E-POSTER PRESENTATION

MPhild/Phd

By

Mrs R Poloogadoo

RESEARCH TITLE

“The problems and prospects of teaching Telugu as a

second language in Mauritius”

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

• Telugu language is the ancestral language of the Telugu people in Mauritius

• Not their mother tongue (L1)• Taught as a second language• very much less exposure to this language

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

• Optional subject – many parents and students do not show much interest in this subject

• Many students lack the necessary proficiency and competence to communicate effectively in Telugu

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

• There is a lack of facilities like -teaching materials (textbooks) -dictionaries -well-furnished library -exposure through the media

• All these might contribute to make TL teaching difficult and challenging

AIMS OF THIS STUDY

• To highlight the strengths and weaknesses of the teaching Telugu as a second language in Mauritius

• To help teachers and students in their endeavour

OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY

• To identify the difficulties that teachers encounter in the teaching process

• To determine the learning difficulties of the Telugu students

• To find solutions for these difficulties• To investigate the methodology which is

being used to teach Telugu in Mauritius

THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS

• What are the problems that teachers face while teaching Telugu?

• What are the problems that students face while learning Telugu?

• What is the impact of these problems on the teaching and learning process?

THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS

• How are these problems being met?• What are the effective ways and means to

deal with these problems?• What are the prospects of teaching Telugu

as a second language in Mauritius?

LITERATURE REVIEW

• Still reading and exploring the existing works related to my research topics

• Come across other researches done in the field of English, French

• Need to read more and review other works on Telugu as a second language

METHODOLOGY

• The methods which I will use for my research project are:

the qualitative approach the quantitative approach

SAMPLING

• Purposive• Target group

– the students of 8 secondary schools and 2 MGI colleges

All the secondary schools Telugu teachers -20

RESEARCH METHODS

• Survey method

• Documentary and content analysis - to evaluate the Telugu textbooks

DATA COLLECTION TOOLS

• Interview• survey questionnaire• Observation• triangulation

DATA ANALYSIS

• The techniques to be used for managing data are:

coding, annotating, labelling, selection, summary

DATA INTERPRETATION

• In order to make sense of the data, charts, graphs and concept maps will be used

• a critical friend will be consulted in order to get other perspectives

FINDINGS

The findings will be discussed

The report will be written

EXPECTED OUTCOMES

• The findings of this research are intended to make an original contribution to research

• beneficial to teachers, students and other stakeholders

EXPECTED OUTCOMES

• The problems/challenges that teachers face while teaching Telugu will come to light

• The findings will show the impact of these problems/challenges on the teachers and the students

• This research will reveal the effective ways and means to deal with these problems/challenges

TEACHERS

• Will come to know whether the teaching approaches they have been using are appropriate or not

• Understand their students better• Be able to plan learning activities according to their

abilities, needs and styles

• Be able to select appropriate materials• Will be in a better position to apply better evaluation

techniques• Motivated to teach Telugu

STUDENTS

• Will get well-equipped teachers• Increase their motivation to learn Telugu• Their language proficiency will increase

and will be able to express themselves• Can expect good results

OTHER STAKEHOLDERS

• This study will inform the curriculum planners about the needs of the Telugu curriculum

• Inform the government and the NCCRD about the need to design textbooks in Telugu

• They will realize the importance of pre-service training to develop teacher competency and expertise

OTHER STAKEHOLDERS

• Organization of pedagogical club for collegial sharing

• The Telugu socio-cultural institutions will be more aggressive in their endeavour to preserve and promote Telugu language and culture

• Heads of school will provide a conducive learning environment – producing good quality results

CONCLUSION

• Telugu teaching is a challenge

• This is a small attempt on my part

-to find the problems in teaching Telugu in Mauritius and

-provide possible suggestions to improve the situation

THANK YOU