Question 12 of 22beginner🔧 ApplyShort Answer2 marks

Find out about the languages spoken by students in your class and name them.

Correct Answer

Students should survey their classmates to identify the different languages spoken.

In a typical Indian classroom, students might speak languages such as Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Odia, Assamese, Urdu, Sanskrit, and regional dialects.

This activity reveals the linguistic diversity within the classroom and helps students appreciate that India has more than a thousand languages spoken across the country, each rich with its own history, songs, and stories.

Exercise: Activity 5 | Q: Activity 5.1 | (Page Page 12)
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Explanation

The chapter on page 12 explains that by looking at a currency note, students discovered that people speak many languages in India. Each language is rich with its own history, songs, and stories. More than a thousand languages are spoken across the country. Activity 5 encourages students to discover this diversity within their own classroom.

Solution Steps

  1. Survey classmates to identify the different languages spoken

  2. List languages found such as Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Odia, Assamese, Urdu, Sanskrit, and regional dialects

  3. Recognize the linguistic diversity within the classroom

  4. Appreciate that India has more than a thousand languages, each with its own history, songs, and stories

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