Teaching of Urdu Language: Challenges and Opportunities

Abstract

Language plays a pivotal role to the achievement in students. It is also indicated that children’s find it easier to acquire and comprehend complex ideas in their mother tongue (NEP 2020). To improve education and accomplish educational objectives, children should only receive an education in their mother tongue. The purpose of this paper is to gather the corpus of knowledge about the problems and challenges that Urdu teachers face in classroom settings. Even though they play a crucial role in promoting Urdu literature and language, there are many challenges that instructors encounter, which lowers their effectiveness. This study explores the major challenges and problem that Urdu teachers face, including a lack of resources, lack of training, and public perceptions of Urdu language instruction. This paper also examines how these challenges impact student learning outcomes. This review intends to educate, teacher training programs, and instructional approaches that can empower and support Urdu teachers by recognizing the main issues and difficulties they confront.