Paper Title
Language Shift and Language Problems among Tribal and Non-Tribal Senior Secondary Level Students of Himachal Pradesh: A Comparative Study
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Scheduled Tribes, Non-tribal, Tribal Notified Areas, Hard Geographical Areas, Nomads tribal, Senior Secondary level Students
Abstract
The present study investigated the language shift and language problems that were faced by scheduled tribal communities and Non-tribal communities of Himachal Pradesh within the tribal notified areas of Himachal Pradesh. There are 654 tribal communities live in India out of them 10 belong to Himachal Pradesh and all are marginalized in terms of living conditions due to hard geographical areas, economic, social, cultural, education and political. Due to hard living conditions in the hills they move in winter towards lower areas, that‘s way they are called as nomads tribal communities but this shifting also leads them towards migration and cultural shifting. The present study was an empirical research investigation based on the 600 senior secondary level students of Scheduled Tribal and non-tribal communities living and studying in tribal notified areas. They were selected by purposive sampling technique. Present study developed a map to show language related problems and its associated factors of tribal and non tribes. Some major issues discussed in the study are as follows-1. Competency of teacher in tribal language. 2. Language related problems in the classroom. 3. Problems in understanding the content taught in Hindi or English. 4. Most use of language by teachers. Along with these issues researcher also focused on Educational problem, Medium of Instruction, Lack of resources, Lack of Tribal teacher, Lack of higher education institution in tribal language. Further this study attempted to focus on solving such language related issues in the tribal areas among the students of all communities and on the basis of interviews conducted researcher tried to develop a tribal language and culture saving approach with the help of education.
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Dr. Sanjay Kumar (February-2022). Language Shift and Language Problems among Tribal and Non-Tribal Senior Secondary Level Students of Himachal Pradesh: A Comparative Study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 7(2), 247-259. https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2202034.pdf
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Volume 7 Issue 2, February-2022
Pages : 247-259
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Paper Reg. ID: IJNRD_180522
Published Paper Id: IJNRD2202034
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Research Area: Other
Author Type: Indian Author
Country: Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh, India
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