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Lets Speak English, Today!
सगंठनKENDRIYA VIDYALAYA
SANGATHANNEW DELHI
–
15 - 17 जुलाई 2013
Reference Manual cum Report
3 Day Workshop onSpoken English for
PRTs
15 - 17 July 2013
Prepared by
ZIET BHUBANESWAR
/lets spi:k ingli∫-tudei/-
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Shri Avinash DikshitCommissioner KVS New Delhi
Shri G.K. SrivastavaAdditional Commissioner (Admn) KVS New Delhi
Dr. Dinesh KumarAdditional Commissioner (Acad) KVS New Delhi
Dr. ShachikantJoint Commissioner (Training) KVS New Delhi
Dr. VijayalakshmiJoint Commissioner (Acad) KVS New Delhi
Dr. E. PrabhakarJoint Commissioner (Pers) KVS New Delhi
Shri M. ArumugamJoint Commissioner (Fin.) KVS New Delhi
Shri S. VijaykumarJoint Commissioner (Admn) KVS New Delhi
Special thanks
Ms R Kalavathi, Deputy Commissioner, KVS (RO) Bhubaneswar
OUR PATRONS
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Acknowledgement
Course DirectorUSHA ASWATH IYER
Deputy Commissioner & Director, ZIET Bhubaneswar
Venue DirectorShri Damodar PurohitPrincipal, K.V. 3 Bhubaneswar
Resource Persons
Shri K. P. DASH
PGT (English)
ZIET Bhubaneswar
MRS. S D’ C FRANCIS
K.V. INS Chilka
Bhubaneswar Region
MRS. SUSHEELA RAMCHANDRAN
K. V. 1 Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar Region
Supported byZIET Bhubaneswar Staff
Mrs. Hajra Shaikh (PGT-Chem), Mr. K. P. Dash (PGT-Eng),Dr. Abhijit Saha (PGT-Biology), Mr. Nabaghan Nayak (PGT- Math),
Mr. Parasuram Shukla (PGT -Econ), Ms T Samrajya Lakshmi (PGT-Phy)Dr. Santosh Gupta (Librarian), Mrs. Santi Lata Padhy (UDC)
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MUSINGS
When I first decided to plan for a workshop in Spoken English for PRTs, I was notsure how it would be accepted by the teachers. Planning the time table was a bigchallenge because three days is too short a time for such a venture. Moreover,there is always the doubt, ‘Have I bitten off more than I can chew?’
The experience proved very rewarding on many fronts. The time and energy I hadto put into the planning so that the teachers would benefit made me mentallyactive. Reviewing my knowledge and filling in gaps made me realize that ateacher or a teacher trainer has to always update herself. The curiosity andeagerness of the participants made me aware that I was doing something useful.And finally of course the joy of meeting friends, new and old.
The three resource persons again inspired me by their enthusiasm, their knowledgeand their skill in handling the class. Of course, this three day workshop is only ahumble beginning. Many more such workshops will be needed for more teachersto be covered and for brushing up and updating the knowledge of this group inparticular. Yet I am happy that the teachers have left with the awakening ofawareness that spoken English is also an integral part of their teaching of Englishand requires planning, practice and dedication.
USHA ASWATH IYERDIRECTORZIET BHUBANESWAR
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PRIZE WINNERS
BEST SPEAKER
EXTEMPORE
DOLI CHAUDHURI
SUBHASHREE MOHAPATRA
SASWATI CHOUDHUREE
KOLKATA REGION
BHUBANESWAR REGION
SILCHAR REGION
BEST POEM RECITATION (GROUP)
FIRST POSITION
KOLKATA REGION
Ms NEERAJA-IIT KGP
Ms D. CHOUDHURY-BKP AFS
Ms MILLY TANTI-KKD 2
Ms SARUTA GURU-KGP 2
Ms SAVITRI BHAKAT-DGP CRPF
Ms BALAKA MUKHERJEE-ASANSOL
Ms PURNIMA SINHA-ASANSOL
SECOND POSITION
RANCHI REGION
Mr JAINENDRA KUMAR-3 BOKARO
Mr RETRAM PATEL-GARHWA
Mr K M SHARMA-HINOO RANCHI
Ms M SINHA-NAMKUM
Ms T R SINGH-TATANAGAR
Mr M KUA-JHARSUGUDA
Mr B SAHOO-SUNDARGARH
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WORKSHOP ON SPOKEN ENGLISH FOR PRTs OFBBSR/GUWAHATI/KOLKATA/RANCHI/SILCHAR/TINSUKIA
Date 0900-0930
0930-1100
1100-1115
1115-1300
1300-
1400
1400-1530
1530-1545
1545-1715
15-7-13 Registration&Inauguration
Speech Sounds-Introduction toConsonants-UAI
TEA
BREA
K
Identification ofwords with difficultconsonants
LUN
CH
Extempore-Practice inspeaking-
Group Work
TEAB
REAK
Extempore-Practice in speaking-Final Round
16-7-13 Assembly Speech Sounds-Vowels-UAI
Stress & Intonation-SDCFRANCIS &SHEELA R
SpeechSounds-
Diphthongs-UAI
Practice for Recitation-Group Work
17-7-13 Assembly Recitation ingroups- Final
Identification ofcommonlymispronouncedwords-KPDASH
List ofCommonly
mispronounced words-
Group Work
Plenary Session &Valedictory
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Sl.No
Name of Participant (in BLOCK Letters) Name ofCate. Mobile No. E-mail id Employee
Code
Date ofJoining in
KVSin ENGLISH मे K V Region
1MR. KVSRAMASASTRY KALINGA Bhubaneswar General 9866078123
sriramsastrykaidukum999@gmail.com 28005 18/8/1984
2MR. YRK JYOTIPRASAD
वाई आर केVIZIANAGARAM Bhubaneswar General ९४९३८८२३०१ yram219@yahoo.com 35518 3/11/2003
