Socio-Cultural Background and English Writing Skills of Tribal Students in Higher Education
Disha Bhatt
Disha Bhatt, Research Scholar, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology University, Bhubaneswar (Odisha), India.
Manuscript received on 15 May 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 22 May 2019 | Manuscript Published on 08 June 2019 | PP: 97-102 | Volume-8 Issue-7C May 2019 | Retrieval Number: G10160587C19/19©BEIESP
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Abstract: There are many factors which influence writing skills. Those factors are beyond grammar, spelling and sentence structure. Our thinking, attitude, approach and most importantly socio-cultural backgrounds have an impact on our writing. Geographical divisions and various other demographic factors lead to socio-cultural differences as a result of which people coming from various tribes have different socio-cultural backgrounds. Hence, this paper endeavors to study in depth whether there is any impact of socio-cultural backgrounds on English writing skills of tribal population hailing from different tribes. State of Odisha has 62 tribes and this current study involves analysis of 28 different tribes. By English writing skills, we are referring to three stages of writing (pre/during and post). The samples for the study were taken from the students of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, KISS (Deemed to be University) Bhubaneswar through a structured questionnaire. A hypothesis was framed and tested using Chi-Square. From the study, it came to the limelight that there is no significant relationship between socio-cultural backgrounds of students from different tribes with their English writing skills.
Keywords: Challenges; English writing skills; Socio-Cultural Backgrounds; Stages of writing; Tribe.
Scope of the Article: Social Sciences