My nephew is in class 6 and has been picked to speak for two minutes at the Independence Day assembly. He's decided it should be in Hindi because 'it sounds more patriotic'. His Hindi comes from cricket commentary. At home it's Malayalam and English. I'm on call most evenings, so practice time is short. Let him try, or push for English?
Let him try 🤷 Worst case he mixes in some English and everyone claps anyway. Two minutes is short. My daughter did a Telugu poem last year with half the words wrong and the teachers loved it.
Get him to write it in English first, then translate it with him line by line. He'll know what he's saying, which matters more than the accent. Our older one did this for a Hindi elocution and ended up enjoying it 🙂
the 'more patriotic' reasoning is very 11. mine wanted to do his in sanskrit for the same reason. we settled on english with one hindi line at the end. everyone happy
Same with me, my Hindi also not good, only Marathi. I think teachers will not mind. Child is trying, that is the important thing. My daughter is small but I also want her to speak all languages.
Agreed. Speaking as someone who sits through a lot of school assemblies: nobody marks the grammar. What people notice is whether the child is audible and doesn't rush. Have him practise slowing down, in whichever language.
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