Hello everyone, Welcome to all my participants friends
As a project step I am going to describe my class
I teach in a secondary level students grade 9 and 10. grade
10 is a school leaving group here in Nepal. Its final examination is conducted
in national level by Ministry of Education , Office of the controller of
examinations. The schools are classified in to grade A B C D on the basis of
the result they obtain in the SLC (School Leaving Certificate )level. So grade
10 is the most important for school evaluation system. The teachers and the
students always have to work hard to get good results.
The number of students vary every year but approximate number of my
students is 60 . Now there are 62
students in one of my classes in which I am teaching English Language. The class
room is large in size and rectangular in shape. Students sit in the two rows on
bench with a desk attached made of wood. There 5 -6 students sit in a bench.
They face the whiteboard which is in the front hanged on the wall in the centre
of the classroom. The teacher stands in front of the class and moves on the narrow
gap between two rows of desk bench. The teacher can't get to touch by moving in
a gap. Personal space is not available for the students, no working space in
the classroom. We generally take the students out of the classroom in the
school hall to conduct project and other programs.
The geographic location of my school is in the low land what
we call Terrai where 6-7 months it is too hot. So crowd classes are badly
affected by hot . In this situation to motivate for learning is more difficult
for us. Our resources are limited and the situation is being improved .
The general objectives of
teaching English are to enable students to:
1. Develop an understanding of
and competence in spoken English
2. Communicate fluently and
accurately with other English speakers
3. Develop competence in
understanding a variety of reading texts
4. Gain the skills necessary to
write appropriate and effective English
5. Develop an ability to use
simple reference materials
6. Read, appreciate and enjoy
literary texts
7. Develop an awareness of
contemporary social values and norms relevant to Nepal
The specific objectives in four
skills are : (Grade 10)
At the end of Grade 10 students will be able
to integrate receptive and productive work in the four major skills (listening,
speaking, reading and writing).
Listening
Student will be able to show
understanding of a variety of authentic listening texts, specifically, they
will be able to:
Listen to spoken text, understand the gist and retrieve general
information from it
2. Record in note or make summary from the main
points of spoken messages.
3 Respond appropriately to
spoken direction or instruction. Speaking Students will be able to speak
fluently and accurately in a variety of authentic situations. Specifically,
they will be able to:
1 Speak clearly within the
structural and lexical levels of the grade ten curriculum
2 Engage effectively in informal
discourse, using appropriate discourse devices (e.g. pauses, tags, questions,
etc.)
3 Communicate appropriately in a
variety of formal and informal situations
4 Engage in group discussions,
expressing opinions and arguing a point of view effectively
5 Narrate a sequence of events
or process
6 Convey simple messages
effectively using common phrases proverbs, idioms and metaphorical expressions
7 Engage in group discussion
using closed, open and alternative types of questions
8 Express a range of emotions
using appropriate phonological features.
Reading
Students will be able to apply different silent reading techniques in
order to
comprehend a variety of authentic texts. Specifically, they will be
able to:
1 Read short texts intensively for detailed understanding.
2 Read longer texts extensively for general understanding.
3 Show understanding of the underlying themes and ideas of texts
4 Show understanding of an argument.
5 Retrieve specific information form texts to synthesise and analyse by
means of a variety of reading techniques, e.g. skimming and scanning.
6 Identify the structure and organisation of paragraphs and longer texts
through developing an awareness of cohesive devices (thus, that’s why, in this
way, etc)
7 Anticipate the likely continuation of the interrupted text 8
Appreciate literary text of an appropriate level
9 Deduce the meaning of unfamiliar lexical items by means of
contextual, syntactic and semantic clues.
10 Use an authentic English dictionary/thesaurus effectively
11 Interpret information presented in diagrammatic forms (pie chart,
graph chart, bar/column chart, table, etc)
Writing
Students will be able to produce a variety of written texts: cues for
the production of these texts will range from controlled to free. Specifically,
students will be able to:
1 Express ideas in clear and grammatically correct English, using appropriate
punctuation.
2 Plan, organize and develop paragraph/s and essays.
3 Narrate a sequence of events or process
4 Use appropriate format and layout to produce a variety of texts.
5 Transfer information from tables, charts and diagrams to prose and
vice versa
6 Produce a variety of authentic text types (e.g. Personal, official
and business letters, job application, CVs/bio data, news stories and articles,
rules regulations, advertisements notices such as: condolence ,
congratulation, invitation, greeting)
7 Make notes on a variety of texts
8 Write about personal experiences and opinions creatively
9 Compose dialogues
[Source : Secondary level Curriculum ]
The students come from different
ethnic group who don't use English
language outside the school. As the curriculum expects . they need to gain
knowledge in all skills. The technologies we use in the classroom are , marker, whiteboard, cassette player, Mp3
player, loud speaker and other materials
according to subjects and lessons. I often use
flash cards , drawings and charts for reading, writing and cassette
player, Mp3 player, loud speaker for listening and speaking. Students feel
shyness to speak but write well. some have very good handwritings and some to
be improved. The students come in this school from other school in grade 9 and
10 as well. some students are upgraded from this school .
I usually try to manage the class
on to group of 6 – 10 students with 1-2 forward student in each group . There
is no computer and internet for students now but school is managing in some
days. Carrying mobile is band for students. I sometimes use my mobile for
teaching purposes but not allowed to talk on the phone during class time.
My students' need is to approach
e library to learn English and to be successful.
