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When children develop their mother tongue, they are simultaneously fostering a whole host of other essential skills, such as critical thinking and literacy skills. It is this skill-set that take with them into formal education, and research tells us that any skill and concept gained in the learner's home language don't need to be re-taught when they transfer to a second language. Language and mother tongue also play a huge role in the development of personal, social and cultural identity. Children with a strong foundation in their first language often display a deeper understanding of themselves and their place within society, along with an increased sense of well-being and confidence. Naturally, this flows down into every aspect of their lives, including their academic achievement. In all education the primary place should be given to training in the exact and free use of mother tongue. Mother tongue is the true vehicle of mother wit. Another medium of speech may bring with it a current of new ideas, But the mother tongue is one with the air in which a man is born. It is through the vernacular that new conceptions of the mind should press their way to birth in speech. A man's native speech is almost like his shadow, inseparable from his personality. In our way of speech, we must, as the old saying runs, drink water out of our own cistern, for each one of us is a member of a community. It is through our vernacular, through our folk speech that most of us attain the characteristic expression of our nature.