It wasn't until 1979 when schools started teaching English as the primary language and
native languages such as Chinese, Malaysian, and Tamil as second languages, according to CNA.
The importance of speaking one's
native language is something that can never be over-emphasised.
If a child remains devoid of acquiring
native language as mother tongue, the child fails to become a linguistically competent member of family and community and loses the ability to connect with the cultural heritage.In the world there are about six hundred languages but education systems rarely take into account linguistic diversity and focus only on the dominant languages and cultures.
"You use English words but retain some of the structures from that
native language."
For example, if a local area is flooded with an immigrant population who fail or refuse to assimilate to the local culture then their foreign language will thrive in that area at the expense of the
native language. Ynys Mon has been inundated by English for far too long and the statistics clearly show this to be the case.
People with a different
native language are emphasizing the importance of Estonian proficiency more and more.
"Perhaps it was a combination of experiencing the value of education firsthand--by being proficient in both Navajo and English, and seeing where language skills could take one in the world--that led [former Code Talker] Draper to devoting his life to keeping his
native language alive.
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Native language is one of the best practices, but there are several best practices that don't necessarily require
native language," says Rose Aldubaily, director of EL and compensatory education for Michigan's Dearborn Public Schools, where more than 40 percent of the 20,700 students speak various dialects of Arabic.
Additionally, DashIQ, the company's proprietary semantic analysis engine, enhances Dashlane 4's performance with translated and localized
native language functionality in five new languages, ensuring a more accurate experience than any other product in the industry.
75% of Vuclip viewers in UAE have shown preference forwatching content in their
native language.