Abstract
Learning is all about understanding and comprehension. The explosion of knowledge,
development of new theories and concepts made the nature of the educational system
complex. The medium of instruction in classroom plays a pivotal role in the
comprehension of the subject matters. Language is an integral feature of educational
practice in the classroom. Teachers communicate contents and give instruction
through language. Learners hear and interact through language in the process of
learning. The focus of this study was to investigate the role and effect of the mother
tongue in the comprehension of the subject matters at the primary level. All the
students studying in primary schools of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
constituted the population for the study. 40 students of grade 5
th level at GPS Awal
Dad Banda were selected as the sample of this study. A pretest posttest equivalent
experimental design was used for the conduction of the study. The students were
divided into two equal groups randomly, one was experimental and other the control
group. The experimental group was taught by mother tongue and the control group by
national language (i.e. Urdu). Results showed significant difference between the
experimental and control groups. The group taught through the mother did better
than the other group, which was taught through the second language. The children
who were taught through mother tongue comprehended better and understanding
increased.
Muhammad Idris, Zoobia, Erum Aslam Khan. (2018) Role of the Mother Tongue in the Comprehension of the Subject Matter at the Primary Level, Sir Syed Journal of Education & Social Research (SJESR), Volume-01, Issue-1.
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