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If you could change one thing in Indian Education, what would it be?
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<blockquote data-quote="blr_p" data-source="post: 2501740" data-attributes="member: 10952"><p>Ones that you can use for sure. I remember a sign in my careers advice office. </p><p></p><p><em>Speak one language and you cut your job prospects by half</em></p><p></p><p></p><p>Language nationalism. </p><p></p><p>Down south, in the absence of english, language is used as a barrier. It keeps those that can't speak the language out and those that can only speak the language in. </p><p></p><p>English is the liberator that opens more doors than any other and necessary at higher levels. English isn't seen as a threat to local languages the way hindi was. In any case I think of English as an Indian language these days. If the Brits can appropriate curry for their national dish I think we can return the favour. </p><p></p><p>With the Internet being able to understand more people helps but it takes effort. </p><p></p><p>What Nehru couldn't pull off (imposing hindi in the south) was done by bollywood and cricket. </p><p></p><p>If you ask me the biggest trouble I had with languages was the lack of conversation classes. It was only reading and writing with no emphasis on speaking. Down south if you aren't conversing in hindi at home it becomes an academic exercise or burden as [USER=12933]@TEUser2K1[/USER] put it just to get past exams with no retention which was the goal of studying the language in the first place</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blr_p, post: 2501740, member: 10952"] Ones that you can use for sure. I remember a sign in my careers advice office. [I]Speak one language and you cut your job prospects by half[/I] Language nationalism. Down south, in the absence of english, language is used as a barrier. It keeps those that can't speak the language out and those that can only speak the language in. English is the liberator that opens more doors than any other and necessary at higher levels. English isn't seen as a threat to local languages the way hindi was. In any case I think of English as an Indian language these days. If the Brits can appropriate curry for their national dish I think we can return the favour. With the Internet being able to understand more people helps but it takes effort. What Nehru couldn't pull off (imposing hindi in the south) was done by bollywood and cricket. If you ask me the biggest trouble I had with languages was the lack of conversation classes. It was only reading and writing with no emphasis on speaking. Down south if you aren't conversing in hindi at home it becomes an academic exercise or burden as [USER=12933]@TEUser2K1[/USER] put it just to get past exams with no retention which was the goal of studying the language in the first place [/QUOTE]
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