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Bihar
is a land of talents. After staying 12 years
outside Bihar, I have realised that students in
Bihar are quite talented compared to their
counterparts in other states of the Country.
However, there are some areas in which Bihari
students need to improve. One such area is
communication skill. It is not that we are poor
in speaking English only, even we are not good
communicators in Hindi which is the official
language of the state. As a result of this,
Bihari students have to suffer when they move
out of the state. Though there are some good
schools and colleges in Bihar imparting good
education in languages, it's the prevailing
social atmosphere that corrupts language. In the
era of globalisation, language is going to be a
very significant factor for growth. If one has
to communicate with outside world, English
becomes a very handy tool. This does not mean
that countries or states which use their own
languages become backward but language certainly
becomes a hurdle.
I strongly feel that there is an immediate need
to generate employment opportunities in Bihar in
the areas of BPOs and back office processing.
Considering the fact that Bihar has cheap labour
available in abundance, the government of Bihar
can put efforts to create such job opportunities
in Bihar. For this, apart from good
infrastructure, we would require people who have
good command over the language, i.e., English.
If any transformation has to happen in Bihar,
cities have to be harbinger for the same. Rural
development, no doubt, is critical for growth of
Bihar, but government can start with the idea of
transforming a city like Patna and bring it at
par with other grown and developed cities of
India.
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Mr.
Sharma has very aptly come to a
sound conclusion that Bihari
students can use the Language tool
to enunciate their talents.
The key to this issue is well
trained teachers, who are trained to
teach in Phonics rather than what is
seen and read phonetically.
I have come across real good writers
from Bihar who can put any BBC news
writer to shame by their impeccable
writing skills but when it comes to
speech then there is wide gap.
In our school we speak the same what
our teachers speak and pronounce the
words same like our teachers.
Take for example the word "oiling"
many people still pronounce it "waayling"
now this is learnt from the person
who is teaching you or when you hear
something and take it that it sounds
the same.
In fact, we learn more in detail
than anyone else in the world , take
a look at the syllabus there are all
the things which can make one an
academician , our education system
is based on depth but one must know
that everyone cannot become an
expert therefore, learning must be
based on capability and right for a
person to choose his career.
There are scores of pages to be
written , but I would sign off by
saying that linguistic approach is
what is needed to nurture our
talents further and it is a tall
order. - Sanjay - Mar. 8, 2006 |
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