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> Remedy or disease? > > The recent proposal of the Karnataka government to open English medium > sections in 1,000 primary schools has attracted criticism. Primary > Education Minister N Mahesh has highlighted the step as a response to > declining enrolment in government schools. Parents prefer private schools > because they offer instruction in the English medium. Several studies > confirm that parents see English as the language of the Indian elite. > Fluency in English offers more opportunities, including good higher > education and white-collar jobs. Though most schools, including government > schools,offer English as a subject from Class > 1, parents feel that for acquiring adequate competency, English needs to > be the medium of instruction as well. But in most states, government > primary schools provide instruction in the state language, and other Indian > languages spoken in their geographies. The Right to Education Act (RTE), > passed by Parliament in 2009, also requires primary education to be offered > in the home language, “as far as practicable”. > > Language learning > > There is a fair degree of consensus among language experts that every > child is capable of learning more than one language. In many parts of > India, especially urban locations, people can converse in more than one > language. However, language experts also assert that initial learning is > best done using the home language as the medium, since the child being > admitted to Class 1 is invariably competent in the home language. > > Stephen Krashen, an expert in second language learning, suggests three > important principles that are responsible for the success of learning the > home language and which need to be followed for effective learning of other > languages as well. Firstly, an input-rich environment is essential for > language learning. The infant is constantly exposed to her parents’ and > siblings’ speech. Secondly, for formal language learning, the focus should > be on meaningful and comprehensible inputs. Young learners are interested > in learning if it is a meaningful activity for them. Thirdly, language > learning should happen in a stress-free environment. In the case of the > home language, the child is not pressured to speak. > > Once a strong foundation is laid in the home language, learning a second > or third language later is easier as language skills are transferable. Just > as every child is able to learn his or her home language before he or she > goes to school, similarly, he or she should be able to learn second and > third languages in school, including English. Though English is taught as a > subject in most primary schools, this does not seem to be happening. > > The reality is that in most (non-elite) Indian homes, there is little or > no support for English The school, too, is unable to provide an environment > where the child has adequate opportunities to listen to English, as most > teachers do not have proficiency in the language. > > Secondly, there is pre-mature pressure on the learner to write, which is > the most difficult of all the language skills, without adequate exposure to > listening and reading. Examination pressures also affect learning the > language. > > Thirdly, the teaching of languages in many Indian schools follows the > method of memorising content for reproducing in examinations. > The learner has few opportunities to use the content meaningfully to build > communication skills. All three principles of Krashen thus fail in the > Indian school environment. Learning multiple languages is more often due to > peer or mass media influences. > > In such circumstances, making English the medium of instruction can create > a further barrier to learning. Being weak in English would affect abilities > to learn mathematics, science, social science etc., compounding failure in > English. > > Private schools have cashed in on the desire amongst parents for English > medium, as it is lawful for an individual or institution to open a school > and choose the medium of instruction. However, failure of Krashen’s > principles is not limited to government schools. In addition, the pressure > to do well in the examination can be higher in private schools, making > language learning even more difficult. > > Also, when we say ‘private schools’, we are masking a wide stratification. > There is a very small minority of elite affluent schools, where it is > possible that teachers are able and willing to teach English following > Krashen’s principles, which are resource intensive. However, a large number > of private schools are the so-called ‘affordable’ schools, funded mostly > from the meagre fees paid by students coming from lower middle class and > poor families. These schools employ unqualified teachers, pay them poorly > and cannot afford to invest on their professional development. Hence their > teachers are unlikely to have capability to teach English. Thus, ‘English > medium of instruction’ in poor private schools is a tragic deception of > parents. > > By announcing English medium sections in primary schools without investing > adequately in adequate curricular resources, in teacher education to > strengthen teachers’ ability in English and changing their language > teaching methods, the Karnataka government is unwittingly perpetrating a > similar fraud on the children of the poor. > > There are other steps that the government could take to reverse the trend > of declining enrolment in government schools. The ‘public education > rejuvenation campaign’ of the Kerala government has reversed the decline in > admissions to their primary schools. This campaign sought support from > local communities to strengthen schools and focused on improving > infrastructure and academic quality in government schools. > > Karnataka needs to immediately invest significantly, to build teachers > competencies in English language, reform language pedagogy and provide a > resource-rich environment in the schools, complementing textbooks with > audio and visual resources. This will, over time, enable students to learn > English at the primary level. > > The writer is Director, > > *Gurumurthy Kasinathan* > *IT for Change, Bengaluru* > > Read more at: > https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/main-article/remedy-or-disease-683371.html > > -- > ----------- > 1.ವಿಷಯ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರ ವೇದಿಕೆಗೆ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರನ್ನು ಸೇರಿಸಲು ಈ ಅರ್ಜಿಯನ್ನು ತುಂಬಿರಿ. > - > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevqRdFngjbDtOF8YxgeXeL8xF62rdXuLpGJIhK6qzMaJ_Dcw/viewform > 2. ಇಮೇಲ್ ಕಳುಹಿಸುವಾಗ ಗಮನಿಸಬೇಕಾದ ಕೆಲವು ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿಗಳನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಿ. > - > http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/index.php/ವಿಷಯಶಿಕ್ಷಕರವೇದಿಕೆ_ಸದಸ್ಯರ_ಇಮೇಲ್_ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿ > 3. ಐ.ಸಿ.ಟಿ ಸಾಕ್ಷರತೆ ಬಗೆಗೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳಿದ್ದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಪುಟಕ್ಕೆ ಭೇಟಿ > ನೀಡಿ - > http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Portal:ICT_Literacy > 4.ನೀವು ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಬಳಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೀರಾ ? ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ > ತಿಳಿಯಲು - > http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Public_Software > ----------- > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "KannadaSTF - ಕನ್ನಡ ಭಾಷಾ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರ ವೇದಿಕೆ" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- ----------- 1.ವಿಷಯ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರ ವೇದಿಕೆಗೆ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರನ್ನು ಸೇರಿಸಲು ಈ ಅರ್ಜಿಯನ್ನು ತುಂಬಿರಿ. -https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevqRdFngjbDtOF8YxgeXeL8xF62rdXuLpGJIhK6qzMaJ_Dcw/viewform 2. ಇಮೇಲ್ ಕಳುಹಿಸುವಾಗ ಗಮನಿಸಬೇಕಾದ ಕೆಲವು ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿಗಳನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಿ. -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/index.php/ವಿಷಯಶಿಕ್ಷಕರವೇದಿಕೆ_ಸದಸ್ಯರ_ಇಮೇಲ್_ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿ 3. ಐ.ಸಿ.ಟಿ ಸಾಕ್ಷರತೆ ಬಗೆಗೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳಿದ್ದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಪುಟಕ್ಕೆ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಿ - http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Portal:ICT_Literacy 4.ನೀವು ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಬಳಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೀರಾ ? ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ತಿಳಿಯಲು -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Public_Software ----------- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "KannadaSTF - ಕನ್ನಡ ಭಾಷಾ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರ ವೇದಿಕೆ" group. 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