CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF INDIAN LANGUAGES
(Ministry of Education and Social Welfare, Government of India)
Manasagangotri, MYSORE - 570 006

LANGUAGE LOAD SURVEY
Schedule : (for Students)

1. Name of the School :

2. Name of the Student :

3. Sex :

4. Standard :

5. Mother-tongue :

6. Medium of Instruction :

7. Home Address :

 

8. Parents' Education Father :

Mother :

9. Parents' Occupation Father :

Mother :

10. What are the Languages you learnt and from which Class you study them in
your School?

11. If you know any language other than mother-tongue and those taught in the school,
state them with the source from where you have learnt them.

12. Do you find it difficult tolearn (Reading, Writing, Speaking, understanding) any of the
Languages that are taught to you?

13. What are your difficulties, if any, in learning the languages taught in the school?
Please check below and also mention if any of these difficulties are specific to
particular languages.

Language learning is difficult :

i)  Because there are many other                                   Languages

                subjects to learn:       YES   c NO c       I           II          III        IV

            ii)  Because time allotted in the school

                  time-table is not sufficient to learn

                  the languages:         YES   c NO c

            iii) Because it is confusion to learn grammar

                  of different languages at the same

                  time:                       YES   c NO c

           iv)  Because learning scripts of different

                   languages is confusing :       YES   c NO c

            v)   Because there are too many text books

                   to study in each language:  YES   c NO c

            vi)  Because lessons in the language text

                   books are not interesting:   YES   c NO c

            vii)  Because language lessons are not

                   explained properly:            YES   c NO c

            viii) Because there is no occasion to use

                    the languages for practice:    YES   c NO c

            ix)   Because no extra coaching at home

                     is available for language learning:  YES   c NO c

            x)    Any other, specify.

14)      Please check whether the statements given below hold good for the languages you are learning in school. Also mention if any of these statements are specific to a particlar language

i)   It helps in studying different school                                       Languages

      subjects:                 YES   c NO c                                     I     II     III      IV

ii) It helps in scoring overall good

     marks :                    YES   c NO c

iii) It helps in higher studies    YES   c NO c

iv)  It helps in getting jobs:         YES   c NO c

             v)  It helps in talking to people speaking

                   different languages YES   c NO c

            vi)  It helps in travelling to different parts

                    of the country                   YES   c NO c

            vii)  It helps in enjoying cinema, Magazines

        and Radio Programme etc. YES   c NO c

15)  If there is a proposal to teach more languages than are taught in the school, would   you agree provided:

a)      There are less number of Text books in

Each language:                    YES   c NO c

b)      There is no examination in the languages

YES   c NO c

c)      There is examination, but the marks are not

Added to the total marks:  YES   c NO c

d)      Marks are aded to the total, if you score

50% or above:                    YES   c NO c

e)      None of the above provisions is

There:                                 YES   c NO c

16)  How many and which languages should be taught to you in the school?

a)      How many:

b)      Indian languages                 Classical languages       Foreign languages

Kannada                            Arabic                          German

Hindi                                  Persian                         Russsian

English                                Greek                           French

Urdu                                  Latin                             Italian

Marathi                              Sanskrit

Etc.,

 17)              How does language learning compare with learning
Other subjects. (More difficult (   ), Less difficult (    ),Same (      )].