Student: I think English is most important for both girls and boys because in our community if we contribute in both boys and girls we will get more manpower and it will help to develop any country if we are – we all be united by using a typically comm – proper communication. English is an international language which will help every student, every human, who is going to work internationally or want to trade or study and etc. and I think that English can help girls to overcome the situation of present day. They will get – they can get jobs and etc. I think English can be for both boys and girls – it must to be gender equal to everybody and English the main motive of international language is to be communicate properly – from properly to everybody and I think if we let boys and girls to speak with each other and learn anything new either it's English or any other language it will help to communicate and resolve the problems that we are facing right in our society – right now in our society. Thank you.
Language discussion 2, Nepal: A girl argues that English can present problems for learning. Notice how she develops her thinking and practices English at the same time.
Student: So I am against English because there are so many disadvantages, like, first, I want to say that our own, like, local languages and mother tongues are going despair todays because of the English languages. most of the villager people do not used to speak English so that's the very big problem. And there are so many reasons like we – we in – we are in the today world which it is our Nepali, is our national language, so people do not use to – so many of the boarding schools are said to has rules for speaking English so due to speaking English the peoples – our students are – today's students are going for – forgetting – our own language, national language Nepali, so this is also a big problem because they are forgetting our culture, our own traditions that where Nepali language – that shows the Nepali language shows that.
Language portrait 1, Nepal: A student draws a portrait of the languages they speak, hear, read and write.Language portrait 2, Nepal: A student draws a portrait of the languages they speak, hear, read and write.Language portrait 3, Nepal: A female student explains her language portrait (the languages she reads, writes, speaks and hears, and the language she is interested in) as she draws it.
Student: English at the school because I am interested to speak English with our friends as well as our teachers. I use Nepali at our home to teach the family members Nepali language and I use Hindi when we go – I use Hindi because we go for marketing in India and India's person don't know about Nepali language.
Language portrait 4, Nepal: A male student explains his language portrait (the languages he reads, writes, speaks and hears) as he draws it.
Student: I have drawn here at my half mind that I am half Nepali minded and at my heart that crimson is also our national colour, so I have choose crimson as our national to indicate our national language Nepali, and the brown one to indicate our land that our language that local language too for this, and I have choose yellow for English language which will make bright our internationally in a whole world spread brightness by using English language.
Interviewer: Very good and what's the heart?
Student: That is my Nepali.
Interviewer: That’s your Nepali.
Student: Yes, it in my – it is in my mind and in my heart.
Interviewer: That's very good, that's beautiful, thank you so much.
Language portrait 5, Nepal: A female student explains her language portrait (the languages she reads, write, speaks and hears, and importance of different languages) as she draws it.
Student: I choose green colour because it indicates India, as you know Hindi is national language of India, and I chose red colour for Nepal because our flag is in red colour, and I chose English – I chose blue colour for the English to indicate English language. I use English language because it is the one of the most famous language in the world and it is also my favourite language. I have learned English language from Hollywood movies and social medias and I also love to listen English songs, and English is really important nowadays to communicate with people all over the world, but never forget your mother language. It is also important – it identifies us from where we are and I also talk Nepali language to communicate with my country's people and my family. We should love our national language and I speak Hindi language because most of my friends are from India and that's why it's our neighbour country also, so in order to communicate with my friend I speak Hindi language.