Is Indian English hard to understand?

Indian English is often very hard to understand. Its the suprasegmentals issue. Only continuing exposure to the accent can make it more understandable. When the majority of the workers are Indian and have a heavy Indian accent, it seems that the only one with a communication issue is the non-Indian.

Is English important for Indians?

India is the world’s second-largest English-speaking country with more than 12\% Indians speaking the language. On this level, English can serve as a common ground for between Indians as well as the common link between Indians and the rest the world.

What are difficulties faced by Indians while speaking English?

Knowing the language but lacking the confidence while speaking. Not being able to recollect the right word at the right time. Not being able to speak fluently (fumbling or blanking out) Not being able to construct grammatically correct sentences.

Why are there so many teachers in India who can’t speak English?

Curiously, many states in India have attempted to make English the medium of instruction for all schools in an attempt to assuage the demands of the poor; however, the shortage of teachers who can even speak English is surreal. All of this while the vast majority is able to communicate in their respective mother tongues.

Why do so many Indians prefer English over other languages?

This is the world that hundreds of millions of Indians live in simply because the elite prefer English. This discrimination has become so systemic that the elite and middle classes send their children to English private schools while the vast poor send theirs to the government schools of their mother tongue.

Is the lack of knowledge of a language in India being oppressed?

It is incomprehensible that the majority of people in India are being oppressed by the mere lack of knowledge of a language.

Is India’s prosperity dependent on learning English?

It remains that Indians have come to believe that their nation’s prosperity, as well as their own, is wholly dependent upon not just learning English, but exclusively learning it as a first language.