Language as a Powerful Tool in The Implementation of Research

For this paper we were writing a research based informative essay about language role in the implementation of research emphasising on the role of multilingualism. Multilingualism meaning knowledge of several languages at one time has became very important aspects for any individual’s future growth. We take help of languages to communicate our ideas, thoughts, and feelings from one person to another whose purpose may vary but necessary for aimed goal. Learning multilingual languages help individual in boosting memory that is learning capacity of an individual which further help in enhancing analytical ability of in them to tackle different situations and responding accordingly. It helps individual in cultivating potential to think unthinkable which motivates individual and persuade them to contribute in development of any particular area of subject aimed for. People who having knowledge of different languages are skilled in four different aspects of skills- listening, reading, writing, speaking again it helps in accumulation of different knowledge from different field.

Learning different languages by individual act as key for different experts from different field to work together for a common goal that generally requires multiple skill sets. Researchers are the one who follows their own interest in the same area with different skills which when grounded on communication help in development in right way which can occur on same shared language. Involvement of different people also helps recruiting more people when language is used as rhetoric device. We conclude that common understanding from shared language plays a vital role in enhancing the relations of trust that are necessary for effective inter disciplinary working.

 Research Based Information About Language and Its Role

What is language? Language is a term that has been derived from a Latin word that is lingua which means tongue while in old French it is made up of word named as langage. Then one another question comes to our mind that how and when language emerged? So here it is assumed or It has been traditionally explained that the evolution of language have often been used in beneficial of human activities especially in old times when men were not advanced starting from period of evolution of human life when they generally used sign and symbolic language for their livelihood has led to developments of language which derived access to information to them about ecological problems such as the location of food sources by creating maps, how to make tools, or how to use tools for extractive foraging and setting their homes thereby preventing from harsh climatic conditions changing over an year. With the help of language they got exposed to Social knowledge, Deception and Theory of mind. Similarly, language users could have got one another advance or prior warning of the approach of predators, or plan and co-ordinate hunting strategies better than they could otherwise do without language. Such theories often distinctly assume that language is essentially a very cooperative and designed tool for facilitating cooperation which may be needed at anytime for any purpose.

Then what will be the definition of language which will be describing it entirely in all respects. According to patanjali language is the human expression which is uttered by speech organs while Encyclopedia Britannica defines languages as a system of conventional spoken or written symbols by means of which human beings as members of social groups and participants in culture communicate. According to Mario A pie and frank Gaynor “a system of communication by sound that is through the organs of speech and hearing among human beings of a certain group or community, using vocal symbols possessing arbitrarily conventional meaning”. Many researchers have put their definitions with the help of different use of words. It is basically a sharing of one person’s mental concept to another person for a specific purpose.

Language is the only method by which one person can communicate his idea, thoughts and feelings to other person. It involves complex process where communication done in cycle where each step is important for effective communication. Which communication would be called as effective communication? Basically, effective communications is the communication between two people where sender intended message reaches to receiver without any distortion. In communication process the encoder encodes message and convert it into words and then choose medium to share either electronically or vocally to the sender which again decodes and understands it and then give valuable feedback for entire understanding of message. But this is possible only when encoder and decoder are familiar in same language that may involves the exchange of words through meaningful interaction, required for participants to study participants when seeking research information. To fully understand the importance of both language and communication in qualitative research, it is necessary to reflect on how language is viewed under the differing theoretical constructs of positivism and interpretative approaches. Most of the children learn language effortlessly but there are few who learn slowly face some difficulties throughout in their schooling period because this is the critical age where his/her language learning ability are affected by lots of factors. it depends on by how much children are being exposed to particular environment where there are lots of ways for more and more vocabulary grasping generally in many schools there is specially a playing rooms are made for letting children learn different animals, birds, pets name through playing with toys and cards .the number of books available for child and their frequency of visiting library also have great impacts . It is considered that learning vocabulary enhance the person’s memory skills by increasing brain’s muscle power and it give edge to thinking about particular aimed subject in broader sense. But very few of us know that Earlier environment for communication skill is very important. Generally children when are weak in their communication face greater delay in their success. Children belonging from lower socio demographic backgrounds which means family with lower education level and income and place where they belong like rural areas so on where exposure to developing world is very less are likely to have poorer skills in languages when they start schools which also hampers further communication because of shattered confidence and also feeling of inferior inbuilt among them. Nowadays, it has became very important for one to have a good command over language because efficient communication can only solve issues and deal with situations and could give some better conclusions over it. So parents must motivate and inspire their child to go for some activities where they are being heard and motivated. It has been seen individual with good communication skill have greater growth in their career than another who having more knowledge to him.

