Chers responsables, votre article m'a beaucoup motivé. Nous devons encourager de pareils programme dans nos pays.
Education pour tous: oui je suis pour.
Merci.

"Sénégal de l'indépendance à l'alternance nos langues maternelle sont toujours oublier dans le système de l'éducation"

Je suis très intéressé par ces analyses, car moi-même je suis entrain de préparer une thèse de doctorat que je compte défendre à la fin de cette année 2017. Merci et à très bientôt.
Faculté des Lettres, UPN Kinshasa, RD Congo.

Bonjour,
Cet article de Madame Ball m'a beaucoup intéressé. Vous voudriez nous préciser la revue dans laquelle elle a publié avec :
Titre du périodique ;
Volume(Numéro).
Cordialement votre,
Séraphin GBADESSI

J'ai beaucoup aimé l'article ...vraiment merci pour cela. La gente populaire oubli très souvent l'importance des langues maternelles dans nos sociétés.

Je suis tout a fait d'accord avec cet article et j'encourage vivement aux pays d'intégrer leurs langues maternelles dans leurs systèmes éducatifs, pour une meilleure éducation pour tous.
En ce moment je fais une thèse, qui défent la même idée. Merci beaucoup pour cet article

Je suis tous à fait d'accord avec cela et puis la base de tous développement commence par l'éducation de base, qui pourrait mieux orienté l'élève et aussi l'aider ajouté quelques sur ce qu'il a appris.
Adlam alphabet, tente de faire cela pour améliorer le niveau et ainsi comprendre très bien les cours de sciences et de la technologie.
Ainsi, si nous constatons très bien, à ces niveaux l'Afrique reste le continent le plus touché par ce fléau et ce qui m'amène parfois à me demander, qu'est-ce nos sois disant intellectuels on apprit chez les occidentaux si ce n'est de bien manier et hi gorgé ces langue.
Pour le développement durable de l'Afrique il est obligatoire que nous étudions dans nos langue maternelle, si ce vrai nous voulons un développement digne si non ce n'est que des mensonges

Je voudrais vous référer au Dr Tatiana Behrmann qui vient de sortir sa thèse sur l'utilisation de la langue maternelle pour l'enseignement. Le titre est : Evaluating the effects of mother tongue on math and science instruction of secondary school students. La these supporte cette théorie.

Country with various language is the most threaten position for ensuring education by using mother language.But if any country try to establish a efficient research for mother language it will be encouraged every people of small group.Globally their is a same scene for Indigenous language that almost measured quality and attentiveness through national language.In these way the dominant language always close to the children silently to use national language in the school and outside.We should need MLE in education to express inter and intra relation.

if he doesn't know the meaning of one english word how can he disast that word..and brain will be working as much as fast and heat and struggeled when this happens...
So please save the mother language and share the sweet of fruit (mother language) to our coming generations...
Thank you.....

Opportunity in Mother Tongue education makes children strong

Education through Mother tongue is the rights of every one. It makes children strong in mental as well social bonding.
This also makes them to enjoy life long !

Some learners in urban and some cosmopolitan settings speak and understand some English by the time they join primary school!. However, learners in the rural areas enter school probably understanding only their home language e.g. Shona or Ndebele only. For these learners, using the mother tongue in early education leads to a better understanding of the curriculum content and to a more positive attitude towards school. As known, learning does not begin in school. Learning starts at home in the learners’ home language. Although the start of school is a continuation of this learning, it also presents significant changes in the mode of education. The school system structures and controls the content and delivery of a pre-determined curriculum where previously the child was learning from experience.

The use of L1 and target language should be seen as complementary, depending on the characteristics and stages of the language learning process" overuse of L1 will naturally reduce the amount of exposure to L2.
Therefore, attempt should be made to keep a balance between L1 and L2 use.

the child can learn better if the medium of instruction is mother tongue. then the grasping is better and imagination power is also increased. it being , well informed fast in decision making.

Very helpful

My name is Apurva Oka. I am an Indian citizen. I have done my schooling in my mother tongue and believe that education in mother tongue is the best for a child's intellectual enhancement.

This article motivated me to express a concern. I will briefly describe the situation in India related to the topic and request the author and this organisation to evaluate the possibility of communicating with concerned bodies or people in India about the same.

India is a multi-lingual country with 22 languages officially recognized by the government. In the last few decades, English has gained importance as being a global language, a language that many believe opens doors to bright careers for them. The main victim of this trend has been Education in India, where the dominance of English Medium is increasing. If we look at the metro cities, many reputed vernacular medium schools are shifting to English as medium of instruction.

Central Board of Secondary Education, which is a central board of Indian Government, provides curriculum only in English. Amid such an environment, many parents are left with no option but to educate their child in a language he/she does not speak at home. The effect of all this is disastrous for the children.

