ELT, which stands for English Language Teaching, is a course, specially designed for teachers who are going to teach English Language in future. In this course, teachers are assigned some specific task and activities through which they can sharpen their teaching skills. These activities are a practical outcome of what they have learned in ELT being a teacher. It not only helps understand the essays accurately but also enhances teacher's confidence and make them future ready for teaching English language.
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Recently, while studying this course, following four activities were given
1. Translating the sentences [9th Sept 2020]
2. Choosing an occupation [10th Sept 2020]
3. Introducing vocabulary [16th Sept 2020]
4. Preparing a lesson plan [5th Oct 2020]
All the four activities were assigned with reference of the ELT essays discussed in the online classes.
Activity 1: Translating the sentences
* [Key Instructions: Translate the given sentences into English]
1. अहमद सुबह सुबह अख़बार पढता है।
2. આવ રે વરસાદ ઢેબરિયો પરસાદ, ઊની ઊની રોટલી ને કારેલાનું શાક.
3. માડી તારું કંકુ ખર્યું ને સૂરજ ઊગ્યો.
4. माथे पे कुमकुम और हाथ में चूड़ा, लगता है भारत से हैं वो।
Translation:
1. Ahmed reads newspaper in the morning.
2. Come, oh rain, millet bread offerings, warm warm chapati and vegetable of bitter melon.
3. Mother, your vermilion dropped and Sun rose.
4. Vermilion on forehead and bangles in hands, it seems like they are from India.
The key objective of this particular activity was to identify difficulties of literal translation of specific words from one language to another. The translated sentences may seem ridiculous at first place but it was a part of a trial based activity.
Activity 2: Choosing an occupation
* [Key Instructions: Choose your desired occupation and make a list of 10 things/items you need to be a part of that occupation]
Occupation: Hotel Owner
Things Required:
1. Dedicated staff who can take care of rooms.
2. A portable container office for remote management
3. An accountant who keeps record of transactions and bills
4. Computer with good internet bandwidth
5. Taxi vehicles for logistics and sight seeing
6. A contractor who repairs odds and errands of the hotel
7. A tie up with few restaurants for on-demand food services
8. A website for online marketing
9. Tourism certifications
10. License to run business
The objective for doing this activity was to be well versed with the registers and sub-registers of English language. Every discourse and field has it's own technical words and terms. They are called registers and sub-registers.
Activity 3: Introducing Vocabulary
* [Key Instructions: Select the desired word which you want to introduce to the learners. The word should be introduced in English. Discuss the method how you will introduce that word to the learners. A condition here is, learners are not well acquainted with English language, and they only know regional languages.]
I will introduce the word handkerchief. Their regional language is Gujarati and Hindi. I will use question method. I will ask them few question in order to get the exact word from them. It is રૂમાલ in Gujarati.
First Question: What do you use to wipe your mouth and hands after washing your hands after eating?
Second Que: In case you are working in a dusty area or travelling on a rough, dusty road then what will you do to cover your face?
Third Que: What do you use to cover your nose when you sneeze ?
In either of the questions asked above I will get answer 'રૂમાલ'. Then I'll introduce handkerchief in English.
Activity 4: Preparing a lesson plan
* [Key Instructions: Select the desired age group of learners. Select any topic of your choice. Prepare a lesson plan for that topic and discuss how you will teach that topic to learners. Mention objectives/outcomes of the lesson plan.]
Plan: I'll introduce the topic "Communication through ICT tools" to the students from standard 10 to 12.
I will prepare a presentation in laptop and display it through the projector. I will include various images and GIFs (Graphical Interchange Formats, or moving pictures) of people talking and chatting. I will ask them a question that how they normally communicate in an informal environment. From their answers I will know their medium of language and areas where they can improve. I will introduce them a way to increase their vocabulary through some mobile applications and websites. I will also assign them a task to find out 10 new words which will be very unfamiliar to them and use all the 10 words to construct a paragraph. I will ask few of the students to interact with each other and use those words appropriately in the conversation. At the end I will share video resources and examples of group discussion and other conversations.
Objectives:
1. Enable learners to use meaningful words in given context.
2. Enhance their English language proficiency.
3. Engage them in formal and informal interactions such as group discussion.
4. Make them well versed with ICT and WEB 2.0 tools and use the same in effective language learning.
This was a glimpse of all four activities. This blog may also be useful in honing your language teaching skills.
Thank You!
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