3MR. BBBHATTA GOPALPUR MS Bhubaneswar OBC 9437553831 10575 19/9/1987
4MRS.SUBHASHREEMOHAPATRA
NO.2 CUTTACK Bhubaneswar General 9437822808subhashreecentralschool@gmail.com 10751 17/11/1993
5MR. AMITKUMAR SAHOO साहू CISF MUNDALI Bhubaneswar OBC 9437079487
amitkumarsahoo61@yahoo.co.in 9091 30/1/2009
6MRS. ANITAMOHANTY
अनीताNO.5 BBSR Bhubaneswar General 9438185195
anitamohanty1962@gmail.com 10361 30/8/1995
7MRS. JACINTA.XAXA खाखा ANGUL Bhubaneswar ST 9777201358 jacintaxaxa@gmail.com 11879 28/6/1993
8MR. P.K.MOHANTA
पी के मोहंता BINNAGURI NO.2 Guwahati OBC 9679879085 pramod.babu22@gmail.com 47658 7/1/2011
9 MR. H.N. JHA एच एन झा KALIMPONG Guwahati GeneralPh
9800126724 ha.n.jha.1978@gmail.com 55887 7/12/2007
10MR.BALESHWARMAHTO
BAIKUNTHPUR Guwahati OBC 9733323884balmukundmahto@rediffmail.com 47744 11/1/2011
11 MR. YUDHVIRMOR NEHU SHILLONG Guwahati General 9089465434 yudhvir1983@gmail.com 46848 30/12/2010
12MRS. SUHELIROY JAGIROAD Guwahati General 9435365219 suhelir@yahoo.in 27168 12/8/1993
13MR. RAJKUMAR
राज कुमार NEWBONGAIGAON
Guwahati SC 9531057697 kumarrajkv84@yahoo.com 46960 3/1/2011
14 MRS. NEERAJA नीरजा IIT-KGP Kolkata General 9434154997 neerajarao@rediffmail.com 36302 28/8/1995
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15MRS. DOLICHAUDHURI BKP-AFS Kolkata General 8420095551 dol12310@yahoo.co.in 8/9/1995
16MRS. MILLYTANTI KKD-2 Kolkata General 9475540545 tantimilli@gmail.com 52141 17/6/2009
17MRS. SARITAGIRI RLY.KGP-2 Kolkata General 8670007112 saritakgp@gmail.com 36361 7/10/1987
18MRS. SAVITRIBHAKAT भकत DGP-CRPF Kolkata General 9434214489 msbhakat@gmail.com 35821 22/9/1986
19 MRS. BALAKAMUKHERJI
बलाकाASANSOL Kolkata General 9434547217 bask.mukherjee@gmail.com 6/11/1986
20MRS. PURNIMASINHA PANAGARH Kolkata General 8798283043 debjanisinha91@gmail.com 36816 10/9/1993
21MR.JAINENDRAKUMAR
NO. 3 BOKARO Ranchi General 9471374294 jkkvbksc3@gmail.com 11515 1/11/1993
22MR. RETRAMPATEL
रेतराम पटेल GARHWA Ranchi OBC 8873138581 retram84@gmail.com 53476 29/1/2009
23MR.K.M.SHARMA
HINOO RANCHI(1ST SHIFT)
Ranchi General 9431173342krishna.murarisharma@yahoo.com 11732 27/8/1988
24 MRS. M. SINHA NAMKUM RANCHI Ranchi General 9308886503kvnamkvmranchi@yahoo.co.in 11792 28/8/1986
25MRS. T.R.SINGH TATANAGAR Ranchi General 9431111951 pplkvtata@yahoo.co.in 12062 2/1/1990
26 Mrs Anamika BHURKUNDA Ranchi General 9431167835 bal919@gmail.com 11479 14/8/1995
27 MR. B SAHOO भेषज साहू SUNDARGARH Ranchi OBC 9439844667 bhesaja.sahoo@gmail.com 55719 7/2/2009
28MR.PREMSHANKARA. MISHRA
DIPHU Silchar General 9085682101 prem1061983@gmail.com 8988 9/2/2009
29MR. DIPANSHUGUPTA LOKTAK Silchar General 9089589961 dipanshu.gupta75@yahoo.c
om 48898 29/10/2011
30MS. SASWATICHOUDHUREE ONGC SRIKONA Silchar General 3842-
224644saswati.choudhury@gmail.com 42580 1/10/1986
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31MRS. LIPIKACHOUDHURYDUTTA
NIT SILCHAR Silchar General 8011948750 lipikachoudy@gmail.com 42497 1/11/1993
32MRS. BANANIDUTTA
बनानीSILCHAR Silchar General 9435173147 banani_kv@gmail.com 42481 1/11/1993
33MR.DIPJAYCHANDA LUMDING Silchar OBC 9401399088 dipjaychanda@gmail.com 55195 15/9/2009
34MR.CHOONARAM
चूना राम KUNJABAN Silchar SC 9612705090 c.ram1983@yahoo.in 44585 27/1/2009
35MR.RAMAKANTAMAHANANDA
DULIAJAN Tinsukia SC 8011452091 ramakanta4@gmail.com 53621 7/2/2009
36MR.SIDDHARTHTANWAR
KHATKHATI Tinsukia General 9957042849 tanwar-siddharth@yahoo.co.in 49025 7/1/2011
37MR. RAKESHKUMARAGARWAL
राकेश कुमारUDALGURI Tinsukia General 9707076773 ragmfeo@gmail.com 47496 3/1/2011
38MRS.RANJULAGOSWAMI
रंजुलाNO.2 TEZPUR Tinsukia General 9435382182 ranjulagoswami@gmail.com 27812 31/7/1984
39MR.VIJENDERSAINI NO.1 ITANAGAR Tinsukia OBC 9774498711 noorj_vij@live.com 50168 14/9/2009
40MR.SANJAYAKUMAR PANDA
संजय कुमारपंडा SIVASAGAR Tinsukia General 9435966215 spkvpanda@gmail.com 53566 29/9/2009
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SPOKEN ENGLISH FOR PRTs 15th to 17th JULY 2013DAILY REPORTS
15.7.2013 The three day spoken English programme for PRTs started with the registration of 40participants from 6 different regions of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan. The DeputyCommissioner, Madam Usha Aswath Iyer, was the Course Director for the programme. She alongwith her team of ZIET teachers were there to see that the programme started well. The trainingbegan with a melodious Guru Vandana presented by Madam Samrajya Laxmi PGT-Physics ZIETBBSR. Madam Usha Iyer then gave the welcome address to the gathering and explained in anutshell the importance of this training course for the primary teachers, explaining how theteachers can easily improve the confidence level of the children to speak in English. It was indeedinspiring.
