This document presents an e-poster for a research study on the problems and prospects of teaching Telugu as a second language in Mauritius. The study aims to identify difficulties teachers face in teaching Telugu and learning difficulties students face. It also aims to find solutions and investigate current teaching methodology. The researcher plans to survey Telugu students and teachers, analyze textbooks, and use interviews, questionnaires, observations, and triangulation to collect and analyze data. The expected outcomes are insights into challenges, their impact, and effective ways to address issues to benefit teachers, students, and other stakeholders in improving Telugu language teaching and learning.

1. E-POSTER
PRESENTATION
MPhild/Phd
By
Mrs R Poloogadoo

2. RESEARCH TITLE
“The problems and prospects
of teaching Telugu as a
second language in Mauritius”

3. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
• Telugu language is the ancestral language
of the Telugu people in Mauritius
• Not their mother tongue (L1)
• Taught as a second language
• very much less exposure to this language

4. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
• Optional subject – many parents and
students do not show much interest in this
subject
• Many students lack the necessary
proficiency and competence to
communicate effectively in Telugu

5. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
• There is a lack of facilities like
-teaching materials (textbooks)
-dictionaries
-well-furnished library
-exposure through the media
• All these might contribute to make TL
teaching difficult and challenging

6. AIMS OF THIS STUDY
• To highlight the strengths and weaknesses
of the teaching Telugu as a second
language in Mauritius
• To help teachers and students in their
endeavour

7. OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY
• To identify the difficulties that teachers
encounter in the teaching process
• To determine the learning difficulties of the
Telugu students
• To find solutions for these difficulties
• To investigate the methodology which is
being used to teach Telugu in Mauritius

8. THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS
• What are the problems that teachers face
while teaching Telugu?
• What are the problems that students face
while learning Telugu?
• What is the impact of these problems on
the teaching and learning process?

9. THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS
• How are these problems being met?
• What are the effective ways and means to
deal with these problems?
• What are the prospects of teaching Telugu
as a second language in Mauritius?

10. LITERATURE REVIEW
• Still reading and exploring the existing
works related to my research topics
• Come across other researches done in the
field of English, French
• Need to read more and review other works
on Telugu as a second language

11. METHODOLOGY
• The methods which I will use for my
research project are:
the qualitative approach
the quantitative approach

12. SAMPLING
• Purposive
• Target group
– the students of 8 secondary schools and
2 MGI colleges
All the secondary schools Telugu teachers 20

13. RESEARCH METHODS
• Survey method
• Documentary and content analysis - to
evaluate the Telugu textbooks

14. DATA COLLECTION TOOLS
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Interview
survey questionnaire
Observation
triangulation

15. DATA ANALYSIS
• The techniques to be used for managing
data are:
coding, annotating, labelling,
selection, summary

16. DATA INTERPRETATION
• In order to make sense of the data, charts,
graphs and concept maps will be used
• a critical friend will be consulted in order to
get other perspectives

17. FINDINGS
The findings will be discussed
The report will be written

18. EXPECTED OUTCOMES
• The findings of this research are intended
to make an original contribution to
research
• beneficial to teachers, students and other
stakeholders

19. EXPECTED OUTCOMES
• The problems/challenges that teachers
face while teaching Telugu will come to
light
• The findings will show the impact of these
problems/challenges on the teachers and
the students
• This research will reveal the effective ways
and means to deal with these
problems/challenges

20. TEACHERS
• Will come to know
whether the teaching
approaches they have
been using are
appropriate or not
• Understand their students
better
• Be able to plan learning
activities according to
their abilities, needs and
styles
• Be able to select
appropriate materials
• Will be in a better position
to apply better evaluation
techniques
• Motivated to teach Telugu

21. STUDENTS
• Will get well-equipped teachers
• Increase their motivation to learn Telugu
• Their language proficiency will increase
and will be able to express themselves
• Can expect good results

22. OTHER STAKEHOLDERS
• This study will inform the curriculum
planners about the needs of the Telugu
curriculum
• Inform the government and the NCCRD
about the need to design textbooks in
Telugu
• They will realize the importance of preservice training to develop teacher
competency and expertise

23. OTHER STAKEHOLDERS
• Organization of pedagogical club for
collegial sharing
• The Telugu socio-cultural institutions will
be more aggressive in their endeavour to
preserve and promote Telugu language
and culture
• Heads of school will provide a conducive
learning environment – producing good
quality results

24. CONCLUSION
• Telugu teaching is a challenge
• This is a small attempt on my part
-to find the problems in teaching Telugu in
Mauritius and
-provide possible suggestions to improve
the situation

25. THANK YOU