OBJECTIVE-

To learn about Importance of mother language

by drawing conclusion from a survey.

Material Required-
NCERT Flamingo book class XII, Google
forms, Youtube
Action Plan-
The entire project has been fulfilled following
different steps and consultations with teachers,
experts and peers and with reference to print
and visual media. The project aims at achieving a
clear understanding of the present scenario of
diminishing the importance of mother tongue in
our life. For the project, I read and critically
evaluated our lesson "The Last Lesson" and
took out the theme of "Mother Language". I
made a questionnaire using google form, and
sent it to my friends and family through
WhatsApp and Instagram, and collected their
opinions about the topic. Along with that, I have
acquired a good proficiency in general English
speaking and methods of interacting with
people. For the project, I carried out several
researches especially the Education Policy of
India that suggests the importance of mother
tongue learning and communication to know
about the steps we have to take to protect our
own regional language. Then I analysed the data
collected from the questionnaire and came up
to a conclusion.
• To suffice human's social need for more
effective communication the language was
created. The extremely complex or versatile
code, i.e. language, is used to express our
thoughts and experiences to other people. This
makes language a natural phenomenon that is
learnt by a human at an early age for the
desire to express themselves to others. The
mother language is an essential aspect in one's
upbringing as it shapes the way they perceive
the world and the way one expresses
themselves to others. Babies tend to imitate
what they see or hear. Infants are fast
learners as they acquire their mother
language by imitating their parents. It is easier
for children to learn languages in their
growing years than in comparison to adults
learning a new language. Having a strong grip
on one's mother language also helps in
creating a strong foundation for learning
additional languages. Children are capable of
learning languages other than their native
language while they are young by transferring
the different structure of a language to other
languages. If a child learns the grammar of
their mother language well, then they will be
able to guess the meaning of the words in
different languages easily.
• Since people from different regions have varying
mother languuages, that is why many institutions
and parents teach a second language to children
so that they can communicate with more people,
without any language barriers. A person might be
able to converse in multiple languages, but if
they are spoken to in their mother language, then
a sense of familiarity prevails over them.One's
mother language is a very potent tool that helps
in advancing the learning skill in people.
Children develop the skill of communication by
conversing with their parents in their native
language. And this skill of communication
becomes paramount in school or institutional
level setting for participating in class. Learning
in school plays an important role in accentuating
the use of mother language. Similarly, when
parents spend time communicating in the native
language for discussing matters and telling
stories to children, it helps in developing their
terminology and concepts. Thus, children are
able to follow instructions and can learn
effortlessly ,resulting in educational success.
• The native language starts shaping a
person's thoughts and emotions soon
after they are born in their subconscious
because a person first hears it in their
womb. The personal and cultural identity
of an individual is developed because of
their mother language. By GUCH
understanding oneself, their
surroundings and their history, personal
identity can be built. It is sad to see that
mother language is losing its importance
incomparison to some popularly used
languages like English. Since in education
as well as international business, English
is used, that is why people are more
encouraged to learn it because of the
existing competition. However, the mother
language remains an inseparable part of
one's existence as it is said to be one's true
vehicle of wit. To preserve the cultural
fabric, people must always strive to
preserve their mother
language at any cost.
 The Last Lesson-
• The story "The Last Lesson" converses the
theme of mother language. Here the
French language of the people of Alsace
and Lorraine was forcefully taken away
by the conquerors, the Germans and
enforced their language, German on them.
So the lesson discusses the importance
and value of mother language to the
citizens of a country.The lesson raises
many questions about one's language,
culture and individual freedoms. We can
hear silent protests and attempts of
repressions through out the story against
the hijacking of their mother language
and imposing a foreign language to them.
The Prussians in the story have declared
through the order from Berlin that their
whole purpose was not only to rule the
territory but also to reign over the mind
of the people by imposing their language
on them. The story enforces the fact that
we value something more when we lose it.
That is what we see here with the people
of Alsace and Lorraine. They assembled in
the last class of M. Hamel to pay
tribute to their language which is no more
theirs.
 Present scenario
in our life-
• The present situation existing around us is
something like what has been discussed in
the story. The mother tongue of ours is
getting forgotten even at the primary
stage of our education then no need of
thinking about the higher education
sectors. Even though human brain is
capable of learning multiple languages,
our educational system ignores to extend
the due respect to our own mother
tongues.through educational medium,
technology, science, commerce and
globalisation started overpowering us
even in our domestic situations. I fear one
day it will thrash our mother tongue so
the need of the hour is it should be
protected anmong ourselves because it is
part of our culture and parcel of our life.
QUESTIONNAIRE-
REPORT ON QUESTIONNARE-
 INFERENCE-
• As per the opinions of different people, I have
inferred and noted some points as follows:-
• As per question 2, 3 and 4, we can see that 54%
of the people want to speak their mother
language, but with family, 64% people always
and 23 percent most of the time speak in their
mother language, showing that families
support speaking of mother language. On the
other hand, only 10% people speak their
mother language in their offices/schools/etc.
showing that English has overtaken all other
languages as a world formal language. We
also see that 18% never and 13% occasionally
speak their mother language in the
professional space, which is a great concern.
After further research, I found that these 31%
people are mostly children and teenagers,
which shows that the current older
generations still have affection for their
mother language, whereas the present
generation is shifting more towards English.
• • The above inference shows that there is huge
amount of societal pressure on us to show
ourselves as good than we actually are in
front of the society. And, from question 8, we
get that 44% of people face societal pressure,
because of which they have to speak English,
even if they wish to speak their mother
language. Due to this, many of us cannot
express ourselves properly and cannot be
ourselves. Question 5 shows that most of us
are not inferior to converse in their mother
language, but 18% do, rather we should be
proud of speaking our mother language even
on international television, to which 82% of
people agrees to as per question 6.
CONCLUSION-
• In conclusion, I observed that it
is too late that we take certain
fruitful steps to protect our
own mother languages. For that
wehave to protect our own
mother language from now. For
that we have to take certain
steps like the suggestions in the
NΕΡ 2020 compulsory primary
education in one's mother
language, providing even
complex science and
technological texts in one's own
language. People should not be
inferior to converse in their
mother language, our mother
language is our pride.
 STUDENT
REFLECTIONS

• • WHAT HAPPENED : For the project I read

the story and it's critical analysis, and
interviewed some of my friends & family and
asked about the various opinions about
mother language and I inferred all of the
results.

• • SO WHAT : This help me to understand the

theme of the story and can correlate it
with real life situations. It also provides me
with opportunity to interact in target
language with peers. This type of exposure
will enrich our listening and speaking
ability.AND

• •NOW WHAT : I prepared a detailed report

of the study and findings and get ready in
record for a viva.
 Application and Future
Scope-
• From all this data, we can conclude that
people have different opinions when
asked about their mother language. Most
of them love their mother language, some
of them doesn't. Some of them fear that
their mother language is not being
respected to the extent it should be, and
it is important to conserve mother
language. Some steps can be taken to
preserve our mother language; teaching
and learning in mother language, using
digital and social media outlets in mother
language and insisting on speaking our
mother language.This data can be utilized
to know about the opinion of people on
mother language in a country, and take
certain steps to preserve it.
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