The Link between Mother Tongue and creativity

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  • Sheeba C.V

Abstract

Mother-tongue is the language that a toddler learns in his mother's lap. It is the language that the kid learns almost with none conscious effort on his part. Mother-tongue plays a tremendously valuable and essential role within the field of education of a toddler. Therefore, it must tend to a meaningful and prominent place within the curriculum. It is a language that the kid acquires while living in his group. If our youngsters not educated in their mother tongue, thousands of years of thought processes might end abruptly. Certain concepts, cultural constructs, and even philosophical beliefs will only be express during a child's maternal language. There are significant cultural and linguistic reasons for an individual to a second language. The Sapir-Whorf principle holds that a person's language features a profound impact on his cognitive processes. Basically, not only does thought affect speech, but language affects the view. The importance of maternal language lies in several aspects. It is the Original Ideas, Instrument Creative Self-Expression, a part of Emotional Development, the Best Medium for Acquiring Knowledge. It brings about Intellectual Development, and it is also an Instrument of Growth of the Pupil, Formation of a group, Medium of Expression, and Communication. Thus, the maternal language has tremendous importance in education and, therefore, the curriculum.

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2021-03-17

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Sheeba C.V. (2021). The Link between Mother Tongue and creativity. International Journal of Modern Agriculture, 10(1), 901 - 905. Retrieved from https://modern-journals.com/index.php/ijma/article/view/686

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