Socio-cultural Dimensions of English as a Second Language

Socio-cultural Dimensions of English as a Second Language 

                                                                                           - REKHA ASLAM

 

 

•                       The researcher has attempted to consider the original dimension of English, second language in India. We use English but our requirements are behind English. There are so many factors which are related to English and social and cultural dimensions are among them. Nowadays we need English because our higher education is not in our mother tongue (Gujarati) but it is in English. India has two official languages Hindi and English at the national level. In state we have three official languages Guajarati, English, and Hindi. If we talk about the states like Nagaland, Uttaranchal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, and Manipur English is their medium but for us English is not our medium for learning.
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•                        In India there are so many languages spoken by the people, so we can say that India is multi language country. Every state has its own culture and society and these things can not be translated in English. When language is contract or interest at that time they suffer a lot. Indian people have neglected the Gujarati language and we want to learn English as a second language. If someone does not know the difference between English and mother tongue, He or she can not learn language. If we know any language then we can learn easily other language. We do not love English that is why we can not learn English language. We have to put interest in learning any language.
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•                          Our belief system is different. It is always our mythology. We can not translate our ethos, mythology and our cultural ideas in English. We can see that our belief system is totally different from English. Every state has its own culture and society and these things can not be translated in English. Society and language are related with each other. We can see the real situation of any particular society with the help of society. Every society has its words and concept of the language.
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•                         So we can say that there are  factors which are related to English and social and cultural dimensions are among them.