NCP 2022.pptx NATIONAL CURRICULAM FRAMEWORK

NCP 2022.pptx NATIONAL CURRICULAM FRAMEWORK

1. Chapter 3 Approach to Language Education and Literacy

2. Principles The key principles behind the NCF’s approach to Language Education, drawing from NEP 2020, are as follows: a. Children learn spoken language quickly between the ages of 0 and 8 There are sensitive periods for language acquisition during these years . Delaying the learning of languages in the early years makes it more difficult for children. Children pick up oral language most rapidly during the first eight years. b. Multilingualism has both cognitive and societal/cultural benefits Young children learn and grasp nontrivial concepts more quickly in their home language/mother tongue. The medium of instruction until at least Grade 5, but preferably till Grade 8 and beyond, will be the home language/mother tongue/local language/regional language. High-quality Textbooks, including in science, will be made available in home languages/mother tongue Young children are not best equipped to learn a language through formal teaching. Multilingualism is pervasive in India and most children are exposed to more than one language from their early years. Teachers will be encouraged to use a bilingual approach, including bilingual teaching-learning materials All languages will be taught with high quality to all students. A language does not need to be the medium of instruction for it to be taught and learned well.

3. c. While spoken language comes naturally to young children, written language comes less naturally, and thus the concept of reading and writing must be learned. A key aspect of the NCF is to immerse children in multiple oral languages early . The concept of reading and writing - including the concepts of phonemes and graphemes and the correspondence between them - is optimally taught first through a single language.