Language Proficiency of Dalit and non-Dalit Students

Abstract

The research entitled “Language Proficiency of Dalit and Non-Dalit Students” is anattempt to evaluate Dalit and Non-Dalit students of secondary level of Tehrathum district.The main objective of this thesis is to evaluate theDalit students in comparison to Non-Dalit students. To fulfill the objective the researcher has used the random samplingprocedure technique for selecting the sample students. He has presented the four sets ofquestions for testing four language skills. Hehas done the analysis of data using somestatistical tools such as Mean, Standard deviation and T-test. He found Dalit studentspoorer in comparison to Non-Dalit students after evaluating their English LanguageProficiency. The study has four chapters. The first chapter deals with introduction thatconsists of general background, language proficiency, testing language proficiency,aims of Secondary level education, the educational situation of Dalits, review ofliterature, objectives of the study, significant of the study and definition of specificterms. The second chapter introduces methodology, which comprises of sources ofdata, sampling procedure, process of data collection and limitations of the study. The third chapter deals with the analysis and interpretation of the collected datawhich has been done using those statistical tools in terms of individual skills. Chapter four deals with the findings, conclusion and recommendations of theresearch work. The major finding of this study is that the students from lower workingclass (Dalit) have low English language proficiency in comparison to Non-Dalitstudents.