Authors
Jaya Shukla, Ankit Srivastava, Mahesh Sharma, Dr. Ranjeet Kumar Singh
Abstract
Handwriting is a visible speech which express by writing with the , help of writing instrument on writing surface. The objective of the present study was to assess the handwriting characteristics between the Hindi Medium and English Medium students (school). Sample ratio was equal i.e. 50 samples from each category were collected and analyzed. All the samples were collected in English language strictly as the participants were familiar with this language. The class and individual handwriting characteristics such as Alignment, Pen pressure, spacing, Speed, Rhythm, Slant, Writing Style, Tremor, Retouching, Buckle, Spur, Eye etc. were assessed to carry out the present study and the result reveals that there is significant difference between Alignment, Pen pressure, Speed, Rhythm, Writing style, Retouching, Tremor, Buckle and minor difference between Slant, Spur and Eye and no significant difference between Inter-letter spacing, Inter-Word spacing and Inter-Line spacing. Keywords: Handwriting; Handwriting characteristics; Hindi Medium; English Medium.
Introduction
Today’s world is a world of globalization. English Language has become very important in our daily life. In India, British introduced the language ‘English’ with the establishment of the East India Company in 1600. Then, the use of English was further popularized by the Christian Missionaries and they started to make English Medium Schools which have great impact on Indians.
In 1857, the three English Medium universities of Bombay, Calcutta & Madras were introduced. Due to these universities, the new education policy gave the special importance to the use of the regional languages (i.e. vernacular languages) and also gave the instruction that English should be taught where there was a need for it.
When India became independent, it was decided that the language “Hindi” would be our National language and in 1965, English became the official language. This decision was taken because Hindi was not accepted as national language as expected. Therefore, for business or marketing purpose, English became the associate language along with Hindi (Pathan and Shaikh, 2012).
Material and Methodology
The present study has been conducted on the randomly collected handwriting sample of 100 individuals of two different medium (i.e. 50 samples from English Medium Students and 50 samples from Hindi Medium Students).
The Handwriting samples collected from the Higher Secondary and Senior Higher Secondary students of various schools of Jhansi city. Who were studying in different mediums (Hindi medium & English medium). The subjects were familiar with writings in English language. The handwriting samples taken from subjects on white executive bond paper and the students are dictated with written matter of English language. And they were not allowed to see their previous writing samples taken for the present study.
The handwriting samples are written with the Blue Ball pen in same condition. And they were not allowed to change their pen and surface (paper) for writing sample. Collected samples were than analyzed with the help of handwriting principles, transparent stencil, magnifying lens and handwriting characters which includes – Alignment, Pen pressure, Spacing, Speed, Rhythm, Slant, Writing Style, Tremor, Retouching, Buckle, Spur and Eye etc.
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