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Respect your language
Textbook: Part 4, pp. 61–64
GoalExplain the importance of respecting the mother tongue.
New words
mother tongue · ona tililiteracy · savodspelling · imlorespect · hurmat
Explanation
The mother tongue is the first language we learned from our mother. Respecting it means respecting one’s own people. We speak and write correctly in our language and correct our mistakes. To be literate we learn rules and read a lot. In the poem in the textbook classmates laugh at a pupil who made a mistake, then he rereads the rule with respect for the mother tongue.
Worked examples
“My mother tongue”. I love my mother tongue. My mother sang me lullabies in it. At school I am learning to read and write in this language. If I make a mistake I reread the rule. When I grow up I shall know our language even better.
Spelling is writing correctly. Literacy is the knowledge of reading and writing.
Class activity
“Language festival”: children recite a poem or proverb about the mother tongue.
Practice
1
What is the mother tongue?
The first language learned from the mother
2
What does respecting the mother tongue mean?
Respecting one’s own people
3
What do we do to be literate?
We learn rules and read a lot.
4
What do we do if we make a mistake?
Reread the rule.