Madam Usha Iyer took a class on phonetics, the most important aspect in spoken English. Shevery clearly explained all the 24 consonants sounds and gave a thorough practice on it. The wholeclass was lively. There was a ten minute tea break after which the class continued and Madamhelped the participants in the identification of words with difficult consonants. Then theparticipants were engaged with worksheets for thorough practice. Thereafter a good number ofdoubts were cleared. After the lunch break of one hour the afternoon session began at two pm.Resource person Ms S.D.C.Francis, PGT English of KV INS Chilka gave practice of speaking througha programme of extempore, where we were all divided into groups according to our regions andseveral topics were assigned to us to prepare upon. Later on, from each group, a speaker wasselected to participate in the extempore on a new topic. After the tea break the extemporeactivity continued. All the six speakers were judged and awarded points on different aspects likecontent, fluency, accuracy and time limit.
The activity was exciting and effective as it gave 100% involvement of all the participants. Thesession then came to an end with the declaration of results. Kolkata Region bagged the firstposition and Bhubaneswar the second.
Reported by : Subashree Mohapatra (Bhubaneswar Region)
16.7.2013 The second day of the workshop had a soulful beginning with the assembly programmeconducted by the members of Ranchi, Bhubaneswar and Tinsukia. The first session for the daybegan with a lesson on Vowel Sounds by the Course Director Madam Usha Iyer. She first dealtwith the pure vowel sounds and then in the next session she dealt with the vowel glides ordiphthongs. The teachers felt that this strengthened and improved their speaking skills and theyunderstood the use of correct pronunciation to make communication retain its fragrance.
An interactive session was held by Madam S.D.C.Francis, PGT English KV INS Chilka, on ‘Stressand Intonation’. She elaborated through various examples on how one may lose the importance
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of the meaning of a sentence if a word or two is wrongly stressed. She also made us aware of thefact that how we express our thoughts are more important than what we say. Group activity wasthen carried out under the supervision of Ms Sushila Ramachandran, PGT English, KV No:1Bhubaneswar. She provided the participants with a script for a skit and asked the participants toenact it with Proper stress, intonation and pronunciation. It was a lively and hilarious sessionwhere the teachers imitated the dialogues of a student and a teacher in conversation with eachother.
Post lunch session began with an interesting and highly interactive class on diphthongs deliveredby Madam Iyer. She clarified many concepts on the articulation of Diphthongs throughworksheets. Sufficient time was allotted for the practice of English Poem Recitation by differentgroups thus leading towards the closure of the day’s programme.
Reported By: Milly Tanti (Kolkata Region)
17/07/13
The culminating day of the three days’ workshop on spoken English began with the morningassembly which was conducted by three regions namely Kolkata, Silchar and Guwahati.
The morning session started on a very pleasant note as we were addressed by our highly reveredCourse Director Ms. Usha Iyer, DC ZIET Bhubaneswar. She gave a brief outline of the day’sactivities. Group recitation competition was held in which all the six regions enthusiastically tookpart. Thereafter the results were declared amidst a lot of clapping and cheering.
After the refreshing tea, an equally refreshing and interesting session on pronunciation was takenup by our honourable resource person Mr. K.P. Dash. He pointed out the various nuances ofpronunciation. Believing in the dictum “When you know better, you do better”, he helped us topronounce those words correctly which we often mispronounce. It was indeed a very enrichingand valuable lesson for all of us. Thereafter, all the groups were assigned the task of listing outthe words which are difficult to pronounce from the English textbook of classes I-V.
Post lunch session began with drilling of the listed words with correct pronunciation. We had toperform a lot of internal acrobatic feats with our tongue, teeth and palate, to pronounce thewords correctly, under the supervision of our highly esteemed Course Director and learnedresource persons. It was a highly enjoyable and beneficial exercise.
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/p/ /b/ /t/ /d/ /k/ /g/Bilabial plosive
voicelessBilabial plosive
voicedAlveolarplosive
voiceless
Alveolarplosive voiced
Velar plosivevoiceless
Velar plosivevoiced
Play; Patrick Believe;bleary; books
True; tall Doll; double Kick; curse Guide; grab
/t∫ / / ʤ/ /f/ /v/ ///ð /
Palate-alveolaraffricatevoiceless
Palate-alveolaraffricatevoiced
Labio-dentalfricativevoiceless
Labio-dentalfricativevoiced
Dentalfricativevoiceless
Dentalfricativevoiced
Chores; glitch jump Fill, fine Vine, vet Thin, think Then, that/s/ /z/ /∫/ / Ȝ/ /h/ /m/
Alveolarfricativevoiceless
Alveolarfricativevoiced
Palate-alveolarvoiceless
Palate-alveolarvoiceless
Glottalfricativevoiceless
Bilabial nasalvoiced
/n/ /ŋ/ /l/ /r/ /j/ /w/Alveolar nasalvoiced
Velar nasalvoiced
lateral Frictionlesslateral
