University B T Evening College COURSE IV UNIT

University B. T. & Evening College COURSE- IV UNIT- II UNDERSTANDING HOME LANGUAGE AND SCHOOL LANGUAGE NAME- ANKITA GHOSH ROLL NO- 04 CLASS- B. ED(1 ST SEM)

INTRODUCT Internal growth of a human being depends on education. proper use of language is very important part in education sector. ON Definition & Nature of Mother Language 1) At Macmillian dictionary Mother tongue is “The learn as a child”. 2) At chambers 21 st main language that you can century dictionary, Mother tongue is “one’s native language”. Mother language is not only the language of communication, it is the language of feeling of human being where the affection touch of mother is felt. Importance of Mother language 1) Social reputation of a child develops by mother language. 2) Mother language helps to improve a persons personality. 3) By using mother language we can improve our intelligence.

Home Language: Home language refers to the mother tongue which a person uses at home and intimate circle. We may use it some specific situation & purposes. Nature of home language: 1)Every child has their own home language which they use to carry in their whole life. 2)If parents carry bilingual language then the child has the probability to carry bilingual language as well.

School language : It refers to the language used in a school settings. it is the standard variety of the dominant language of the state. Nature of School language Generally : 1)School books are written in standard language and this standard language becomes school language of a child. 2) A language which is used by the school teacher that language then it turns into school language of a child. Difference between home and school language is a standard : Early studies on home language tended to concentrate on syntax , and that language of some children was syntactically less complex than that of others.

Some salient point are given below Home languages of children should be the medium of learning in school If a school does not have provisions for teaching in the child home languages at the higher levels, primary school education must still be covered through the home language Teaching in home language is a part of implementation of multiculturalism and multilingualism in the country which has spread to the grassroot level. Etc.

BIBLIOGRAPHY Language across the curriculum , Rita publication , Dr. Malayendu Dinda. Language across the curriculum , Aaheli publishers , Dr. Birbal Saha , Sambhu Majhi. Language across the curriculum , Dr. Piku Chowdhury.