It tells how home language affects FL. What should be done by a teacher to tackle this problem? Culturally responsive pedagogy in FL classroom.

1. HOME LANGUAGE
V/S
SCHOOL LANGUAGE
How it affects Foreign Language
Learning
By Hathib k.k.

2. Home Language V/s School
Language
The Language
used at home is
different from that
of school or such
official institutions
with its most
colloquial smell
The language used at
school is highly
standard or teacher
centred one where
students home
language gets no
regard

3. And the school is
A place where
students from
diversified culture and
social backgrounds
get together who use
different dialects and
idiolects at home.

4. And the Teachers
Often use the
highly
standard or
lofty language
inside the
classroom
which always
make the
students
struggle.

5. How Does Affect FL or SL
Learning
Important: Though an FL or
SL is to be taught by using
the target language itself,
explaining the usage of
some grammatical items by
exemplifying the situations in
the mother tongue of the
student is inevitable. Eg.
Usage of ‘has’ , ‘have’ and
‘had’.

6. So What
Should be
Done by a
Teacher to
Tackle Such a
Situation ?

7. 1.Using Culturally Responsive
Pedagogy
 The teacher should accept
a pedagogy which gives
due regard to the culture
and dialects of different
students from different
social and cultural back
grounds.

8. 2.Getting basic words of different dialects used by the different
students
 The teacher should work
hard for learning the most
commonly used words and
usages of different dialects
used by different students
of his classroom.

9. 3. Visiting the homes of students
 The teacher should find
time for visiting the homes
of different students so that
to get the cultural
backgrounds and rituals of
different students

10. 4. Reading books on Local
Idioms
 The teacher should not
show any hesitation to get
such books and to read
them so that he can make
his class more live and
dynamic.

11. 5. Giving Opportunity for
Speaking
 The teacher should give
opportunity to different
students from different
cultural backgrounds
without showing partiality.

12. 5. No Insulting on Dialects
 The teacher should never
ridicule any student on the
basis of his usage of
colloquial words or
pronunciation.

13. Hathib KK
Asst. Professor of education
Keyi Sahib Training College
Taliparamba, Kannur, Kerala
India
http://philohathib.yolasite.com/
Thank
You