LANGUAGE IN INDIA
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Volume 5 : 1 January 2005

AN EXPERIMENT ON THE EFFECT OF LANGUAGE ON KNOWLEDGE
Alok Gupta

TABLES

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Table  -  1

 

Background Information and Average Percent Marks Obtained

 

 

Name

Age

Qualifi-

Years

Rural/

Medium

Medium

Mother

Lg

Average

Average

 

Yrs

cation

Exper

Urban

School

Post-Sch

Tounge

Rd, Wr, Sp

English

Kinglish

Mr. Venugopal

20

Dip(Mech)

1

U

K

E

K

E, K, H, S

76.5

60.5

Mr. Dayanand

24

Dip(Mech)

1

R

K

E

K

E,K

53.7

84.6

Mr. Harish

24

Dip (Tool)

2

U

E

E

K

E, K ,H

72.9

77.4

Mr. Nagaraj

25

Dip (Mech)

5

R

E

E

K

E, K, H

66.9

76.6

Mr. Sridhar

26

Dip(Mech)

2

R

K

E

K

E,K

72.1

77.4

Mr. Richards

27

Dip(Mech)

5

R

E

E

K

E, K, M, U, H

84.8

86.1

Mr. Vishwanath

29

B.E (Mech)

5

R

K

E

K

E, K, H

82.1

92.2

Mr. Raghu

38

Dip (Tool)

16

U

K

E

K

E, K, H, V, S

82.5

78.2

Mr. Chengappa

54

B.E (Met)

25

R

K

E

C

E, K, H, C, T

92.3

78.5

Average

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

74.9

79.0

C=Kodava; E=English; H=Hindi; K=Kannada; M=Malayalam; S=Sanskrit; T=Tamil; U=Telugu, V=Marathi

Table  -  2

 

Percent Marks Obtained in each Chapter

 

 

 

 

Name

Age

Qualifi-

Eng

King

English

Kinglish

English

Kinglish

English

Kinglish

 

Yrs

cation

-1

-1

-2

-2

-3

-3

-4

-4

Mr. Venugopal

20

Dip(Mech)

76.5

 

 

52.5

 

 

 

68.4

Mr. Dayanand

24

Dip(Mech)

 

 

60.0

 

 

84.6

47.4

 

Mr. Harish

24

Dip (Tool)

 

70.6

65.0

 

80.8

 

 

84.2

Mr. Nagaraj

25

Dip (Mech)

70.6

 

 

72.5

 

80.8

63.2

 

Mr. Sridhar

26

Dip(Mech)

 

70.6

75.0

 

69.2

 

 

84.2

Mr. Richards

27

Dip(Mech)

85.3

 

 

87.5

 

84.6

84.2

 

Mr. Vishwanath

29

B.E (Mech)

 

88.2

80.0

 

 

96.2

84.2

 

Mr. Raghu

38

Dip (Tool)

76.5

 

 

77.5

88.5

 

 

78.9

Mr. Chengappa

54

B.E (Met)

 

76.5

 

80.0

92.3

 

 

78.9

Average

 

 

77.2

76.5

70.0

74.0

82.7

86.5

69.7

78.9

Table  -  3

 

Results sorted by Rural / Urban Spread

 

 

 

 

Name

Age

Qualifi-

Years

Rural/

Medium

Medium

Mother

Lg

Average

Average

 

Yrs

cation

Exper.

Urban

School

Post-Sch

Tounge

Rd, Wr, Sp

English

Kinglish

Mr. Dayanand

24

Dip(Mech)

1

R

K

E

K

E,K

53.7

84.6

Mr. Nagaraj

25

Dip (Mech)

5

R

E

E

K

E, K, H

66.9

76.6

Mr. Sridhar

26

Dip(Mech)

2

R

K

E

K

E,K

72.1

77.4

Mr. Richards

27

Dip(Mech)

5

R

E

E

K

E, K, M, U, H

84.8

86.1

Mr. Vishwanath

29

B.E (Mech)

5

R

K

E

K

E, K, H

82.1

92.2

Mr. Chengappa

54

B.E (Met)

25

R

K

E

C

E, K, H, C, T

92.3

78.5

 

 

Average of  Rural Participants

 

 

 

 

75.3

82.6

Mr. Venugopal

20

Dip(Mech)

1

U

K

E

K

E, K, H, S

76.5

60.5

Mr. Harish

24

Dip (Tool)

2

U

E

E

K

E, K ,H

72.9

77.4

Mr. Raghu

38

Dip (Tool)

16

U

K

E

K

E, K, H, V, S

82.5

78.2

 

 

Average of Urban Participants

 

 

 

77.3

72.0

Table  -  4

 

Results sorted by Educational Qualification

 

 

 

Name

Age

Qualifi-

Years

Rural/

Medium

Medium

Mother

Lg

Average

Average

 

Yrs

cation

Exper.

Urban

School

Post-Sch

Tounge

Rd, Wr, Sp

English

Kinglish

Mr. Vishwanath

29

B.E (Mech)

5

R

K

E

K

E, K, H

82.1

92.2

Mr. Chengappa

54

B.E (Met)

25

R

K

E

C

E, K, H, C, T

92.3

78.5

 

 

Average of Participants with Degree

 

 

 

87.2

85.3

Mr. Nagaraj

25

Dip (Mech)

5

R

E

E

K

E, K, H

66.9

76.6

Mr. Harish

24

Dip (Tool)

2

U

E

E

K

E, K ,H

72.9

77.4

Mr. Raghu

38

Dip (Tool)

16

U

K

E

K

E, K, H, V, S

82.5

78.2

Mr. Venugopal

20

Dip(Mech)

1

U

K

E

K

E, K, H, S

76.5

60.5

Mr. Dayanand

24

Dip(Mech)

1

R

K

E

K

E,K

53.7

84.6

Mr. Sridhar

26

Dip(Mech)

2

R

K

E

K

E,K

72.1

77.4

Mr. Richards

27

Dip(Mech)

5

R

E

E

K

E, K, M, U, H

84.8

86.1

 

 

Average of Participants with Diploma

 

 

 

84.9

90.1

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Alok Gupta, Ph.D. Candidate
Central Institute of Indian Languages, and
Department of Linguistics, University of Mysore
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