Tetso College conducts Webinar on 'Learning New Language Benefits: Naga Experience'
Source: IT News

Imphal, December 12 2020: As a part of the student webinar series of Tetso College the Department of Political Science under the directions, guidance and supreme leadership of Dr Rimmei Longmei ably supported and assisted by Dr Sabur Ali M who has conceptualized the event, has conducted a student webinar on the unique topic "Learning New Language Benefits: Naga Experience" on 8th December, 2020 .

Dr Rimmei Longmei, HoD delivered an introductory note and put light on the relationship between language politics and new language learning in the context of Nation Building Process.

The webinar had six speakers from students.

It was moderated by Yaoreiphy Awungshi, Assistant Professor, Department Of Political Science who also highlighted the concept note of the webinar.

At first the speakers listed out how many languages they know and how they learned it.

All the six speakers were multilingual.

Mr.Kezhavikho Lhoushe said that through animation movies he learned Japanese language.

Mr Imliwapang described his passion for Bollywood movies which taught him Hindi language.

Miss Rose M Lotha explained her interest on Korean culture and dramas which helped her to learn Korean language.

Miss Tialila Imsong talked about how she developed her skills over English language.

Miss Lika Zhimo mentioned how she learned her neighbours' mother tongues.

Miss Kalibo said that she learned the Hindi language from her grandfather who was in British army in World War II .

While giving his concluding remarks Dr.Aniruddha Babar mentioned classical languages which function as a treasury of knowledge.

He also traced the intersection of growth and evolution of languages with socio-political undercurrents prevailed in the society.

He also explained as to how English became language of the Nagaland and how South Korean language and culture has been influencing the young generation in the northeast states especially in the Nagaland.

Dr Aniruddha mentioned that, "Our people of the North East feel factually connected with the South-East Asian culture and modern way of life than that of the heartland of India.

This connection could be due to a range of factors like physical resemblance, traditional knowledge systems and food habits" .

While concluding his remarks he emphasized on need to preserve languages.

He had drawn an attention of the participants to the 'painful fate' of the classical spoken languages like Pali, Ardhmagadhi, Aramaic, Vedic/classical Sanskrit and Latin.

"History teaches us that the growth of society goes hand in hand with inevitable transformations in the languages and their structures.

I do not much bother with the rise and fall of language but I will forever remain concerned with the 'Cost' that we paid owing to the loss" He concludes.

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