#65, Word of the Week: Action research
"Action research is a development tool for a teacher that involves observing or gathering other data about a class through interviews, case studies, and questionnaires. A teacher can establish a…
#65, Article: ‘Teaching English Language to Beginners’ by Mako Fisher
Young students especially, have short attention spans and quickly lose concentration so in order to keep lesson momentum and the student interested in the topic at hand, break the lesson time down into ten minute module blocks.
For young students or absolute beginners, start with the alphabet and numbers.
Lesson 1 for example could be to learn the alphabet letters to “g” or whatever you feel is within the students ability. For very young students consider bringing a lap top computer and printer to the class and as part of the lesson find, and print out the Flash Cards you intend to use. Likewise with numbers. Make or print out numbers up to 5, then 6-10 then 11-20 and so on.
Another 10 minute component could be to print out some writing practice sheets so students can start learning how to write letters and numbers. Compliment the lesson with Flashcards with words starting with the letters you are teaching. For example Apple, Airplane, Air Conditioner, Ape, etc etc. (more…)
#65, Article: ‘Allow Reading Aloud to Feel Proud
ALLOW ‘READING ALOUD’ TO FEEL PROUD
*Dr. G.A. Ghanshyam
Head, Department of English, Govt. M.L.Shukla College, Seepat, Bilaspur (C.G.) India. Email: gagshyam@gmail.com
Speech is civilization itself. The word, even the most contradictory word, preserves contact – it is silence which isolates.
– Thomas Mann
Speech, the first form of communication came much earlier than the written form of
language in the progress of civilization. Even today there are many tribes, which have an oral form of language with a non-existent written script. Though writing preserves the wisdom, knowledge and experience of man for posterity, yet it is the spoken form of the language that gains in stature and priority.
The world in which we are living today is a globalized world, a world entirely dependent on effective modes of communication. Language being the medium of communication, it is essential that a certain degree of perfection be achieved in the area. According to Ludwig Wittgenstein “What can be said at all can be said clearly; and whereof one cannot speak thereof one must be silent.” –
Lucidity and clarity of the spoken word is very essential for communication to be effective and useful. All our social, personal, political and economical interactions are based on the foundations of correct and accurate use of the language; that is an efficient communication system. So language learning occupies a pivotal place in our life. (more…)