Changes

##The focus will be on hearing and producing; and seeing and producing.  The child's first language / mother tongue/ local language are used to support the meaning making from the English language interactions.  This is to be distinguished from the translation method.

##The focus will be on hearing and producing; and seeing and producing.  The child's first language / mother tongue/ local language are used to support the meaning making from the English language interactions.  This is to be distinguished from the translation method.

##Phonetics based approaches integrating hearing and seeing as methods of learning the sounds and combinations of sounds to make words.  Wherever possible and relevant Montessori methods for early language learning  have been adopted into the development of the curriculum

##Phonetics based approaches integrating hearing and seeing as methods of learning the sounds and combinations of sounds to make words.  Wherever possible and relevant Montessori methods for early language learning  have been adopted into the development of the curriculum

#ICT are regarded as a new language and different ICT tools and methods are used for exploring communicative possibilities as well as in the creation of a resource rich environment

#ICT are regarded as a new language and different ICT tools and methods are used for exploring communicative possibilities as well as in the creation of a resource rich environment

# Children who come to different English language learning environments come with different levels of competence in English, based on the environment they are surrounded by.  This impacts both their levels of language acquisition as well as their perceived benefit from learning English.  The learning modules are therefore to be developed to support a multi-level learning even in a single-age classroom

# Children who come to different English language learning environments come with different levels of competence in English, based on the environment they are surrounded by.  This impacts both their levels of language acquisition as well as their perceived benefit from learning English.  The learning modules are therefore to be developed to support a multi-level learning even in a single-age classroom

This unit will have a brief description of how English learning has been attempted in India, the history of different approaches tried in India.  How to teach English in a multi lingual context will be the focus of this unit.

This unit will have a brief description of how English learning has been attempted in India, the history of different approaches tried in India.  How to teach English in a multi lingual context will be the focus of this unit.

====== Unit 4 -  Overview of the language curriculum in this course ======

===== Unit 4 -  Overview of the language curriculum in this course =====

Based on different language approaches, the curriculum will focus on providing activities for learning English through an acquisition method.

Based on different language approaches, the curriculum will focus on providing activities for learning English through an acquisition method.

The subsequent modules will therefore focus on hearing (listening), seeing (reading), speech and writing in that order.  There will also be lesson examples that will be given for providing resource extensions and multi-media input for language lessons in their English language textbooks.

The subsequent modules will therefore focus on hearing (listening), seeing (reading), speech and writing in that order.  There will also be lesson examples that will be given for providing resource extensions and multi-media input for language lessons in their English language textbooks.

==== Module - Sounds and scripts ====

==== Module 2 - Hearing the language ====

===== Objective =====

 

 

 

 

 

==== Objective ====

# Introducing script (which is an arbitrary artefact)

# Introducing script (which is an arbitrary artefact)

# Introducing the connection between script and sound (which is a second arbitrary item)  

# Introducing the connection between script and sound (which is a second arbitrary item)