Role of English in India

1. Role of English in India
 Name : Mori Utsavi Bharatbhai
 Roll No. : 33
 Paper No. : 12
 Enrollment No. : 2069108420180037
 M.A.Sem-3
 Year : 2017-2018
 Email id : utsavibarajput18@gmail.com
 Submitted to : English Department of
Bhavnagar University.

2. English in India
 English language is Global Language.
 English is not our mother tongue. It’s
language of England.
 English is necessary thing because each and
every field requires English language.
 English is language of power.
 To survive in this modern era it is necessary to
require basic knowledge of English language.

3. Importance of English Language
 English is the Language
of Education.
 English is the Language
of information &
technology.
 English is the language
of communication.
 For example : Prime
minister has to
communicate in English
language rather than
Hindi or Gujarati.

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 English is the language
of Science &
Technology.
 English is the language
of Advertisement &
Marketing.
 English is a part of our
every day life.

5. English speaking is important
in India

6. Multiple Language in India
 Every state require it’s own Language.
 It’s difficult to learn all the languages of India.
 So, it’s important to learn English language to
communicating with others.

7. Multiculturalism in India
 India is multicultural country.There are so many
states, each states has it’s own culture, religion,
language, tradition, literature, etc.
 With the help of English language we can
understand other culture.

8. Role of English in India
 After 1947 institutions and instruments were
retained in India.
 A new national symbolized the emergency.
 It symbolized pride, new values and power as well as
new national language.
 There was earlier aspiration & pressures to make
Hindi as national language but English was official
language.
 Finally Hindi was selected as Devnagri Script.
 Because of multinational character of India.
 Official language of the state with provision for
continued use of English language.

9. Double face of English in
India
 The replacement of English as the medium of
education all the primary school & secondary
school.
 School run by privet sectors.
 English medium is prestigious & is in great
demand because of lack of development of
Indian language.
 More value of English become not good for
India, because we face double face of English
in india.

10. Power & English Language
 Those who enjoyed the advantages of
English, they are in power position.
 They did not want to corrode their base and
argued that being second language to be
formally learnt by all.
 It served as political weapon for the non-
Hindi elites to contain the emergence Hindi
as the new language of power.
 It gives wealth, power and status to them.

11. English Language has two sides
1. Saraswati
 English is the language of
knowledge.
 Saraswati was mother of
knowledge.
 English will be replaced as
the official language.

12. 2. Satan
 English for elite.
 Political weapon for
non-Hindi elite.
 English for their own
purposes.
 The increasing
demands for English
decreasing its
standard.