English teacher, elementary school

We need remember that when we teach English at the elementary level. There is a transition from local language to the school language . It is not only move from mother tongue to the second and third language , but also a move to the more disciplined environment of this school . Where social behaviour is to be related to a group of peers.

   *** Learning English therefore need not involve the loss of the home language.

   ****  while the child is being exposed to new  ideas and worlds , she is rooted in the present environments , attempt are made in the book to draw on what is familiar to the  child .

    *** The book supports the child's  emotional need and anxieties in order to strengthen the pathways to learning.

   *** By using the game and tasks that draw on imagination , the child will see that organized play and work have there own rules and discipline , imaginative thinking given a boost.

 ***The book encourages the child to use language in speech and writing,. to the express feelings and opinions, to reach out to others , see other points of view and thus develop as a social being.

   *** The child learns through fun and enjoyment, music, games, and activity. there should be as much movement as possible, so that the child gets to use language without much conscious effort.

   EMPHASIS ON ALL THE LANGUAGE SKILLS

   LISTENING

   Read the poems and stories aloud, before you ask children to repeat or recite . exposure to the sound of language is important. Don't give meanings, but let them make sense of meaning of using whatever knowledge of the world and of the language they already have . Now try to practice the sound of language yourself, before you start repeating them in class in say aloud.

      Develop listening skills

   1 )  the children in playing a silence game. Let them all be gently guided to listen, imagine, and speak

   The focus is to develop in children the habit of listening . During  the morning assembly, practice, rhymes with actions . If possible, practice of sargam / breathing exercises too can be introduced.

       As like listening , we can take steps speaking, reading, writing.