Welsh government has taken lots of initiative to improve oracy skills among students for better development of nations. The Pori Drwy Stori Nursery program builds on Book Trust’s well-established programs in Wales, Bookstart and Pori Drwy Stori. Both program are funded by Welsh Government and available free of charge for every child in Wales, with children, families and schools receiving free resources that is reading material and books to have fun with reading and sharing rhymes From children’s first few months of life to their first year of school. 2011 was considered as the national year of communication where a campaign known as the Hello campaign launched. The Communication Trust ran Hello in partnership with Jean Gross, Communication Champion for children. Hello aimed to make children and young people's communication a priority in homes and schools across the country. The campaign had a special focus on championing the needs of children and young people with speech, language and communication needs and their families. This campaign developed three strategic projects which was A Chance to Talk, Communication Ambassadors and Talk of the Town to support parents to develop their children's communication skills and schools in their growing role as commissioners of SLCN services. This campaign is supported by group of voluntary and community service organizations who have expertise and knowledge of children's skill in speech, language and communication. Along them there are many organizations which supported it generously like BT, Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, Manchester federation, Pre School Learning Alliance etc. Special educational needs and disability is one of the important Government priorities. The Bercow Review of services for children and young people with speech language and communication needs in 2008 was followed by the setting up of the Communication Trust, the Communication Council and the 2011 Year of Speech Language and Communication Needs. The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Green Paper, published in March 2011 for purpose of looking for reforming education and health support for children with special educational needs. Additionally, there is a tremendous increasing contortion in the policy domain on language and communication in a child’s early years. Recent reports including the review of the Early Years Foundation Framework have recognized the foundational role of language and communication in children’s learning. The Andhra Pradesh Higher Education English Communication Skills Project launched which aimed to improve the English language proficiency and employability skills of college students at higher education colleges in Andhra Pradesh. Additionally the project involved training a cadre of Master Trainers and cohorts of teachers in classroom pedagogy, teaching methodology and communicative language teaching methods using a cascade model so that institutional training capacity can be built and learners have ongoing access to high quality teaching and learning. The key objectives of this project are Learners will improve their workplace English, employability and soft skills through an integrated training solution (face-to-face and online) and thereby have access to increased opportunities for further education and employment in their future which can enhance a person’s standard of living which in turn help in development of nations. Secondly, English teachers are able to employ teaching methodologies which facilitate more communicative language learning outcomes. Thirdly, a suitable cadre of Master Trainers will be developed, who will support the on-going training and professional development of English teachers in colleges on a sustainable basis.

We conclude that interdisciplinary projects must allocate time to it for an overall development. Hence language is extremely important it is a fundamental tool through which qualitative researchers seek to understand human behavior, social processes and the cultural meanings that inscribe human behavior.  Failure in recognizing and acknowledging the role of language and communication issues in research may impact on the rigour and reliability of the research. Especially in Cross-cultural research where, there is variability and invariance, because of diverse cultural conditions.

Every day in schools and college one has to know that particular language where all matter of discussion goes on so it becomes highly important to know about it. Our education is entirely dependent on language; both written language and spoken language are to be used in throughout our academic. Action within educational contexts is next to impossible without having command over language. Schools exist both in and by language. Research in social sciences, is also dependent on language. So it becomes very much true that Research is conducted in and by language. The first and foremost part of any research especially talking within educational contexts is - the language. Because situation may be happening where every practitioners have to discuss with other among group is using Or maybe conversing in two different languages, two different vocabularies for same matter or subject which can only leads to confusion and hence failure in knowledge extraction from theories and particular areas of field researchers and practitioners have to coordinate their joint action that aimed for negotiating goals, to choose means and to evaluate outcomes of it. Besides this interpersonal function, language also have an important function of building and maintaining theories by providing means by which we are able to represent objects and phenomenon’s in our world as well as interpret and understand the relationships between them.. Language in everyday use are generally very natural, informal and are being constantly evolved by different people from varied culture and region but when it comes to the language of science it should be characterized by formality, high stylization and precision. Science language is the one which has to be very précised and universally accepted where no one can deny the use of any specific term. Then another question arises with these why is language a major area of research?

• Language requires many other capacities – Perception, categorization, memory, motor skill.
• It can be explored from many different perspectives of people.
• It may be the one ability which is unique to humans.
• It may be the heart of thought that pours directly into form of words either written form, spoken form or by any gestures specifically either verbally or nonverbally.

In research one has to carefully consider studies regarding about a particular issue of concern where by using scientific methods. One has to produce conclusion or result about it that’s can happen only with the very first object called language.  Research are generally consists of description, prediction, and explanation/understanding which again have to use of language for better and common shared understanding

Conclusion

Our forgoing discussions shows that language act as vehicle for collaborative work in any institutions, hospitals and in any research work .by means of it we can explore more and more around our surrounding .we can learn more phenomenon and understand them. the importance of using language is clear, vivid, stylized, ethical and that reflects well on we as the speaker.. Linguistic interaction with other people is a key aspect of learning. We also begin to develop more critical skills, asking questions about what we actually mean by language and whether it is possible and necessary to separate out one language from another .it has been seen that individual good in communication skill is skilled in four aspects of communication skill reading skills, speaking skill ,writing skill, listening skills. As generally research consists of predictions, descriptions, and explanations has to be made out in language hence it is very first object for further understanding of any phenomenon. So it can be concluded researches are done within language. language have greater role in interpreting and understanding various relationships among different phenomenon.

Languages are the heart of thought that pours directly into form of words either written form, spoken form or by any gestures specifically speaking it either verbally or nonverbally.

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