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Thursday, February 27, 2014

Dr.N.S.Raghunath, Visiting Professor, Karnatak University, Dharwad



EMPOWERING RURAL STUDENTS WITH COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH


Proficiency in English language is essential in today’s competitive world observed Dr.N.S.Raghunath, the visiting professor at Karnatak University, Dharwad.

Inaugurating one-month free course in ‘Communication Skills’ for rural students organized by the Department of English at Karnatak University Campus which is meant to empower rural students in communication in English. This programme is sanctioned for five years under 12th plan period of the UGC.

Having stayed for 250 years in India, English, he noted, has gained political power. In the recent decades, it has also developed economic power, in the sense it can upset the economy of the nation.  The more we learn English, the more foreign exchange the nation can earn. 

However, he asserted that English has been a killer language as many social linguists have remarked. They seem to say that this language has the power to kill local languages into which it enters. It is now apparent that we can neither give up English nor can we make it a cultural language. We need to handle it carefully but master it nonetheless.
He said that the first language of the child is the right language to receive education in the first ten years of his career and when once the child learns the English language the medium can be changed to English.

He stated that “Since English is not the dominant language of communication in our society; the student cannot find model speakers. Visual media can substitute the shortcoming.  Pronunciation is not learnt through print media anyway.”

He urged the students to watch news-bulletin through television or listen to radio.
Having worked in NCERT for 30 years, the Professor said, “The education system in the State does not have a structured programme to teach language in a scientific way. It is taken for granted that students will learn language.

“The government seems to think that by adopting English as a medium of instruction, students can be taught English which is absolutely wrong and to a great extent it is superstitious”, he added.

Cognitive system develops in the first language. As the American and British researchers have shown the language learning of a baby begins in the mother womb. It not only receives the language but also the local culture of the society as well.

If this research finding is true, the cognitive system develops in the first language which the child learns, and if the medium of instruction is changed at the age of five or six, we might be running the risk of blunting the growth of cognitive system. According to him what Ved Vyas says in the Mahabharat (Abhimanyu Chakravyuhu Pravesh) proves true.

Presiding over the function, the Chairman of the Department of English Dr.Mallikarjun Patil said that English is an international language which we have to learn not only for survival, but also to make our life more meaningful.

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Command over language must for journalists: Dr.Raghunath


Journalists should have command over language as the newspaper or the electronic media which they have worked for would reach crores of readers and viewers opined Dr.Raghunath, visiting Professor, Karnatak University, Dharwad.

He was delivering a special talk on ‘Use of language in mass media’ at a programme organized jointly by Department of Mass Communication and Journalism and the Basavaraj Kattimani Foundation here recently.

Journalism had changed a lot today. Language was the life of the media. Therefore, journalists should have a good command over language and study a lot to have in-depth knowledge about different subjects. He also said, with a concerted effort, anybody could develop a good language.

“Our language reflects our life values and style. Command over language will help get special respect in society. Using language effectively in journalism needs special training and effort,” he said.

“Wrong usage of language, mistakes in spelling and pronunciation was increasing in journalism these days. He gave several examples for this. The media may lose its credibility if it continued to use the language carelessly,” he said.

Saying that correct use of words was most important in journalism, he said, words sounded different meaning in different contexts. Therefore, budding journalists should study grammar and use words sensibly and correctly.

On the occasion, he unveiled a portrait of Basavaraj Kattimani, a great novelist who had also made a name in the field of journalism.
 





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