Year: 2024 | Month: February | Volume: 14 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 198-206
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20240227
Investigation of Language Skills in Adolescents with Poor Scholastic Performance
Grace Sara Abraham1, Dr. T. A Subba Rao2
1PhD Scholar, Associate Professor, Mar Thoma Collage of Special Education, Kasaragod
2PhD Guide, Dr. M. V Shetty College of Speech and Hearing, Mangalore
Corresponding Author: Grace Sara Abraham
ABSTRACT
Adolescent language development is subtle, but it is thought to be crucial because it lays the foundation for all aspects of learning, including interacting with peers and teachers in the classroom as well as throughout the rest of their lives as they grow into adults. The need for this study became evident at this point as there are only a few studies available that look at the language skills of the Indian adolescent population. The study aimed to analyze the language skills of school-going adolescents, aged 10 to 16 years. The primary objective was to investigate language performance in relation to scholastic performance using the test material, the Manipal Manual of Adolescent Language Assessment (MMALA) While evaluating the test results based on scholastic performance, greater Mean scores were obtained for above-average students in all the test domains when compared to below-average students. There was a highly significant difference between the groups which indicates that below-average students had significantly poorer language scores when compared to above-average students which indicate that language skills have a significant impact on a student's academic success.
Key words: Adolescent language development, figurative language, scholastic performance