Valuing our multilingual heritage

Geetha Durairajan
In a language rich country like India, forcing children to speak only in English is definitely not the way to go about teaching them the language. Teachers need to have an open mind and understand that English is only one of several langauges in this country.

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Meeting workplace demands

Ramya Chari
English is the language of international trade and if we want our kids to succeed in their careers tomorrow, as teachers we have to ensure that they learn their language right when in school.

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NOT literally speaking

S Sundaram
English is the medium of instruction in most schools in India and despite our children having a decent knowledge of the language, care has to be taken when teaching other subjects through this medium. This article explains how learning mathematics in English can be confusing for children and what we can do to sort this prolem.

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