Language enrichment program for English
Objectives
- To develop teachers’ abilities to use multilingual, inclusive and innovative pedagogies in language teaching for enabling students to become comfortable with the languages taught in the school
- To strengthen language teachers' abilities to use contextual digital resources for addressing the language learning needs of children in their classroom
- To help teachers experience and internalize technology integration strengthening their technology, pedagogy and content understanding (TPCK)
- To facilitate the setting up of teachers’ Communities of Practice (CoPs) that can promote peer learning and mentoring and therefore enable continuous professional development (CPD)
- To make available all the resources created by teachers on an Open Educational Resource (OER) repository for easy and universal access.
Agenda
| Sl. No. | Timing | Sessions | Session Details | Resource Links |
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| Session 1 | 10:00 to 11:00 AM | Shared Context Understanding | Understanding the diversity of learners, and teachers' perspectives on language learning; Discussing myths related to language learning (including MLE and insights from NCF) |
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| Session 2 | 11:00 to 11:30 AM | Role of Storytelling in Language Learning | Storytelling as a pedagogical tool | Video on 'Stories as Pedagogy' |
| Tea Break (11:30 to 11:45 AM) | ||||
| Session 3 | 11:45 AM to 1:00 PM | How Digital Storytelling can help in Language Learning | What, Why, How of Language Lab; Connecting stories to Learning Outcomes through a demonstration of the story Ammachi's amazing machines with activities; Open discussion | |
| Lunch (1:00 to 1:30) | ||||
| Session 4 | 1:30 to 3:20 PM | Hands-on session
(In smaller groups) |
Each group will work on one story: Discussion on how the story can be used in their classroom teaching; Mapping stories to their syllabus/ themes:
Discussion on how the story can be used in their classroom teaching; Mapping stories to their syllabus/ themes; Connecting to LOs: Creating supplementary activities for stories |
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| Tea break (3:20 to 3:35PM) | ||||
| Session 5 | 3:35 to 4:00 PM | Way forward | Consolidation of themes and suggestions for integration into classroom teaching; Inputs from teachers, Feedback form | |