Unroundedpalatal semi-vowel
Labio-velarsemi vowel
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PHONETIC SYMBOLS
PHONETIC SYMBOLS FOR VOWELS AND DIPHTHONGS
SYMBOL EXAMPLES
/i/ Fit, knit, mint, fish
/i:/ Feet, neat, meat, sheet
/u/ Put, pull, foot,
/u:/ Pool, fool, school, rule
/ɔ/ Hot, hop, shot, fond
/ɔ:/ Short, caught, fort, door
/^/ Must, but, shut, butter
/e/ Hen, meant, felt, shed
/æ/ Man, act, fact, knack
/ǝ:/ Earth, birth, shirt
/ǝ/ Father, other, butter
/ei/ Take, shake, fate, gate
/ai/ Light, write, mine,
/ɔi/ Joy, point, toil
/ǝu/ Boat, lone, poem
/au/ Loud, house, count
/eǝ/ Fair, share, hair, hare
/iǝ/ Fear, steer, mere
/uǝ/ Poor, sure, fewer
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VOWELS WORKSHEET WITH ANSWERS
1. Arrange the words in the correct column as per their pronunciation- /i/ or /i:/:-a) Feel; fill; ship; sheep; pith; peat; eat; it; eel; ill; shin; sheen
/i/ /i:/Fill FeelShip SheepPith PeatIt EatIll Eelshin sheen
2. Arrange the words in the correct column as per their pronunciation- /u/ or /u:/:-a) Put; pull; fool; food; wolf; bush; boot; moon; foot; rule; room; hood; would;
/u/ /u:/Put FoolPull FoodWolf BootFoot MoonHood Rulewould room
3. Which vowel will fit?Meat /i:/ Mirth / ǝ:/
Mat /æ/ Men /e/
munch /^/ Mammal /æ / / ǝ/
mall /ɔ:/ Mammoth /æ/ / ǝ/
Moth /ɔ/ marsh /a:/
Myth /i/ Mean /i:/
mart /a:/ mule /u:/
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4. Transcribe the following words: (remember to use slash brackets!)Cat /kæt/ Shut /∫^t/
Cut /k^t/ Sham /∫æm/Curt /kǝ:t/ Shirt /∫ǝ:t/Kit /kit/ Shop /∫ɔp/Keel /ki:l/ Short /∫ɔt/Kill /kil/ Shook /∫uk/Ken /ken/ Shoot /∫u:t/car /ka:/ shark /∫a:k/Cushion /ku∫n/ Shelf /∫elf/
cool /ku:l/ shocker /∫ɔkǝ/
DIPHTHONGS
1. Arrange the following words in the correct column:May; my; moist; mount; moat; mare; mere; mind; make;Jay; joy; join; jibe; joke; jeer; jade; joan; joint; joust;They; thy; there; their;
/ei/ /ai/ /ɔ i/ /au/ / ǝu/ /eǝ / /uǝ/ /Iǝ/may my moist mount moat mare meremake mind
jay jibe Joy joust joan jeerjade join
jointthey thy Their
there
2. Transcribe the following words:Cape /keip/ Kind /kaind/Boy /bɔ i / Clear /kl Iǝ/Bare /beǝ/ Player /pleij/
Sure /∫uǝ/ Share /∫eǝ/lout /laut/ sheer /∫Iǝ/
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3. Write the correct word against the transcription:/bleid/ Blade /m^st/ Must
/taim Time /ha:m/ Harm
/tǝuz/ Toes /tri:/ Tree
/riǝl/ Real /net/ Net
/nɔiz/ Noise /fu:li∫ / Foolish
/puǝ / Poor /bǝ :dz/ Birds
/piǝ / Peer/ pier /wɔkt/ walked
/peǝ / Pair/pare /kɔ:t/ Court/ caught
/braun/ brown /k^lǝ / colour
/peǝ / Pair/ pare /kɔt/ cot
munch /^/ Mammal /æ/ /ǝ/
mall /ɔ:/ Mammoth /æ/ /ǝ/
Moth /ɔ/ marsh /a:/
Myth /i/ Mean /I:/
mart /a:/ mule /u:/
1. Transcribe the following words: (remember to use slash brackets!)Cat /k æ t/ Shut /∫^t/
Cut /k^t/ Sham /∫ æ m/
Curt /kt/ Shirt / ∫ǝ:t/
Kit /kit/ Shop / ∫ɔp/
Keel /ki:l/ Short / ∫ɔ:t/
Kill /kil/ Shook /∫uk/
Ken /ken/ Shoot /∫u:t/
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car /ka:/ shark /∫a:k/
Cushion /kun/ Shelf /∫elf/
cool /ku:l/ shocker / ∫ɔkǝ /
DIPHTHONGS
4. Arrange the following words in the correct column:May; my; moist; mount; moat; mare; mere; mind; make;Jay; joy; join; jibe; joke; jeer; jade; joan; joint; joust;They; thy; there; their;
/ei/ /ai/ /ɔ i/ /au/ /ǝ u/ /eǝ / /uǝ / / iǝ /
may my moist mount moat mare mere
make mind
jay jibe joy joust joke jeer
jade join joan
joint
they thy there
their
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5. Transcribe the following words:Cape /keip/ Kind /kaind/
Boy /bɔ i/ Clear /kliǝ/
Bare /beǝ/ Player /pleijǝ/
Sure /∫uǝ/ Share /∫eǝ/
lout /laut/ sheer /∫iǝ/
6. Write the correct word against the transcription:
/bleid/Blade /m^st/ Must
/taimTime /ha:m/ Harm
/tǝuz/
Toes /tri:/ Tree
/riǝl/
Real /net/ Net
/nɔiz/
Noise /fu:li∫ / Foolish
/puǝ /
Poor /bǝ :dz/ Birds
/piǝ /
Peer, pier /wɔkd/ Walked
/peǝ / Pair, pare /k ɔ:t/ Caught
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Distribution of Group Work
LIST OF WORDS FOR PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE
Regions Class Reader
Units
BHUBANESWAR
I 1-10
RANCHI
II 1-10
SILCHAR
III 1-10
GUWAHATI
IV 1-5
KOLKATA V 6-10
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PREPARING DRILLS FOR PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE
Here are some suggestions for making worksheets for pronunciation drill. Remember theseworksheets are to be used for oral activity only. You can use your own ideas and make manymore.
1. Teacher reads aloud and students repeat:
a) Single syllable words such as fit/knit/lit/bitb) Words with the same sound such as thin/thick/ thirst theme/thanksc) Contrasting the sounds such as fine/feel/ferry with vine/veal/very
2. Give a worksheet with a list of words. As the teacher pronouncesthe words, the students tick the right response.
a) Lean/line/lone/laneb) More/ door/shorec) Feel/file/foul
3. Match the rhyming words:
Main word RHYMING WORDFar CARE CAR COREBleat PLOT PLAIT PLEATShut GET GUT GOTfought SHOT SHORT SHUT
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4. Match pictures which have the same starting sound:(baby, cup, kettle, boat, knot, tent, tie, nest)
A 1
B 2
C 3
D 4
5. Making nonsense rhymes:
a) The cat likes a pat.b) The dog pulls a log.c) The cow takes a bow.d) The ass likes to fax.e) The bear went to a fair.
