Journal of Psychology & Behavioral Science

Effects of Medium of Instruction and Gender on Communication Problem and Socialization of Children
Dr. Amit Kumar Tripathi

Abstract
The study was undertaken to assess the impact of medium of instruction and gender on selected aspects of communication hurdles like limited vocabulary, lack of fluency, fear of making mistake, improper expression , poor confidence level, faulty pronunciation, fear of inferiority and presence of mind on one side, along with socialization on other side which incorporated the family influences, neighborhood, peer group, school atmosphere and relation with teachers on 80 children aging from12 to 16 year. In general, lack of fluency and fear of inferiority sustained significant negative effect of instruction medium whereas gender was significant on socialization issue. The interaction effects (medium of instruction and gender) were significant for limited vocabulary and fear of inferiority. On the basis of socialization of children, the main effect of medium of instruction was significant on the family influences and relationship with teachers. The interaction effect (medium of instruction and gender) was found significant on the school atmosphere only. Overall findings indicate that children (male or female) from Hindi medium school are more affected in comparison to children being educated in English medium English medium school. Interaction between two person and way of conveying thoughts are important incidents of Communication. As both are positively interrelated, hence the socialization of a child with problem in verbal communication will not be fully achieved in comparison to the child with good communicating ability.

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