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WELCOME TO WORKSHOP ON TEACHING OF ENGLISH TO PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN

WELCOME TO WORKSHOP ON TEACHING OF ENGLISH TO PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN. Spontaneity & Children Children – gifted with spontaneity Present education system – stunts growth of mind Too much stress on ranks & marks Creativity of children gets suppressed

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WELCOME TO WORKSHOP ON TEACHING OF ENGLISH TO PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN

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  1. WELCOME TO WORKSHOP ON TEACHING OF ENGLISH TO PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN

  2. Spontaneity & Children • Children – gifted with spontaneity • Present education system – stunts growth of mind • Too much stress on ranks & marks • Creativity of children gets suppressed • Unhealthy competition – parents responsible

  3. “Man is born free but everywhere he is in chains” • Who said this? • Society – curtails freedom • Psychological blocks – fear – created • For a healthy child, healthy atmosphere is essential Rousseau

  4. Creativity • Innovativeness in child should be encouraged • Ability to create a thing of beauty. Ex: a painting, a poem • New angles, new perspectives – to be welcomed • Every child – a genius • “ A genius does not do different things; he does things differently ”

  5. Learning • Learning – a dynamic process • Can take place in a free and congenial atmosphere • Rapport between teacher & children • A teacher should become a child and play, sing and do things with them • Advt. Children fly paper rockets in the classroom

  6. “ Heaven lies about us in infancy”– Wordsworth

  7. Can a teacher create a star? • Stars – not the shining things in the sky • Achievers – transform dreamers into achievers • Teachers can do it, if they have patience and perseverance • Identify the spark, nurture it and then you will have ----

  8. Tare Jameen Per

  9. Task : Today’s Education system Activity: Group work. • Discuss and make a list of the salient features • The group leader can present the views of his group • There can be a discussion

  10. Eliciting : Who is this person?

  11. Tagore’s views on education • Stress & strain • No all-round growth of children • Teacher’s personality does not mould the child anymore • Result – restlessness and frustration • Tagore’s views – relevant even today

  12. Mother tongue – its role in teaching English • a very effective tool in imparting communication skills • Use of mother tongue – easy way to learn English, target language • Mother tongue – to be judiciously used

  13. APJ Abdul Kalam – Dream and work hard to realise your dream. Four golden principles: 1. Goal setting 2. Positive thinking 3. Visualizing 4. Believing

  14. M.K Gandhi: Tolstoy Farm • Taught Indian children from different states • Taught shoe – making , carpentry after he learnt them • Sincerity and commitment • Gandhi – against segregating his children from bad boys in “Tolstoy Farm.”

  15. Visually challenged, deaf and dumb • Perseverance and determination of her teacher, Anne Sullivan – paid rich dividends • Struggle, pain and frustration • Ultimate result – success, fame and recognition • Anne Sullivan – came into limelight – honours, awards etc

  16. Einstein at school • Considered a rebel • Independent out look • Did not give much importance to mere acquisition of facts • Did not believe in the efficacy of traditional education system

  17. Education: Einstein’s view • Should give ample scope for imagination • Free thinking is essential • Mugging up and mere reproduction of information is not education • Ability to think, create new ideas and analyse them is education

  18. Eliciting: Can you identify this celebrity?

  19. Path – breaking effort • Novel method to teach children • Play way approach adopted • Enjoy freedom & curiosity – aroused • Inhibitions are dropped • Free exercise of imagination & creativity

  20. Family and Relationships • Teach the child all the names of relationships in the family Eg: uncle, aunt, cousin etc • Teach them the distinction between the two relations – maternal and paternal • Tell them a few interesting things about family traditions. • Make them draw their family tree

  21. Great grand parents paternal maternal grand parents grand parents parents parents you you

  22. Know the Professions • Ask the child questions like “ What’s your father?” “ What’s your mother?” • Encourage them to prepare a chart containing details of their relatives and their professions • Also motivate them to know a little about the nature of various professions

  23. Colours • Significance of important colours like blue, green, red etc • Colour – days eg: Red Day, Yellow Day • How they stand for different ideas • They can identify colours using pulses, flowers, vegetables, fruit etc

  24. Colouring the Picture • Children enjoy colouring pictures • Let them colour the pictures they like • Check whether they are using the right colour • Ask casually simple questions and derive answers in the target language. • Ex: What are you colouring?

