Shwethashree P

 I consider writing is one of the important skills of language. Being an English language teacher it is necessary to have good skill in writing.  I am as a writing teacher feel that I limited my writing only for the classroom and for my students. I'm teaching my students to write their self introduction , writing about their favourites in 5 lines, writing short by  looking into the pictures, writing letters in simple words. But I found that many students are facing difficulty in sentence formation. I tried different methods like giving them simple words, giving my writing as an example, showed videos of simple stories and even drilling of sentences was also done. Even after this I feel I'm not successful in teaching writing . From this training programme I'm expecting to learn more methods and ways to teach my students writing. I wish my students would develop creative writing in English. I would like to develop myself in writing skill in a better way so that I can teach ...

 I never expected that, this type of situation would come. But no other choice we have to go as per the situation. From the month of August 2020 I started to visit students' home and found them with all difficulty. Later I marked 3 spots like under a tree, in front of a temple and an empty home. And asked the students to gather in those places. I started providing worksheets and some guidance. During this time it was difficult for me to sit under the tree because most of the time it was raining. Sometimes people used to stand around and watch us. And I made WhatsApp group of students with internet facility. There I posted pre-recorded video lessons and some exercises. Few students were able to respond and understand it. But many students wanted face to face interaction.  During this pandemic time I gave an online training about DIKSHA app to our cluster teachers. I helped my colleagues to know more technology for teaching purpose. I went under English Nali- Kali online trainin...