Volume 7 : Issue 1 (2020)

Medium of Instructions: Introspection

India is one of the rapidly developing countries in the world. The society is also wonderfully accepting new challenges and ethos of the new world. Some of our traditions are being wiped out and neo-culture is emerging. Education, too, is also under great influence and one can find some established traditions in classroom teaching. One may call them unnecessary but there are no answers to the excuses the parents have. The medium of instructions is one of the core issues in contemporary society because we find the people away from mother tongue (first language). There is no doubt in saying that the child should be sent to the school where linguistic environment should not be different from native or intimate environment. It is the requirement for the holistic development of the child. The parents and teachers should have better understanding of development of very young individuals. The primary aim of this paper is to discuss some of the facts like, acquisition of first language (mother tongue), growth and development during first five years, primary linguistic environment and a role of language in holistic development of an individual. The paper is written with a view to promote healthy and fruitful discussion about medium of instructions

Medium of Instructions, Acquisition of Language or Language Acquisition, Linguistic Development, Primary Environment, First Language, Second Language, Language

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