  25. Balloon Bonanza • Take a bunch of balloons to the class • Ask the children to identify the colours • Ask them which colour they like most and why • Teach them how to answer such a question ex: I like blue colour because ---

  26. Flower Show • Take a variety of flowers to the class room • Teach them the names of different flowers in English ex: Chrysanthemum, lily, marigold, lotus, rose, jasmine • Ask them to identify the colour • Motivate them to enjoy the fragrance • You can give them a project – ex: an album of various kinds of flowers

  27. Fruit Festival • Take as many varieties of fruits as possible to the class • First teach them the names of different fruits, ex: Custard apple, pineapple, grapes, plantains, etc • Tell them a few things about the vitamins, proteins etc. which the fruits contain • Talk about their relevance to health – give a few simple examples.

  28. Flying Friends • Show children pictures of different birds with which they are familiar • Tell them how they live, their food habits etc • How they build their nests, how they are domesticated • Migratory birds – why they migrate and when

  29. Toy World • Take a few toys to the class ex: train, car, helicopter • Ask children to identify them • Then ask them how they are used as means of transport • Play with them for some time • Relate them to real life experiences • Give instructions only in English

  30. Class room objects: • Show children different objects in the classroom • Ex: blackboard, a piece of chalk, bench, desk, duster etc • Ask them to talk about their uses • Add to their information, if there is any relevant idea

  31. House hold objects • Use the same procedure to make them identify household objects • Ex: bed, table, chair, sofa, teapoy etc • Encourage them to talk about each of these objects • Use eliciting technique to make them converse in the target language.

  32. Role play • Role play – fun and interesting • Gives exposure to certain situations • Enables children to shed inhibitions and converse freely • Teach the basic structures , how to frame simple questions

  33. Activity : Role Play Task : Pair work • at a police station • With a doctor • At the railway enquiry • In a restaurant

  34. Task : speaking skills Activity: pair work Situations • At the park • At the cinema • At the ice – cream parlour • At the market

  35. Task: Things in common Activity : Pair work • Children can sit in pairs • They can ask each other what their favourites are. Eg: favourite star, favourite colour, favourite place etc • They should jot down things which are common to both • Later one of them can share them with the class

  36. Activity : Feel the object Task : Group work Keep a few small objects like eraser, pen, sharpener, pencil, pin, cell, lid of a bottle etc. in a cloth bag. Close it before entering the class. Let the children feel the objects one by one and guess what they are. Encourage them to ask questions.

  37. Know your birthday Activity : Speaking skills Task : Group work Children go about in the room asking one another their month of birth, year and date of birth. They should keep asking till they find someone whose birthday falls on the same day.

  38. Guided Tour • Take children out for a few hours to a place where nature looks beautiful • Show them different objects of nature, ex: dragonflies, butterflies, birds, sky, green fields, flowering trees etc • Help them in framing simple sentences stating their preferences, likes and dislikes

  39. PICTURE READING • An interesting activity. • Provides scope for invention • Teacher can guide the child at certain stages • Help the child by supplying appropriate words • Useful exercise – strengthens descriptive skills

  40. COMPLETE THE STORY • The teacher can start a story and continue up to a point • Ask children, one by one, to continue the story • After the story is completed, the teacher can ask a child to change the ending of the story • This helps in sharpening their creative abilities

  41. CREATE A STORY • Show children some pictures which are part of a story • Jumble the pictures • Ask the children to arrange them in proper order • Then the children can create a story using the pictures

  42. FIND THE DIFFERENCES • Collect pairs of photos, pictures which look similar but contain a few differences • Ask children to look at them carefully and note the differences mentally • They should orally reveal the differences between the two – as many as possible.

  43. DESCRIBE THE PROCESS • How to wear the school uniform? • The teacher can help the child in framing sentences. • Can supply missing links • Can encourage other children to fill gaps • This can be tried using other situations also Ex: serving food, making noodles etc

  44. RHYMING WORDS • Vocabulary can be developed this way. • The teacher can give pairs of rhyming words like loot, boot: class, glass, bind, kind etc • Encourage children to gather as many rhyming words as possible • Nursery rhymes help in this method Ex: Jack and Jill went up the hill

  45. Dumb Show • The teacher can stand silently before the class • Without opening his mouth, he can make gestures, movements with his head, hands etc • The children can be encouraged to guess what he is trying to express • They can ask questions, express opinions • The child who guesses correctly is the winner

  46. Profile • Self – introduction • The teacher can explain the kids first by doing it himself / herself • Family, hobbies, likes, dislikes, goal in life • Encourage children to come forward and speak about themselves with confidence.

  47. Mock Interview • Imagine that you are interviewing a celebrity • Prepare yourself well by gathering as much information about him as possible. • Choose a friend of yours to play that role • Have a rehearsal • This can be done under the guidance of the teacher

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