Why we hesitate speaking our mother language

The recent developments show that we as a nation avoid using our mother tongue to communicate publicly. There are various reasons behind such a behavior. It the first place, we do not encourage our children to speak their mother language during early years of their growth. There is no law that enforces the early education at schools to be imparted in mother language. hesitate speaking our mother language.

Moreover, it is our collective reluctance to speak mother tongue that gives birth to some sort of inferiority complex which halters our communication in first language in later years. Although it is seen the world over that the trend of early education in child™s first language is gaining impetus, we still lag behind in taking such measures.

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People who speak Punjabi at home discourage the use of this language by their children. They want them to talk in Urdu or English. Even after we have taught our children the mother language, we fail to move them to use it for day to day communication. Encouraging our children to talk in a second or third language has its own reasons. No school allows the students to interact in their mother tongue.

It is either Urdu or English language that students are required to speak during school hours. English language has established itself as the sole lingua franca and its speakers are increasing every day. It is the language of science, commerce and technology. Therefore, keeping our children up to date is our responsibility. Talking to children in English language helps parents to prepare them for their future experiences. Additionally, English speaking people have an edge over non-English-speaking people. They are welcomed at workplaces, appreciated socially and are thought to be œmore literate than the rest of us.