However, a limited percentage of parents still believe in mother tongue education and enroll their kids in such schools. In the absence of political support, even such schools are struggling to survive and to provide good facilities to the students.

Your organisation, being a global body working for this cause, is highly respectable. It will be great if your organisation can do something about it by either communicating with public at large or applicable government bodies or schools in India. If you can, it will have a positive impact on the future of millions.

Kind Regards,

It becomes hard for children to know exact meaning and use of many difficult non native language words . Many spend precious time to just knowing its application which makes it complicated with only limited use. Why not keep mastery on one language and just working knowledge of others?

I agree on the issue of mother tongue education. At the same time, I advocate the need of teaching English language to our children. I think that we need to judicially use some amount of students' mother tongue even in the English languages classes. For this, we need to train our teachers. As far as possible a local teacher who can speak both the English and the students' L1 should be given the opportunity to teach English.

There is an importance being placed on local languages in Nigeria and some state governments are translating science and mathematics textbooks from English to some indigenous languages at the primary level. It is the first of its kind in the country and we are looking forward to it. If you would like to take part in our research we would be honored seeing as you have started some research in different continents and can give some technical expertise.

In sub-Saharan Africa, it's the daily experience of more than 90% of schoolchildren. They have significantly worse learning outcomes than similar low and middle-income countries in Latin America - many of which have adopted mother-tongue teaching for indigenous children.

Thank you for providing relevant information related to mother-tongue through this informational writeup. We look forward to reading such informative content in the future too.

Yes teaching in mother tonque is more understandable than teaching with 2 lanquage. Because teaching in mother tonque didn't delay in understanding but lead to paster education

Children learn best in their mother tongue. It is very knowledgeable information and extremely valuable. Thanks for Sharing a blog.

Great post. Articles that have meaningful and insightful comments are more enjoyable, at least to me. It’s interesting to read what other people thought and how it relates to them as their perspective could possibly help you in the future. keep up the good work.

Bonjour.
Serait -il possible d'ajouter des données statistiques sur l'utilisation des langues maternelles dans le processus d'apprentissage ?
Il en est également pour le taux d'achèvement par cycle.
Merci pour l'article.

I agree on the issue of mother tongue education. I am a Malaysian and I did my primary education in my mother tongue and believe that the early education in mother tongue will increase kids thinking skill. I need to thank my government because the government still giving opportunities to us learn our mother tongue in primary school. In Malaysia we have main three type of primary education, Malay, Tamil and Chinese primary school. Now the government giving opportunities to learn mathematics and science in English. Chinese primary school never involve in this programme. Few Malay and Tamil school start implement this program since 2015. Now few Tamil Schools are starting to teach mathematics and science in English. When have two version in one school most of the parents thought learning in English have better future for their kids. But school management not aware about the poor parents and less educated parents who unable to guide their kids in English. In Malaysia we have very good education system. Primary school in mother tongue, secondary school in national language and higher education in English. But problem is parents thinking. They believe English can change their kid’s life style.
However, a limited percentage of parents still believe in mother tongue education and enrol their kids in such school. Your organisation, being a global body working for his cause, is highly respectable. It will be great if we can prove that learning in mother tongue primary education can improve their life style in Malaysia and can master in English. Of course Mother Tongue is equally important to all other languages.

Un article pertinent, limpide et bien argumenté. Le gouvernement mauritanien avait organisé des journées de concertations pour la réforme du système éducatif mauritanien et nos associations culturelles demandent que nos langues (Pulaar, Soniké et Wolof) soient des langues d'enseignement, en officialisant et réintroduisant toutes ces langues nationales dans le système éducatif au même titre que l'arabe qui est une langue d’administration. Ces associations aussi, sont d'accord l'introduction assez tôt les langues étrangères comme matières (en première année fondamentale pour l’une et en première année secondaire : français et anglais).

Vraiment désolé de voir ce qui est le mieux pour résoudre le problème de l'éducation nationale de son pays, mais par complaisance on choisit des contours beaucoup plus compliqués rien que pour le plaisir de certains individus .

It is called as Mother Tongue for a reason.
A Mother IS the most important person in a child's formative years, the Mother Tongue forms the foundational basis of all learning the child will go on to receive in its life.

This blog post is incredibly insightful and sheds light on a critical issue in education systems worldwide. The statistics on marginalized children are striking and emphasize the urgency of integrating mother tongue-based education. The benefits of mother tongue instruction, as outlined through your references, highlight the potential for significantly improving retention and comprehension among young learners. It's essential that policymakers and educational leaders consider these findings to create more inclusive and effective learning environments. Thank you for bringing attention to this vital topic, Jessica!