alleryWhich medium is most natural for primary learning?
AEnglish medium
BSanskrit terms
CForeign language
DLocal mother tongue
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Local mother tongue
1. The paper states that learning through the local language or mother tongue is the most natural.
2. It warns against a purist approach that loads children with meaningless words.
3. Foreign or classical languages are not described as natural for young learners.
_Source: NCERT Position Paper, National Focus Group on Teaching of Science, 5.2.1 Primary Stage (Classes I to V)_
Keep practising Natural Science: Aims and Objectives
Browse all Natural Science: Aims and Objectives questions for CTET, or explore more Science Pedagogy topics.
Related questions
Which skills does the primary stage build?What do meaningful group investigations offer students?A tribal girl knows 100 plants yet is called weak. What does this imply?Which factor is linked to better student outcomes in science lessons?A teacher asks if an upturned glass still holds air. What is revealed?Children's differing ideas about natural events are best seen as what?Which set describes scientific temper?Which aim relates to learner creativity?