Mother tongue vs alien tongue......

[zuhaib ahmed]

Every nation develops with own language. And, those nations are destroyed which do not have their own tongue. If we peep into pages of history, we'll see those nations had developed which had utilized own language.

First were Greeks who had developed with own tongue.
Then, Arabs developed having translated world's knowledge into Arabic. And, then any nation which translated world's knowledge into his own tongue, it developed.

But today, Our All courses are in English Language, how would we develop?

We do get first positions but do not develop well. Because, most of our students are good crammer.

Neurologists say, if child is given fundamental education through his mother tongue, he can develop a lot but if he is given basic knowledge through alien language, he won't develop as compared to mother-language.

We have not come to cover English language and Chinese is going to be made compulsory. How would our child study? School bag is heaver than the student.

We have been just good crammer, our all books should be translated into mother tongue, otherwise, a nation which consumes his mother tongue, consumes itself.

I have written in English.

[tknw01]

The renaissance of Europe couldn't have been possible if they had thought the same way. Taking pride in one's mother tongue is obviously a good thing but not at the cost of withdrawal from the trend of the day. Development of a nation always precedes the recognition of their language for that matter.

[junaidd]

I believe that all the children of Pakistan should receive their primary education in their respective mother tongues. Many children learn Urdu in school and for them to grasp basic concepts in that alien tongue is difficult. It would be much easier for them to fully develop their ideas if they're taught in their native language.

Of course, other languages can be taught in middle school and so on.

Unfortunately, the native languages of more than around 80% of Pakistanis have no official recognition whatsoever.

The Khyber-Pukhtunkhwa government has launched a program whereby students at the primary level would be taught in their native languages (Pushto, Hazara, Seraiki) but I don't know to what extent it has been implemented. I know that the new books were approved and published.

[zuhaib ahmed]

Originally Posted by tknw01

The renaissance of Europe couldn't have been possible if they had thought the same way. Taking pride in one's mother tongue is obviously a good thing but not at the cost of withdrawal from the trend of the day. Development of a nation always precedes the recognition of their language for that matter.

And, you know, the great poet of Sindh, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittae had written his poetry book into Sindhi language. Though, At the time of Shah Bhittae persian was at its peaks as English is today but having known Persian well, Shah Bhitae had loved to write in Sindhi Language.
And, we are going far away from our mother tongues..... And any nation which destroys his language destroys itself.

Originally Posted by junaidd

I believe that all the children of Pakistan should receive their primary education in their respective mother tongues. Many children learn Urdu in school and for them to grasp basic concepts in that alien tongue is difficult. It would be much easier for them to fully develop their ideas if they're taught in their native language.

Of course, other languages can be taught in middle school and so on.

Unfortunately, the native languages of more than around 80% of Pakistanis have no official recognition whatsoever.

The Khyber-Pukhtunkhwa government has launched a program whereby students at the primary level would be taught in their native languages (Pushto, Hazara, Seraiki) but I don't know to what extent it has been implemented. I know that the new books were approved and published.

Yes, they should receive their primary education in their respective mother tongues but it is not being implemented. School boy's bag is much heavier than his own weight....... Ting Tong

[tknw01]

Originally Posted by zuhaib ahmed

And, you know, the great poet of Sindh, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittae had written his poetry book into Sindhi language. Though, At the time of Shah Bhittae persian was at its peaks as English is today but having known Persian well, Shah Bhitae had loved to write in Sindhi Language.
And, we are going far away from our mother tongues..... And any nation which destroys his language destroys itself.

Why do you have to equate the learning of any other language to "destruction" of one's own? Although he chose his beloved mother tongue to express his ideas, the mere fact that Shah sb. knew Persian at the time says it all. Its a fact that modern knowledge always flows by means of the medium used by advanced nations of the time & all I'm saying is that one should keep abreast of that development. As far as the translation aspect goes, I remember the experiments of our text board in that regard. The inscription of daqeeq Urdu words (for purely scientific phenomena - like amplifier named aala e mukabbar e sout falana timkana) turned out to be something that was way over the top and by all means a failure. I mean why not teach our kids the damn thing? The blueprint of doing that can obviously be worked out according to the needs of our educational system.

[zuhaib ahmed]

Originally Posted by tknw01

Why do you have to equate the learning of any other language to "destruction" of one's own? Although he chose his beloved mother tongue to express his ideas, the mere fact that Shah sb. knew Persian at the time says it all. Its a fact that modern knowledge always flows by means of the medium used by advanced nations of the time & all I'm saying is that one should keep abreast of that development. As far as the translation aspect goes, I remember the experiments of our text board in that regard. The inscription of daqeeq Urdu words (for purely scientific phenomena - like amplifier named aala e mukabbar e sout falana timkana) turned out to be something that was way over the top and by all means a failure. I mean why not teach our kids the damn thing? The blueprint of doing that can obviously be worked out according to the needs of our educational system.

Ibne Khaldoon says, "Any nation which does not have own culture they are destroyed."
And Language is a back-bone of culture.
I don't say that one should not learn other languages but the very fundamental knowledge should be provided through mother tongue.
Most of students do not know the English well and they just cram the courses in middle classes and when they reach in Ninth to Intermediate, they jump into the well of copy culture.

The desire to fly and a fear to fall

A desire they will go through university and Fear, they don't know anything.