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LIST OF WORDS FOR PRONUNCIATION DRILLS
CLASS I
UNIT- I 1. A HAPPY CHILD House, Laugh, Shade ,Sun, Happy ,Hardly ,Sit , Tree
2. Three little pigs Pigs, Blew, Farm, Lived, Bear, Huffed, Puffed
UNIT-II 1 AFTER A BATH Bath, Hands, Bathe , Legs , Shirt , I’d ,I’m , Trousers ,Fingers
2 The Bubble, thestraw and theshoe
Jumped, Friends, Feet, Stretched, Bubbles, Sentences,Burst, Marble
UNIT-III 1 ONE LITTLEKITTEN
Kitten, tails, Nervous, Bad, Lizards ,Whales, Faces ,Man,Creatures, My ,Alligators
2 Lalu and Peelu Things ,Burning, I’ll, Orange, Mouth, Too, Languages,Started ,Kissed ,Purple
UNIT-IV 1 Once I saw a littlebird
Bird, Picture, Flew, colour, door, Around
2 Mittu and theyellow mango
Liked, Balloon, Looked Shouted, Picked ,Idea, vegetable,vine, Dotted
UNIT-V 1 Merry Go Round Horse, enjoy , around , things
2 Circle Circle, drew , lines , balloon, added , clapped , circles ,asked , oranges , develop ,skill
UNIT-VI 1 IF I WERE ANAPPLE
I’d, apples, drew, grew, threw, wouldn’t,
grew, threw, words, apples,
2 Our Tree Near, Rains, falls, caterpillar, language, branches, webs,leaves, names, happens, squirrels,
Swings, things ,grapes ,pineapples,
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UNIT-VII 1 A kite Often, ride, breeze, Chanced, blow
2 Sundari Fair, girl, animals, well, dotted, wanted, leaped, scissors,happy, mouth, string
UNIT-VIII 1 A Little Turtle turtle, circle, purple, crawl, tired
2 The Tiger and theMosquito
Scraped ,afraid, walked, biscuit, words, flew, dozing,
UNIT-IX 1 Clouds Clouds, again, seasons, paddles
2 Anandi’s Rainbow Rainbows, wanted ,favourite, violet ,beautiful ,flower,food, her, roses, aloud,
UNITI-X 1 Flying Man Over, mountain, aero plane, vase, wax, can’t
2 The Tailor and hisFriend
Wanted, shirts, pricked, reached, clothes, troubles,games
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CLASS II
UNIT 1 1 FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL First, School, wonder, their, stares, gran, puppy,drawing
2 HALDI’S ADVENTURE Adventure, giraffe, glasses, never, smiley, surprised,rush, climb, found, playground, morning, walked,smiled, looked, whenever, remember, ride, flying,before, Saturday
UNIT 2 1 I am Lucky Butterfly, thankful, wings, myna, wriggle, giggle, glee,raise, trunk, eight, think, fish, octopus, arms, kangaroo
2 I WANT Want, little, hears, wand, wishes, grows, blow, stripes,cries, again, joy, strong, wise, magic, stretch, leaves,fills, monster, zebra, awful, whizz
UNIT 3 1 A SMILE Smile, funny, find, hiding, place, quite, wrinkle, secret,far
2 THE WIND AND THESUN
Wind, coat, quickly, puffing, hard, pulling, cold, hotter,road, off, stronger, cheeks, lightly, round, shine, won
UNIT 4 1 RAIN Rain, around, field, hear, sea, raining, falls, umbrella,ships
2 STORM IN THEGARDEN
Storm, snail, ants, suddenly, clouds, crashed, garden,visiting, friends, great, through, tail, still, flew, worry,flash, drips, grew, stuck, heard, thunder, dark, heard,crows, feelers, lightning
UNIT 5 1 ZOO MANNERS Hump, zoo, bump, penguins, treat, careful, proud,laugh, strutting, camel, noble, chimpanzee, remarks
2 FUNNY BUNNY Ouch, fall, sky, end, king, went, said, nut, met, find,follow, ouch,
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UNIT 6 1 MR NOBODY Nobody, mischief, plate, quite, house, break, mouse,agree
2 CURLY LOCKS AND THETHREE BEARS
Bear, curly, cottage, lived, right, forest, family, hair,hungry, bowl, porridge, shouted, could, size, middle,soft, gruff, tiny, ate, asleep, voice
UNIT 7 1 ON MY BLACK BOARDI CAN DRAW
Board, draw, door, wide, brown, chimney, painted,bright, straight, against
2 MAKE IT SHORTER Drew, shorter, floor, rub, order, ordered, erased, torn,puzzle, each, court, minister
UNIT 8 1 I AM THE MUSICMAN Music, play, away, drum, piano, boom
2 THE MUMBAIMUSICIANS
WORKED, MUSICIAN, CARRIED, FACTORY, TIRED, OLD,SACK, CORN, CITY, TOWARDS, would, replied, dusty,asked, furry, delicious, decided, ghost, scare, peeped
UNIT 9 1 GRANNY, GRANNYPLEASE COMB MY
HAIR
Comb, granny, please, care, cushion, knees, gentle,breeze, world, finished
2 THE MAGIC PORRIDGEPOT
Porridge, poor, cook, spilling, followed, village, whole,everywhere, heard
UNIT10
1 STRANGE TALK Strange, talk, log, spoke, instead, croak, lack, quick, sty,allowed, kennel, row, meat, noise
2 THE GRASSHOPPERAND THE ANT
Grasshopper, lazy, sang, warm, hard working, storing,grain, winter, neighbor, ahead, arrived, starve,slammed,
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SILCHAR REGION
Class III
UnitsNo
LessonNo
Name of lesson Words
I 1. Good Morning Winds, creeping, bees, awake, wide, I’m, I’ll.
2. The Magic Garden Pretty, pansies, thirsty, pleases, smiled, quiet,would, talked, stopped, listen, suddenly, laughing,talking, other.
II 1. Bird Talk Jay, feather, don’t, know, beetles, aren’t, though.
2. Nina And The BabySparrow
Aunt, except, asked, don’t, instead, rolled,
bookshelf, feathers, we’ll, isn’t, thrilled, wasn’t,hug, sparrow.
III 1. Little By Little Little, acorn, said, mossy, grew, dew, sprang,
Mighty, oak, wide.
2. The Enormous Turnip Grew, enormous, woman, could, pulled, said
Tomato, potato.
