How to avoid teaching English at the expense of our Native Languages? Rabindranath Tagore in his visit to Chennai in 1934 took a firm stand in favour of cultivating regional languages. On May 7, Rabindranath Tagore, had he lived, would have turned 154. Despite earning international acclaim and a Nobel Prize for the English translation of his Bengali poetry in 1913, Tagore was a staunch endorser of regional languages. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/when-the-national-poet-spoke-up-for-tamil/article7178633.ece

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An affinity towards regional languages or one's mother tongues would perpetuate individuals and societies their unique identities along with providing the human culture other ways of perceiving the world, that is unique to those languages.
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While it is absolutely important to cultivate regional languages it wouldn't be unnecessary to develop our English speaking skills especially in today's modernised corporate world. Regional languages are for the government jobs.
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Remember one thing i always tell my students that mother tongue to heart and english for stomach. I think u too agree with me.
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By building pride in our national and regional language by using in our official/professional works apart from daily life. Would require to develop strong back up in education books so that we remain internationally viable professionally..
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To become an expert in English one needs to be an expert in his/her native language.
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Learning depends on one's own will.
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Before you learn any other language, you need to master your mother tongue. Next, love the language that you wish to learn. You do not have to learn one language at the expense of other. You can learn any number of languages once you master your mother tongue. Greater exposure helps you in learning.
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Instill National Pride & understand that English may not be the best language but only the language of opportunity
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