On 5th and 6th of August 9, 2019 two English teachers from Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya, Itanagar went to attend the two day workshop held at Good Shepherd School, Naharlagun.
The total number of teachers expected to be 16.But unfortunately many of them did not attend.
After a brief introduction, the sessions were held. The resource person highlighted the objectives of National Curriculum Framework (NCF) . The following are the objectives of language teaching-learning.
- The competence to understand what they hear.
- Ability to read with comprehension
- Effortless expression
- Coherent writing
- Creativity
The first day three sessions were held. The first session was a group activity where participants had to discuss and present on a topic “ What is the difference between learning a mother tongue and a second language. Are the stages of learning same?”
The second was a reading comprehension worksheet. Teachers have to set some questions including vocabulary activities based on the given passage.
The concluding session was on how to improve listening skills. The resource person explained the two approaches that would help to develop listening skills. They are 1. Bottom Up process and Top-Down process.
The second day sessions were mainly focused on grammar. Most of the teachers adopt direct method ie. Explain a set of rules first, then give examples. The best method is indirect method ie. teach grammar in context.
It was followed by writing activities. As a group, teachers prepared and presented how to draft a notice.
Overall the workshop was satisfactory. On the part of the resource person, other than hand outs, no teaching aids were used. He could have proceeded with some ICT devices.
- Sri Shajimon P and 2) Su. Pori Naji
