INFLUENCE OF ICT SKILLS ON LINGUISTIC INTELLIGENCE AMONG TAMIL GRADUATE STUDENTS.

The aim of this study is to examine the influence of ICT skills on linguistic intelligence among Tamil graduate students in Chennai. This study was conducted on 600 Tamil graduate students. This study results shows that there was a i. There is significant difference between boys and girls Tamil graduate students in their ICT skills. ii. There is significant difference between boys and girls Tamil graduate students in their Linguistic intelligence . iii. There is significant difference between rural and urban area of Tamil graduate students in their ICT skills. iv There is significant difference between rural and urban area of Tamil graduate students in their linguistic intelligence. v. There is significant influence of ICT skills on Linguistic intelligence of Tamil graduate students.


…………………………………………………………………………………………………….... Introduction
The challenge to current educational system for the future is to prepare learners to participate in a knowledge society, in which knowledge is the most critical resource for social and economical development. Educational institutions are required to find appropriate pedagogical methods to cope with these new challenges (Hakkarainen, 2000). In order to develop communicative competence in a primary to higher education for new methods and forms of teaching should always be under consideration. For certain goals, tasks in format are usually used, known as didactic games, or it can be practical tasks of writing and reading during language lessons. Development of technology and new computer-based game possibilities make an impact on art specialists as well, making them think about possible application of ICT in their subjects. Until now, ICT is rarely used as a tool for language subject in Tamil.

Objectives Of The Study
 To find out the level of ICT skills and Linguistic intelligence intelligence of Tamil graduate students.  To find out whether there is any significant difference in ICT skills and Linguistic intelligence of Tamil graduate students with respect to select variables.  To find out whether there is any significant Influence of ICT skills on Linguistic intelligence of Tamil graduate students

Hypotheses Of The Study
The following hypotheses are formulated based on the above objectives  There is no significant difference in ICT skills and Linguistic intelligence of Tamil graduate students with

Method Of The Study:-
The investigator has used survey method to study on Influence of ICT skills on Linguistic intelligence of Tamil graduate students.

Population & Sample Of The Study:-
The population for the present study comprises of all the college students in Tamil subject, who were studying in different Colleges of Arts and Science, in Chennai of Tamil Nadu. The investigator has used simple random sampling technique for selecting the sample from the population. The sample consists of 600 Tamil graduate students of arts and science college level.

Null Hypothesis: 1-1
There is no significant difference in ICT skills and Linguistic intelligence of Tamil graduate students with respect to Gender

NS-Not significant, S-Significant
It is inferred from the above table that the calculated value of't' (2.87) is greater than the table value of 't' (1.96) at 5% level of significance for df 599. Hence the null hypothesis is rejected. Thus, there is significant difference between boys and girls Tamil graduate students in their ICT skills. While, comparing means scores of boys students have better than girl's students in their ICT skills.
It is inferred from the above table that the calculated value of't' (2.33) is greater than the table value of 't' (1.96) at 5% level of significance for df 599. Hence the null hypothesis is rejected. Thus, there is significant difference between boys and girls Tamil graduate students in their Linguistic intelligence. While, comparing means scores of boys students have better than girl's Tamil graduate students in their Linguistic intelligence.

Null hypothesis-1.2
There is no significant difference in ICT skills and Linguistic intelligence of Tamil graduate students with respect to Location of the Students

NS-Not significant, S-Significant
It is inferred from the above table that the calculated value of 't' (2.76) is greater than the table value of 't' (1.96) at 5% level of significance for df 599. Hence the null hypothesis is rejected. Thus, there is significant difference between rural and urban area of Tamil graduate students in their ICT skills and its dimension of Knowledge,

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Research, Communication and Self-Needed. While, comparing means scores of the urban area Tamil graduate students have better than rural area Tamil graduate students in their ICT skills and its dimension of Knowledge, Research, Communication and Self-Needed.
It is inferred from the above table that the calculated value of't' (3.02) is greater than the table value of 't' (1.96) at 5% level of significance for df 599. Hence the null hypothesis is rejected. Thus, there is significant difference between rural and urban area of Tamil graduate students in their Linguistic intelligence. While, comparing means scores of the urban area Tamil graduate students have better than rural area Tamil graduate students in their Linguistic intelligence.

Regression Analysis
There is no significant Influence of ICT skills on Linguistic intelligence among Tamil graduate students

NS-Not significant, S-Significant
It is inferred from the above table shows that there is significant influence of ICT skills on Linguistic intelligence among Tamil graduate students.
Findings of the Study:-1. 23.6% of the Tamil graduate students have low, 52.3% of them have average and 24.1% of them have high level of ICT skills. 2. 23.6% of the Tamil graduate students have low, 52.3% of them have average and 24.1% of them high level of Linguistic intelligence. 3. There is significant difference between boys and girls Tamil graduate students in their ICT skills. While, comparing means scores of boys students have better than girl's students in their ICT skills. 4. There is significant difference between boys and girls Tamil graduate students in their Linguistic intelligence.
While comparing their means scores, boys tamil graduate students are better than girls Tamil graduate students in their linguistic intelligence 5. There is significant difference between rural and urban area of Tamil graduate students in their ICT skills and linguistic intelligence. While comparing their means scores, Tamil graduate students residung in urban area are better than tamil graduate students from rural area in ICT skills and linguistic intelligence. 6. There is significant influence of ICT skills on Linguistic intelligence of Tamil graduate students. 6. The majority of the students average level of linguistic intelligence, and their utility in learning Tamil. Hence learners should be given awareness about linguistic intelligence theory and its academic scope and values in schools and colleges. This could create a great impact on them to understand the content of their texts and understand it in their own ways. 7. The implementation of linguistic intelligence may be based on pedagogical practices in the classrooms. Hence, smart classrooms with necessary infrastructure should be provided to give accessibility to musical instruments, Tamil language lab, online Tamil courses, and drama in linguistic intelligence based classroom.