Seemita Mohanty

About The Author:- Seemita Mohanty is an Associate Professor in English in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, and has sixteen years of teaching and research experience. Her research interests include Sociolinguistics, English Language Teaching, Indian English Literature and Cultural Studies. She has presented papers at various national and international conferences and has several research publications to her name. She also translates from Odia into English. Till now she has published two books: A Critical Assessment of Vikram Seth's Poetry and Fiction (2007),and Different Women, Different Worlds: Ten Short Stories by Odia Women Writers (2013). She is also a recipient of the prestigious Homi Bhabha Fellowship from the Homi Bhabha Fellowships Council, Mumbai. Contents:- Content # Foreword : Preface List of Tables, Figures and Illustrations. Introduction Background of the Study Brief Overview of Odisha?s Tribal Life The Study Area Present Tribal Language Situation in Sundargarh District of Odisha The Sadri Language Statement of the Problem Research Objectives Research Questions Definition of Terms Significance of the Study Limitations of the Study Concluding Remarks. Situating Language Impact and Language Endangerment in the Tribal Context Section I-Language Impact in the Context of Minority Languages Section II- Language Endangerment and the Need for Preserving Indigenous Languages Concluding Remarks. Materials and Methods Sample Population Instruments of the Study Validation of the Questionnaire Administration of the Research Instruments Methods of Data Analysis Methods of Statistical Analysis. Impact of English and Major Indian Languages. Results and Discussion Results Related to Research Questions , and Parents? Language Preference for Children Language Choice with Regard to Domains Reasons for Children Learning Specific Languages Correlation between Mother-Ton