Methods to reduce Mother Tongue Interference (M T I ) in the classroom Introduction: The importance of English language acquisition as a stepping-stone for proficiency in school subjects cannot be over emphasized. The knowledge of English is important both for educational‚ national and economic development of a country. English is the official language of administration and commerce and also a major language of science. It should be further highlighted at the need for improving the quality of spoken
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Title : The poor English communication among students in high education Today‚ the problem of vulnerability to master English more serious among students regardless of primary‚ secondary or university level. More worrisome‚ the problem spread among students in the high level education. Let us think about why this problem occurs. Firstly‚ students seldom practice what they have learned English. The amounts of students reading a material in English is too less. They did not take cognizance of current
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Res. J. Educational Sci. English and Medium of Instruction: Dalit Discourse in Indian Education Dhanaraju Vulli Department of History‚ Assam University (Central University)‚ Diphu Campus‚ Assam‚ INDIA Available online at: www.isca.in‚ www.isca.me Received 8th April 2014‚ revised 18th April 2014‚ accepted 30th April 2014 Abstract There are two types of school system India in the issue of medium of instruction i.e the regional language system and the English language system. There is a
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refer to mother tongue ‘influence’ on English‚ as mother tongue ‘influenza’ and have a good laugh at others’ expense. Of all the influences‚ the mother tongue influence is the most difficult to get rid of‚ or so we believe! In my Verbal Ability sessions‚ I invariably come across people who carry around an inferiority complex‚ just because they speak English with a mother tongue influence. When I tell them that I come from a vernacular medium school and couldn’t converse in English even while
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People speak English differently‚ some are fluent‚ while others have difficulties expressing their emotions or explaining their view on something. People communicate with each other differently depending on the situation‚ changing their register and using abbreviations to create sentences for people to understand better. In relation‚ to being unable to perform a standard form of English‚ as displayed in Amy Tan’s Mother Tongue and Robyn Kina’s case‚ both characters are not able to communicate and
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Rhealyn G. Lim‚ Rolly L. Daluyen‚ Zaldy T. Dackias‚ Ana Leah L. ABSTRACT The study aims to know how the different elementary schools in La Trinidad on the implementation of Mother Tongue Based Multilingual Education Program and if the students perform higher on the assessment after the implementation of Mother Tongue Based-Multi Lingual Education (MTBMLE)‚ compared to the Old Curriculum. The MTBMLE is now on its two years of its implementation. As conceptualized by the Department of Education
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Mother tongue means it is the language first learned by a child or one’s native language rather a parent language and passed from one generation to the next. It is the language community of the mother tongue‚ the language spoken in a region‚ which enables the process of acculturation‚ the growing of an individual into a particular system of linguistic perception of the world and participation in the centuries old history of linguistic production. As a student my big perception of this is it’s a big
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identity. The narrative “Mother Tongue” depicts the variations of the English language‚ and the nature of talk. Amy Tan also shares the story of her mother’s “broken” English and how this limited her perception of hers mother’s communication with others. Language can be developed both through environment‚ and one’s personal experiences. The power of language is essential in the way we express and communicate with one another. We all grow up surrounded by different forms of English speaking‚ which is due
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Mother Tongue The essay I want to write on is Mother Tongue‚ which is written by Amy Tan. This article recalls me some adversities when the first few days I came to the United States. Amy is an ethnic Chinese writer who was born and living in United States. She was faced with language problem during her life. In this essay‚ Amy Tan talks about her mother’s broken grammar and the dialogue in English without grammar between her mother and her. But when Amy talks with other people‚ gives a speech‚
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Summary of “Mother Tongue” In the book‚ “Mother Tongue”‚ Amy Tan asserts that language is a tool of communication. Tan herself speak two kinds of English‚ standard English and broken English. She realizes that she always speak in perfect English‚ the standard English‚ when she gives a speech‚ when she is giving a speech which her mother attends. However‚ when she talks to her mother‚ she changes her language into a limited English‚ broken English‚ without any transfer. This is because the language
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