A Study of Academic Achievement in English in relation to Family Environment of Secondary Bengali Medium Minority Students of Murshidabad District

Abstract

In the current time, English has become one of the most effective global medium of communication. It plays an important role being the language of the textbooks and medium of instruction at various levels. Academic Achievement in English can increase educational achievement and expand their performance in every field. Family Environment also plays a vital role in developing Academic Achievement in English. So, the investigator conducted a study on the Academic Achievement in English in relation to Family Environment of Secondary Bengali Medium Minority Students of Murshidabad District. The study was conducted on 150 sample including both male and female Bengali Medium Secondary School students from the Minority community of Murshidabad District with the help of random sampling method. For the collection of the data the researcher used Family Environment Scale developed by Shaloo Saini and Prof. Parminder Kaur and for the valuation of Academic Achievement in English of secondary Bengali medium minority students, the marks obtained by the students in English subject in their class 9th annual examination were taken. The researcher collected final marks of English from students’ results record retained in the respective school. Data was analysed by using co-relation and t- test. Results of the study show that there is a significant relationship between Academic Achievement in English and Family Environment of secondary Bengali medium minority students. The findings also indicate that there is a significant difference between male and female Bengali medium secondary students from the minority community in both the case of Academic Achievement in English and Family Environment.