand and speak. so we take a lot of speaking exercises in the circle time, story telling session, object talk, picture talk etc. and make the children feel comfortable in using their mother tongue also,
ReplyDeleteDefinitely I most of the cases around 50% students in a class come from the background where the language spoken at home is totally different from that of school and given in the textbook.Xo,they find it very difficult to express their thoughts and imagination,hence they remain quite other may disturb the class.
ReplyDeleteLet's take an example of hindi and English language only,my school is an English medium school so our way to communicate concepts is also english but around 25% students they don't understand the concept clearly because they are more comfortable in hindi as this is their dominating language .So,either their thinking ability deprives or they remain quite,hence it affects their result and further they face problems.
In our school children come from different backgrounds.Most of them are completely comfortable with their mother tongue but on the other hand there are some students also who adapt and adjust their language according to the environment they are in. I noticed some of the students conversations they use different kinds of words to speak which they use to speak at home. Even though I noticed their tone of speaking bit different and I never stopped them to express their thoughts and views in their comfortable tone or language. I think when a child speaks to his/her teacher, it's the teacher only who let the child free to speak even though they are speaking in English or not. The boundaries of speaking in particular languages make students hesitate to express anything.
ReplyDeleteAs a medium of instruction, in our school we use English and Hindi. The students whom I deal with on a daily basis are from diverse background, different states and with various vernacular languages. These kids before entering in school are generally found to communicate in Hindi. many of them are still found struggling with understanding of the concept taught In English. The kids who do not even use Hindi in home, finds it more difficult to cope up with and to make friends. Those who gets enough support from their parents and home start to do better but this is not the case in every household. So there are kids left behind. In the class, the child needs to be allowed to express his/her thoughts in Hindi at least.
ReplyDeleteMost of the students come from near by villages. Some of them are first generation learners. so they find difficult to understand textual language.
ReplyDeletethe child needs to be allowed to express his/her thoughts in Hindi at least.
people think that children fluent in english can get job or considered to be more educated... so from initial stages parents want their children to read and write in that language.. parents feel proud if their child can speak English. so in that case child feel burdened and faces difficulty in learning... And are under pressure
ReplyDeleteMost parents choose an English medium school for their child , but the spoken language at home is the mother tongue. though initially they find it difficult to understand, they slowly pick up the pace and understands more. Family members are a great support to them Teacher plays an important role to deal with such situations.
ReplyDeleteEvery children came from different places. They have their own mother tongue to speak but english is the common language for the children to speak in schools and classrooms. Initially children struggle to speak in english but later on they can develop and speak good english. Teachers will help students in all ways.
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