The Department of English hosted a one-day Orientation Programme for teachers on 12.12.2006, for the first time ever in the history of the Department of English at GCE, Salem 11. The three of us worked hard and by god's grace the whole show went off well. The morning session saw us - the three of us offering sessions on Communication, Common Errors and Pronunciation, which were splendidly received. The student volunteers were magnificent; they were busy as bees throughout the day and made sure that all were invited to lunch too.The afternoon sessions were engaged by Dr.Usha Sri and Dr.T.Nagavalli on Effective Teaching and Micro teaching. The new teachers were absolutely taken aback by the hundreds of little things that teachers have to observe in their teaching practices. We only missed the Principal who was unwell and had to take bed rest and so couldn't attend the programme. We have been asked to take up a similar programme for two days in February. We are also happy that we are contributing to the Faculty Development in the college to help our students receive the best of education.
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language skills can be achieved only by practicing it. Grammar, pronunciation etc were supposed to have been taught at school level. Otherwise converting all 57 ( is it still 57?) subjects as english language will not work.i know the case of a PG thesis (in OHIO Univ)being returned by the guide asking the student to get it first corrected for grammar mistakes.
I agree...speaking comes only with practice...but you know, these engineering teachers who are in charge of framing syllabus and curricula believe that technology is the master and that it can solve all problems. Sadly, it is not realised that in learning a language, these can only supplement one's own efforts.
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