The Importance of Mother Tongue Learning

Jovanovska, Sashka (2024) The Importance of Mother Tongue Learning. In: Vulnerable and Endangered Languages in Europe, 2-4 Oct 2024, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Philology, Belgrade, Serbia.

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Abstract

Mother tongue is very necessary for a person’s comprehensive
development. Being fluent in the mother tongue, which is also known as the
native language, benefits the person in numerous ways. It associates humans
to culture, ensures enhanced cognitive development, and supports learning of
other languages. Hence, having a strong basis in the mother’s language equips
the skill to learn extra languages. Children achieve this by transferring the
different structures of language to other languages. Grammar that advances
when a child learns their native language is easily transferable, whereby a
child can easily guess the meaning or read the meanings of words in different
languages. To improve the quality of education, language policies need to take
account of mother-tongue learning. This paper is about the main reasons
for using the mother tongue. Models of education which ignore the mother
tongue in the early years can be unproductive, ineffective and have a negative
effect on children’s learning.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	Humanities > Languages and literature
Divisions:	Faculty of Philology
Depositing User:	Saska Jovanovska
Date Deposited:	07 Oct 2024 10:51
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2024 10:51
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/34787

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