When I was interacting with one of the entrepreneur, he shared about challenges in getting suitable candidates for his organisation. One of the highlights was about MTI (Mother tongue influence) in english language. And the next day I was traveling with the help of Google maps assistant. When I observed the way google maps pronounced Indian names, it had MTI. And by taking this as a reason I will not reject google device claiming that it has MTI.
I believe only call centres need pakka english as they want their foreign clients to believe that the person in conversation is someone from their own country. But other than this client satisfaction why are we bothered with accent. When we are not perfect in our own mother tongue, and when we are not even bothered to work on it. Then why do we feel so inferior when we do not know english.
I don't have grudge with english. The reason I bother is, the inferiority of not knowing english is making our children feel inferior in their personality as a whole.
One source I was referring to says 'the worst part of mother tongue influence (MTI) is that it kills your confidence. You as a speaker know you sound wrong and even funny. It makes you self conscious and requires hard work for a long time to get over'.
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I am Maaz, contributing as learning strategist at Credence Learning Foundation. In a new couple of months old project I have got an opportunity to understand language learning among primary grade children.