English Language Competence Among The Tribal Students In Jammu And Kashmir

  • Mr. Mohd Shakeel

Abstract

Jammu and Kashmir is a union territory recently re-constituted by the parliament of India which situated in Asian Continent. Tribe is considered as social group with common dialect, purpose, name and culture. The English language competence plays an important role in social, personal and professional life of an individual. It involves a bundle of cognitively controlled abilities or skills in using letters and words with accuracy and fluency. The present study was to study the English language competence of elementary school students among the tribes of Jammu and Kashmir , To compare the English language competence of elementary school students among the tribes of  Jammu and Kashmir  with respect to Seasonal Migration, To compare the English language competence of elementary school students among the tribes of Jammu and Kashmir with respect to Gender.

 

The present descriptive research, A sample of 600 elementary school students was collected from the district; Rajori of Jammu & Kashmir where the majority of the population is belongs to tribes and used to migrate seasonally. Stratified Sampling technique was used for the sampling technique.  English language competency test developed by Kumar S (2018) was adopted and administered for the study. Percentage analysis techniques, Basic statistical analysis and mean difference analysis were carried out for analysis and interpretation. The study found that 20 percent the tribal sample (study under concerned) are falling under below average level of English Language Competence. The non migrant tribal students are possessing better English Language Competence than their migrant counterparts at elementary level. The female tribal students show dominance in English Language Competence than the male tribal students at elementary level.

Published
2020-12-01
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Articles