IV 1. Sea Song Shell, listened, you’d, curly, picked, clear,
Bitter, hear.
2. A Little Fish Story Million, contented, laugh, would, doubt,
Floundering, drawn, meshes, haul,
through, slipped, wriggled, swam, knew,
heard.
V 1. The Balloon Man Balloon, bunch, purple, shining, sailing, tug,
He’ll, pretty, would, string, tale, hale.
2. The Yellow Butterfly Flew, walked, peach, climbed, chased, escape,crawled, caught, twisted, watched, flutter.
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VI 1. TRAINS Train , Mountain , plain , river , passenger,carrying , mail , precious , loads ,thousands ,though ,dusk, Dawn, Bringing, travelled
2. THE STORY OF THEROAD
morning , chirrup , quiet , wake ,vegetable,chatter , foolish
VII 1. PUPPY AND I Puppy , Enjoy ,Walking , Talking ,Down , village,Bread , Horse , Went , Met , Hills , Roll , said ,hay ,Friend, Happy , Long
2. LITTLE TIGER, BIG TIGER little , shady , jungle , hunted , pheasant , again,twitched, hopping, pounced , grunt, roared
VIII 1. What’s in the mailbox? Mailbox , always , postman , letters , mother ,dad , never , write , though , answer , received ,child ,decide , Birthday , classroom , bell ,blackboard
2. MY SILLY SISTER silly , childish , pebbles , mouth , dirty , anger ,excitement , playful , naughty
IX 1. Don’t Tell Enough , patiently , chance , really , giant , inside, knows ,though , thick , lovely , holy
2. HE IS MY BROTHER climbing ,slowly , sunshine , steadily ,understand , sorry , lord , carried , unable
X 1. HOW CREATURESMOVE
Creatures , move , padded , paws , squirrel ,leaps , while , crawl , straight , seals , swim ,wiggles, tail, Spread
2 THE SHIP OF THEDESERT
desert , ship , roaring , forest , people , across ,afternoon , believe , blinking , disdain ,wonderingly , thorns , prick , sand , withoutbottles , stomach , hump , interesting , bushes ,tongue
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CLASS IV
UNIT- I 1. WAKE UP Please, buzzing, too, hurry, sleepy, tiniest, sheep,head, bed, cheep, about, wake, bees, trees, ducks
2. NEHA’S ALARMCLOCK
Alarm, clock, mutters, morning, snuggles, tomorrow,snore, still, sill, relax, leave, either, guess, imagine,escape, rush
UNIT 2 1 NOSES Breathe, stout, giggle, stick, funniest, breathing, chin,spare, sticking, doubt, funny, mirror, between, end,there, shows, stuck, can’t
2 THE LITTLE FIRTREE
Fir, magician, around, would, reward, grant, leaves,needles, woke, instead, steal, surprised, shone, blew,goats, sleep, happy, pretty, stole, gold
UNIT 3 1 RUN Raindrops, beneath, breeze, hillside, meadow, merry,then, lane, again, through, country, city, away
2 NASRUDDIN’S AIM Aim, chatting, archery, bow, shoot, sure, hearing,string, arrow, brought, shot, target, held, defending,somewhere, started, laughing, argued, certainly,burst, remarked, quietly
UNIT 4 1 WHY Round, curious, little, asking, know, should, reason,die, blow, behind, yet, too, shine, lead
2 ALICE INWONDERLAND
Listening, story, scamper, hurried, different, curiosity,popped, hole, allowed, slip, whiskers, through,delight, seen, exclaimed, loudly, disappeared, leaves,followed, too
UNIT 5 1 DON’T BE AFRAIDOF THE DARK
Afraid, dark, rest, harsh, forever, cease, shining, fear,peace
2 HELEN KELLER Healthy, ill, live, wrong, herself, clothes, often, spells,thought, special, strict, meant, agreed, spelt
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UNIT 6 1 THE DONKEY/ IHAD A LITTLEPONY
Donkey, wallop, lady, whipped, lent, lashed, mire,hire, drove,
2 THE MILKMAN’SCOW
Mood, middle, refused, grocer, wrestler, pleaded,tugged, buckles, gleaming, twirling, moustache,potatoes, peas, ease, muscles, strength, jingling, grin,mess, led
UNIT 7 1 HIAWATHA Grandmother, insects, could, learned, language,secrets, build, hid, beasts, beaver, lodges, squirrels,acorns, reindeer, swiftly
2 THE SCHOLAR’SMOTHER TONGUE
Scholar, visited, court, mastery, different, fluently,quietly, asleep, whispered, tickled, shouted,surprised, accepted, difficulty
UNIT 8 1 A WATERINGRHYME
Watering, rhyme, every, doesn’t, flowers, mouths,their, soak, through, thirsty, boots, feel
2 THE GIVING TREE Once, narrator, would, trunk, swing, branches,delicious, tired, shade, years, pluck, happily, carried,married, business, trip, speak, sail, after, stump
UNIT 9 1 BOOKS Library, door, wide, galore, skinny, shelves,themselves, stood, pictures, stories, wonderful
2 GOING TO BUY ABOOK
Grandfather, brother, later, market, shop, somebody,alone, small, which, relax, machines, wars, picked,chair, floor, quietly, hour, climbed, around
UNIT 10 1 THE NAUGHTYBOY
Naughty, there, found, ground, merry, cherry, red,lead, wooden, wondered
2 PINOCCHIO Carpenter, bought, queer, piece, voice, tickling,puzzled, strange, puppet, shape, amazed, tongue,grew, sooner, snatched, wig, longer, stiff, glad, real
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CLASS : V (UNIT I-V)
UNIT 1 1. ICECREAM MAN summer’s, goes, beneath, fill, chilly, full, fizz,thick, street, bottles, roses,
2 WONDERFUL WASTE Asked, Throw, These, Huge, Together, Vegetable,Curd, Poured, Thought, Quite,
UNIT 2 1 TEAMWORK Share, Shoot, we’ll, we’ve, nobody, baton,common,
2 FLYING TOGETHER Deep, Leafy, Arms, Flock, Geese, Wise, Creeper,
Destroy, Surprise, Replied, Asked, Harm, Young,Tender, forgot, winding, trapped, caught, fuss,foolish, muttered
UNIT 3 1 MY SHADOW Shadow, Heels, None, Errant, Amazed, Neither,Exactly, Toes
2 ROBINSON CRUSOEDISCOVERS AFOOTPRINT
Confused, Castle, Ladder, Savages, Island,
