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| napoleon Tetraglot Senior Member India Joined 5020 days ago 543 posts - 874 votes  Speaks: Bengali*, English, Hindi, Urdu Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 153 of 197 04 March 2014 at 9:58am | IP Logged | ||||||||
We are talking about Indians who went to Indian schools, right?
I do not know a single non-English medium school in India that has English textbooks for maths and science. The teachers might mention the English equivalents, but it's upto them. These students have to learn the English technical terms in their first year of college. That is why a friend told me he needed a teacher to help him make sense the textbook. That is why he is forced to memorise pages of definitions. It does get better. After a year or two, most get the hang of reading and writing in English. What about speaking then? Of all the people I know who have not had an English medium education, I know only one woman who speaks it well. But, she's the exception that proves the rule. Edited by napoleon on 04 March 2014 at 1:17pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| linguaholic_ch Triglot Groupie IndiaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5052 days ago 69 posts - 96 votes Speaks: English, Hindi, Bengali Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, French | Message 154 of 197 04 March 2014 at 10:31am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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That is what has happened with my neighbour. She has studied in a Bengali missionary
school and then suffered problems in the Engineering College. She could'nt decipher the terms in my 8th Grade Physics book at first, but now she learnt it all. It is really difficult for them. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 4086 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 155 of 197 04 March 2014 at 12:26pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
How do you define an English medium school? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| linguaholic_ch Triglot Groupie IndiaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5052 days ago 69 posts - 96 votes Speaks: English, Hindi, Bengali Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, French | Message 156 of 197 04 March 2014 at 12:44pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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An English medium school is one where all the instructions on every subject is given in
English. All the subjects are taught in English except the language classes. It is their first language, and they have to study it extensively than other languages. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| napoleon Tetraglot Senior Member India Joined 5020 days ago 543 posts - 874 votes Speaks: Bengali*, English, Hindi, Urdu Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 157 of 197 04 March 2014 at 1:12pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
linguaholic_ch has already answered this and I do not disagree with him. But I'm going to take this question because it was adressed to me. English medium schools in India derive their name from the fact that they use English as the "medium" of instruction. English medium schools teach exclusively in English, other than the classes that teach the native language. :-) They have English textbooks. Even the library is stocked with English novels, for the most part. Edited by napoleon on 04 March 2014 at 1:18pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 4086 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 158 of 197 04 March 2014 at 1:30pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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In that case, lots of schools are non-English medium, but use English books for
Sciences. In my (public) school, even though science texts were in English, the Sciences teachers spoke in Hindi (for the most part). The students spoke in Hindi (with technical terms in English). Social science texts were in Hindi. Sanskrit texts were in Hindi. The only class that was in English medium was the English language class. We had middle class kids, we had poor kids. AFAIK the situation was the same for my cousins and my parents. The English level was far far far below that of Hindi. And none of us had trouble when we got to English medium Universities. Edited by Gemuse on 04 March 2014 at 1:35pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| napoleon Tetraglot Senior Member India Joined 5020 days ago 543 posts - 874 votes Speaks: Bengali*, English, Hindi, Urdu Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 159 of 197 04 March 2014 at 1:35pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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@Gemeuse:
Look, I do not disagree with you for the most part. Students who are exposured to the English media tend to learn English irresepective of what they learn at school. But most public schools have English syllabi that focusses more on grammar and translation rather than speaking. This approach kills whatever interest the student might have had otherwise. After he returns home, the last thing he wants to do is read some Harry Potter. :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| napoleon Tetraglot Senior Member India Joined 5020 days ago 543 posts - 874 votes Speaks: Bengali*, English, Hindi, Urdu Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 160 of 197 04 March 2014 at 1:42pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Where did you go to school? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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