Avneet Kaur
Jalandhar, October 26
The Education Department’s new initiative — English Booster Club (EBC) — at government schools has generated a good response in the region. As per reports from schools in Jalandhar, Nawanshahr and Hoshiarpur, students have been taking part enthusiastically in various activities conducted under the EBC.
The videos of students communicating in English and performing various tasks are being shared widely on the social media. Amandeep Kaur Bhatti, who teaches English at Government Senior Secondary Smart School, Urapar, Nawanshahr, said, “We have formed Super6 groups in each class from VI to XII. The students have been leading the activities and drawing inspiration from them, even other students are themselves coming forward to avail the benefits of the club.”
“Though in the second phase, all students will be a part of the club, the purpose of the Super6 group was to motivate them to come forward themselves and show curiosity to learn the language,” said Bhatti, adding that she has been receiving calls from parents as well students, seeking information about the EBC.
She further added that the results of the EBC were evident from the fact that students’ speaking competency has improved and they no longer feel shy or anxious while conversing in English. “We will soon cover the whole class under this project,” she added.
Another English teacher Mandeep Kaur of Government Model Senior Secondary Smart School, PAP, Jalandhar, said, “EBC is getting popular among students. They discussed various activities among themselves and come up with great solutions. They perform English speaking activities with great confidence,” she said.
Chander Shekhar, state resource person, said, “Various activities devised by the Education Department under the EBC have been attracting students towards the language. With the help of this project, students are able to explore and understand the language with more curiosity.”
He said the EBC was helping students to overcome real life challenges and issues such as pronunciations, accent, fluency and above all, the confidence to speak and learn the language.
Divulging details about the type of activities being conducted under EBC, Shekhar said the dedicated team of the Education Department has planned various activity based learning, for example, making scrap files, working models etc. He said through this model and files, students explain their topics in English.
“Other activities include giving speech for two minutes on any subject, recitation of poems and stories from syllabus or any theme of students’ choice, dialogues and conversations, learning five words of vocabulary every day, sentence formation with the help of learned vocabulary words, talking about themselves in English and speaking on the environment related issues . Besides, all the students are asked to record their voice while reading a chapter in order to improve their accent and pronunciation,” he added.
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