Inhabitant, Than, Measure, Frequently,
UNIT 4 1 CRYING Use, Shower, Splash, Then, Hiding, There, Bit,what’s, tear, soaked,
2 MY ELDER BROTHER Were, Wear, Sit, Hour, Firmly, Wonder, Effort,Fair, Expect, Waste, Hard, Heard, Dawn, Gentle,Breeze, Hit, Instead, Still,
UNIT 5 1 THE LAZY FROG Lazy, Shirk, Poor, Stroke, Conveniently,
Ashamed,
2 RIP VAN WINKLE Nature, constant, tired, grizzled, barrel,echoed, gaze, emptied, surely, descend,whistle, didn’t, stared, wrinkled,astonishment, exclaimed,
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LESSON-6-10
UNIT 6 1 CLASS DISCUSSION DISCUSSION, HARDLY, BARELY, HEARD,SURROUNDED, PLEASE, MATTER, LOOKED,LOW, RATHER, QUIET, THERE, CLEARS, TELL
2 THE TALKATIVE BARBER LONG, SHAVE, CHATTERER, INJURY,TOOTHLESS,
BLIND, PIECES, PATIENCE, SPARE, CRIED,ORDER,
SHAVE, NARRATE, AFFAIR, SPEECH, GREATEST
UNIT 7 1 TOPSY-TURVY LAND THROWN, SHOES, SOCKS, SOMETIMES,THERE, EVER, MADE, SAND, LAND, PLANNED,PLEASURE, ESCAPED, CHILDREN, NIGHT,THINK, MUST, GRAND, DOWN,
2 GULLIVER’S TRAVELS DISCOVER, CAPTAIN, COULD, DISCOVERED,INHABITANTS, OBSERVED, CREATURE, HILL,RISING, STEEP, QUICK, UNABLE,ASTONISHMENT, CHASING, MONSTERS,APPROACHED, SCREAMED, CURIOSITY,DIAMETER, GRABBED, CRUMBLED, SHOUTED,DREAMING, HANDKERCHIEF, ADAPT
UNIT 8 1 NOBODY’S FRIEND ANYONE, NOBODY, FRIEND, PLAY, TOFFEE,TRICYCLE, TRAIN, SHARE, BOOKS, GAMES,SWEETS, APPLE, CAKE, HALF, LEND, SWEETS,BITE, ATE,
2 THE LITTLE BULLY ALTHOUGH, BRUISE, STRONG, PRICKING,GUESS, PINCHING, EXCITED, TELLING, SHONE,BRIGHT, CROWED, ARRIVED, SEASIDE,GINGER, HOARSE, STALKS, VOICE, MONSTER,NIPPED, PLEASANTLY, CRAWLING, ARRIVED,CHAMPION, LOBSTER, LEAPT, STREAMING,CHEEKS, LUNCH,
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UNIT 9 1 SING A SONG OF PEOPLE SONG,PEOPLE, FRONT, UNDERNEATH,UMBRELLAS, POURS, BUILDINGS, STORES,ELEVATORS,SINGLY, SMILING, LAUGHING,NEVER, HURRY,
2 AROUND THE WORLD MOUNTAIN, TUNNELS, ACROSS, BUFFALO,
PROCESSION, HEADED, ESCAPED, DIFFICULT,
JOURNEY, PASSED, HIGHEST, BRAKED, JERK,
BREAKFAST, PASSENGER, STATION,SIGNALMAN, BRIDGE, MEDICINE, MAXIMUM,SPEED, WHISTLE, FLOATING, FORWARD,APPEARED,
UNIT 10 1 MALU BHALU POLAR, PARENTS, BEYOND, PATIENCE,MOTHER, LIE, MUM, TEST, CLASPED,GRIPPED, SPLASH, SWIMMING, NATURALLY,KNEW, GRIPPED, SWUM, BRAVE, TIGHT,WITHIN, WORRY, DOUBT, NEXT,
2 WHO WILL BE NINGTHOU MINISTERS, DAUGHTER, CONTEST, EXPERT,BANYAN, SHOUTED, PROVED, WORTHY,SUDDENLY, ANNOUNCEMENT, WONDERFUL,WORRIED, SPEAR, DEAD,
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VOWEL LETTERS COMPARED TO VOWEL AND DIPHTHONG SOUNDS
I The letter ‘a’
Ask /a:sk/
Ant / ænt/
Stomach /st^mǝk/
Stall /stɔ:l/
Gate /geit/
Metal /metl/
II The letter ‘o’
Carrot /k ærǝ t/
Old /ǝuld/
Odd / ɔd/
Other /^ðǝ/
Gout /gaut/
Women /wimin/
Wood /wud/
III The letter ‘e’
Get /get/
Elegant /eligǝnt/
Energy /enǝʤi/
note /nǝut/
neat /ni:t/
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III The letter ‘i’
Fit /fit/
Flirt /flǝ:t/
Indict /indait/
Pygmy /pigmi/
Pyramid /pirǝmid/
IV The letter ‘u’
Put /put/
Putter/p^ tǝ/
Pluto /plu:tǝu/
Curtail /kǝ:teil/
Request /rikwest/
Pure /pjuǝ /
Quite /kwait/
Quiet /kwaiǝt/
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CONVERSATION PRACTICE
MRS. JEWELS: Joe, you are going to have to learn to count.JOE: But, Mrs. Jewels, I already know how to count. Let me go to recess!MRS. JEWELS: First count to ten..JOE: Six, eight, twelve, one, five, two, seven, eleven, three, ten.MRS. JEWELS: No, Joe, that is wrong.JOE: No, it isn’t! I counted till I got to ten!MRS. JEWELS: But you were wrong. I’ll prove it to you..MRS. JEWELS: How many pencils do we have here, Joe?.JOE: Four, six, one, nine, five. There are five pencils, Mrs. Jewls.AMRS. JEWELS: That’s wrong.JOE: How many pencils are there?MRS. JEWELS: Five.JOE: That’s what I said! May I go to recess now?MRS. JEWELS: No. You got the right answer, but you counted the wrong way. You were just lucky..MRS. JEWELS: How many potatoes, Joe?.JOE: Seven, five, three, one, two, four, six, eight. There are eight potatoes, Mrs. Jewels.MRS. JEWELS: No, there are eight.JOE: But that’s what I said! May I go to recess now?MRS. JEWELS: No! You got the right answer, but you counted the wrong way again..MRS. JEWELS: Count the books, Joe..JOE: A thousand, a million, three. Three, Mrs. Jewls.MRS. JEWELS: (bewildered) Correct.JOE: May I go to recess now?MRS. JEWELS: No.JOE: May I have a potato?MRS. JEWELS: No! Listen to me. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Now you say it.JOE: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.MRS. JEWELS: Very good!.MRS. JEWELS: Now, count the erasers, Joe, just the way I showed you..JOE: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. There are ten, Mrs. Jewels.MRS. JEWELS: No!JOE: Didn’t I count right?MRS. JEWELS: Yes, you counted right, but you got the wrong answer.JOE: This doesn’t make any sense! When I count the wrong way, I get the right answer, and when Icount right, I get the wrong answer.MRS. JEWELS: (in great frustration) Ooh!MRS. JEWELS: (turning away and butting her head) Uh . . . uh . . . uh . . . uh . . . uh . . . . (turns back toJOE) How many times did I hit my head against the wall, Joe?JOE: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. You hit your head against the wall ten times.MRS. JEWELS: No!JOE: Four, six, one, nine, five. You hit your head five times.MRS. JEWELS: (shaking head) Yes, that is right..JOE: Oh, darn.JOE: I missed recess!
