Course 7 Activity 1: Share Your Reflection
According to the World Bank, 37% of children in the world are forced to read and write in a language which they neither speak nor understand. What kind of challenges these children must be facing? Share your reflection.
According to the World Bank, 37% of children in the world
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DeleteThe challenges that the learners must be facing at that time is that they won't be able to understand and take instructions properly. As if a non swimmer has been thrown in the
Deletepool and asked to do swimming without proper knowledge.
37% of the children who don't understand the language in which they are taught the foundational courses find it extremely difficult to understand them, assimilate and use them as they have not understood it correctly. Whether it's language or numeracy, it can be applied only when it's understood.
ReplyDeleteThese students might be finding it really difficult in the later years of education or might be dropping out from schools.
Comprehending what is being taught is very essential and use of local language will aid massively in the teaching learning process.
ReplyDeleteUnderstanding of a language is the basic stepping stone in the teaching learning process. If a child is taught in a language which is not understood by him/ her then how can we expect to attain FLN objectives. So, it is important to use the mother tongue as a part of teaching.
ReplyDelete7% of the children who don't understand the language in which they are taught the foundational courses find it extremely difficult to understand them, assimilate and use them as they have not understood it correctly. Whether it's language or numeracy, it can be applied only when it's understood.
ReplyDeleteThese students might be finding it really difficult in the later years of education or might be dropping out from schools.
If these students do not understand the language in which they are taught, they will not understand the concept of the subject. And if they do not understand the concept, they will go for rote memorization.
ReplyDeleteThey will remain uneducated even after going to school. So it is important that they understand the language in which they are taught.
Children learn more and are more likely to stay in school if they are first taught in a language that they speak and understand.
ReplyDeleteThese children will not be able to participate properly in class. Their self confidence will be going down. Students should have the facility to teach them in their language because teaching them in language which they do not know will be of no use, concepts will not be clear to them and later they will struggle in their whole life so no use of such education where children did not understand concepts properly.
ReplyDeleteThese children will face many difficulties such as poor grades, inability to understand what is being taught, inability to communicate effectively, being scolded or mistreated for no fault of theirs and so on.
ReplyDeleteThese children will not be able to participate properly in class. Their self confidence will be going down. Students should have the facility to teach them in their language because teaching them in language which they do not know will be of no use, concepts will not be clear to them and later they will struggle in their whole life so no use of such education where children did not understand concepts properly.
ReplyDeleteYes these children lack self confidence and won'tbe able to interact with others due to language problem.They need special attention and motivate them to learn the language in an interesting way.
ReplyDeleteChildren are in constant use of mother tongue from the day they are born. It's the language in which they feel confident and happy and are able to express themselves .
ReplyDeleteWhen they reach school and find an entirely new language which they have never heard becomes a shock of their life. Though with time they try to learn it but face following challenges:
1. They are afraid of their surroundings, the lack of knowing the language leaves them vulnerable to communicate, to express themselves and to feel safe. This fear can cause significant emotional stress and may interfere with lthe lifelong learning process.
Children will be afraid to raise their queries as they might think its their fault that they are not understanding.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the effort taken to understand simple concept is doubled in such scenario leading to stress and self doubt in children at such a young age.
Many children are facing this issue. Which causes lack of self confidence, fear of study and poor performance in exams.
ReplyDeleteThe learners become less confident and do not pay attention in the class as they are not able to understand.
ReplyDeleteThese children will not be able to participate properly in class. Their self confidence will be going down. Students should have the facility to teach them in their language because teaching them in language which they do not know will be of no use, concepts will not be clear to them such education is of no use where children did not understand concepts properly.
ReplyDeleteIf these students do not understand the language in which they are taught, they will not understand the concept of the subject. And if they do not understand the concept, they will go for rote memorization.
DeleteThey will remain uneducated even after going to school. So it is important that they understand the language in which they are taught.
When children who could not access basic learning of any language and are compelled to read and write in it , initially may try to grapple to move with the flow ,but if they do not get proper guidance ..may lose focus and interest and thereby lead to dropping out of school
ReplyDeleteChildren have to be given confidence. Nothing is impossible.
ReplyDelete37percent of worlds school children are taught in the language they do not speak at home and which they don't use and understand well this creates failure right from the primary school. World bank points out that when students are taught in the language they speak they understand well and learn to read better and faster. Challenges they face is limited experience with books, do not have proper guidance , lack of understanding ect.
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ReplyDeletechildren are not able to enjoy the class and not able to understand the concepts. Might be there will be negative thinking for school and teachers. developing furious feeling, inferiority complex and many more. Teaching concepts in mother tongue will help them to better understand the concepts, so that they learnt joyfully and enjoy schooling.
ReplyDeleteThe challenges that they may face are:
ReplyDelete1. They cannot relate to the language, so they have no interest in learning.
2. fear of speaking with steangers.
3.Lack of practice opportunities
4. Lack of motivation
If the the students are taught in a language which is not familiar to them then the efforts made by the teacher will prove nothing.So during explanation, the teacher should use mother language also .
ReplyDeleteGetting the grasp of the language and texts gets hard for children and leads to no motivation among them.
ReplyDeleteTakes more time for them to comprehend and they cannot express themselves clearly
ReplyDeleteChildren lack confidence and will not be able to express their feelings.
ReplyDeleteChildren will not be able to communicate , ask doubts and queries if they are asked to speak only in languages which are not familiar to them
ReplyDeleteThese children are facing linguistic problem which hinders their education
ReplyDeleteAny language other than the mother tongue is a second language to the child. We live in a mixed population as a community and need to interact to everyone. Whereas, we deem it essential to communicate for our basic needs in a foreign place, the same may not be the case for the children as their basic needs are met with (by the parents and care- givers)and it is only out of the interest in their minds, learning can happen.
ReplyDeleteIn a 'learning mind' as is the case of the child, it is only the interest that needs to be created to acquire learning. If parents and care givers could elicit that interest, the child flourishes in communication in the order of LSRW.
If a child is in the pursuit of the language which it cannot read, then comprehension and communication won't be happening taking toll on the failure to acquire the necessary literacy skill thereby, reading and writing would not happen.
Hence, language acquisition is important for the fundamental learning and foundational knowledge. Either multilingualism should be brought in aiming at the welfare of the child or language acquisition must hppen aided by people around the child to facilitate progress as every child has the right to learn and everyone involved in inculcating learning owes the morale responsibility in imparting learning to the child!
Understanding concepts of various subjects becomes difficult if the students don't understand the medium of the instructional language. This breaks the child's confidence at times. many students resort to rote learning due to this reason.
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