Languages are the part and parcel of our daily life like the other basic needs.It help's in defining a person's identity to a great extent.We try to give expressions to the ideas that we are carrying all the time inside us using a language.An Indian child doesn't study a single language.He is exposed to around three languages at any given time-A regional language,Hindhi and English.So which one of these is his language?Is it the language he interprets his thoughts in or the language that is the medium of his studies?For some reason its not English in most cases.Most of our young children are scared to learn EnglishThe language that was considered to be elitist fifty years back has now become a mantra for survival in the intensely competitive economic and political world..
Today ,English is not just a language.It has become the order of the day.It's d prime vehicle of the world's politics,economics,education ,and so on.Everything in this world today is done and expressed in English Language.India has finally woven up to the call.
Source;Mr Sumeet Gill,Lecturer,Regional Institute of English ,Chandigarh.