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DAILY REPORTS15.7.2013
The three day spoken English programme for PRTs started with the registration of 40 participantsfrom 6 different regions of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan. The Deputy Commissioner, MadamUsha Aswath Iyer, was the Course Director for the programme. She along with her team of ZIETteachers were there to see that the programme started well. The training began with a melodiousGuru Vandana presented by Madam Samrajya Laxmi PGT-Physics ZIET BBSR. Madam Usha Iyerthen gave the welcome address to the gathering and explained in a nutshell the importance ofthis training course for the primary teachers, explaining how the teachers can easily improve theconfidence level of the children to speak in English. It was indeed inspiring.
Madam Usha Iyer took a class on phonetics, the most important aspect in spoken English. Shevery clearly explained all the 24 consonants sounds and gave a thorough practice on it. The wholeclass was lively. There was a ten minute tea break after which the class continued and Madamhelped the participants in the identification of words with difficult consonants. Then theparticipants were engaged with worksheets for thorough practice. Thereafter a good number ofdoubts were cleared. After the lunch break of one hour the afternoon session began at two pm.Resource person Ms S.D.C.Francis, PGT English of KV INS Chilka gave practice of speaking througha programme of extempore, where we were all divided into groups according to our regions andseveral topics were assigned to us to prepare upon. Later on, from each group, a speaker wasselected to participate in the extempore on a new topic. After the tea break the extemporeactivity continued. All the six speakers were judged and awarded points on different aspects likecontent, fluency, accuracy and time limit.
The activity was exciting and effective as it gave 100% involvement of all the participants. Thesession then came to an end with the declaration of results. Kolkata Region bagged the firstposition and Bhubaneswar the second.
Reported by : Subashree Mohapatra (Bhubaneswar Region)
16.7.2013
The second day of the workshop had a soulful beginning with the assembly programmeconducted by the members of Ranchi, Bhubaneswar and Tinsukia. The first session for the daybegan with a lesson on Vowel Sounds by the Course Director Madam Usha Iyer. She first dealtwith the pure vowel sounds and then in the next session she dealt with the vowel glides ordiphthongs. The teachers felt that this strengthened and improved their speaking skills and theyunderstood the use of correct pronunciation to make communication retain its fragrance.
An interactive session was held by Madam S.D.C.Francis, PGT English KV INS Chilka, on ‘Stressand Intonation’. She elaborated through various examples on how one may lose the importance
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of the meaning of a sentence if a word or two is wrongly stressed. She also made us aware of thefact that how we express our thoughts are more important than what we say. Group activity wasthen carried out under the supervision of Ms Sushila Ramachandran, PGT English, KV No:1Bhubaneswar. She provided the participants with a script for a skit and asked the participants toenact it with Proper stress, intonation and pronunciation. It was a lively and hilarious sessionwhere the teachers imitated the dialogues of a student and a teacher in conversation with eachother.
Post lunch session began with an interesting and highly interactive class on diphthongs deliveredby Madam Iyer. She clarified many concepts on the articulation of Diphthongs throughworksheets. Sufficient time was allotted for the practice of English Poem Recitation by differentgroups thus leading towards the closure of the day’s programme.
Reported By: Milly Tanti (Kolkata Region)
17/07/13
The culminating day of the three days’ workshop on spoken English began with the morningassembly which was conducted by three regions namely Kolkata, Silchar and Guwahati.
The morning session started on a very pleasant note as we were addressed by our highly reveredCourse Director Ms. Usha Iyer, DC ZIET Bhubaneswar. She gave a brief outline of the day’sactivities. Group recitation competition was held in which all the six regions enthusiastically tookpart. Thereafter the results were declared amidst a lot of clapping and cheering.
After the refreshing tea, an equally refreshing and interesting session on pronunciation was takenup by our honourable resource person Mr. K.P. Dash. He pointed out the various nuances ofpronunciation. Believing in the dictum “When you know better, you do better”, he helped us topronounce those words correctly which we often mispronounce. It was indeed a very enrichingand valuable lesson for all of us. Thereafter, all the groups were assigned the task of listing outthe words which are difficult to pronounce from the English textbook of classes I-V.
Post lunch session began with drilling of the listed words with correct pronunciation. We had toperform a lot of internal acrobatic feats with our tongue, teeth and palate, to pronounce thewords correctly, under the supervision of our highly esteemed Course Director and learnedresource persons. It was a highly enjoyable and beneficial exercise.
The three days’ workshop came to an end with a befitting Valedictory function whereincertificates and prizes were given after a short and sweet cultural programme.
REPORTED BY : MRS. DOLI CHAUDHURI, KOLKATA REGION
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