LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 14:7 July 2014
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
         C. Subburaman, Ph.D. (Economics)
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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Soft Skills for First Generation Students, Teachers and Professionals

M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.

What I list here is based on my own experience as a first generation learner. It was very hard in those days, say sixty or more years ago, for the first generation learners whose parents are illiterates and poor, to go to school and continue and complete the school. Going beyond school to college was hardly ever thought of. Students from non-first generation learners’ social groups would make fun of you for the way you wear your clothes, speak your idiolect, and use fingers and palm to eat your lunch, etc. Yet, with determination, one could overcome the hardships, obstacles, prejudice and discrimination. After all, always remember that prejudice and discrimination may never end.

• First Generation Learners (FGLs) – Not a new term.
• Once there were only mostly FGLs!
• So, not much attention was given then.
• Now, a political necessity to recognize and help this important segment of population – a delayed, but wise step.

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M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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