LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 21:11 November 2021
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Mother Tongue Interferences amongst
Nicobarese Students Learning English as a
Second Language at Undergraduate Level in Andaman & Nicobar Islands:
A Study in Error Analysis

Selvaganapathy, M.Phil., Ph.D. Research Scholar

Abstract

This paper identifies the problems of learning and teaching English as second language in colleges of Andaman and Nicobar Islands primarily by those who are speakers of ‘Nicobarese’ language in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The main focus of the study is Great Andamanese language and Nicobarese Mother Tongue interferences in learning English as a second language. This study also focuses on the importance of English language education based on the problems of the present-day language curriculum in Andaman. The research also aims to explore the experience of students learning English as a second language and the problems faced by them in reading and writing skills.

Keywords: Error Analysis, Intra lingual errors, Interlingua errors, Mother Tongue Interferences (MTI), Great Andamanese Interferences, Structure and the complexity of the target language, English as a second language (ESL), interference.

1. Introduction

In the process of English Language Learning and teaching there are many difficulties and challenges faced by the Nicobarese English learners specially to attaining basic language skills (LSRW). Several issues crop up while learning and teaching English as a second language. In this situation, English language teachers are trying various techniques and teaching methods in schools and colleges. The challenges are not completely overcome. So an attempt has been made to study the challenges while learning and teaching English in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

This work aims to explore the difficulties and challenges faced by Nicobarese students learning English as a second language at under graduation level in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the problems faced by them can be found in Mother Tongue Interference, reading, and writing skills.

According to Sharma (2013), the term Nicobar has been derived from the word ‘nakkavaram’ which means hill and ‘itam’ means place and is used to denote Chola Island.

Nicobarese speak their own language ‘Pu’, and Grierson (1927, PP. 32f), asserted that there are 5 dialects. The people who speak Nicobarese basically belong to a hunter-gatherer community living along the western coast of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, a part of the Union Territory of India. However, today they are well integrated into modern lifestyle, and they are found in all walks of life. The term ‘Nicobarese’ is used for the language/ the people/community and their Island, although Nicobarese call them ‘pu’.

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Selvaganapathy, M.Phil., Ph.D. Research Scholar
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Brahmaputra Hostel, Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi -110067
selvaganapathy905@gmail.com
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