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Book Review: Understanding speaking anxiety and coping mechanisms

Dr. Neha Singh Communication is said to be the most challenging skill to master. We consider language programs successful when a learner can communicate effectively in the target language. Communicating in the second language (a language not known to you) let’s...

How to make the most of this digital opportunity?

Story of the month: How to make the most of this digital opportunity? Vagish Jha Even though the overall situation seems to be limping back to normalcy, a sense of uncertainty is still writ large on the face of our times. The schools are gearing up to open in a phased...
Teachers: Designers of the future

Teachers: Designers of the future

We are all designers. From a space scientist to a person working in the field; from an architect working on a new bridge to a teacher preparing to take a class, we all make plans, consider various possibilities and constraints, take into consideration the availability...
How to teach a poem? Some reflections…

How to teach a poem? Some reflections…

Applies to: Subject: English Overview  How to teach a poem? Is there a singular way to teach it? As a teacher of language and literature, we often grope in dark to find an answer to this tricky question. In the following write up, the writer discusses how to teach a...
Teaching Rhymes for Critical Literacy

Teaching Rhymes for Critical Literacy

Applies to: Subject: English Overview Discussions, dialogue and debate have been recognized as important pedagogical tools in learning and yet it is seldom that they find any place in the classrooms especially with the learners at primary stages. We often considered...