ನಾಲ್ಕನೇ ಆವೃತ್ತಿ, ಸಂಚಿಕೆ ೮ - : ಹೊಸ ವಿಧಾನಗಳನ್ನು ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸಿ ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗೆ ಆಂಗ್ಲ ಭಾಷೆಯನ್ನು ಕಲಿಸುವ ಒಂದು ಸಫಲ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ (Season 4, Episode 8 : A Lesson on How to Effectively Teach English)

Please welcome Mr. Nagaraj Buttanavar in this episode of ‘Pratibimba’. 

Mr. Buttanavar has been working as a teacher in Rhona taluk since 2002. He teaches English. He has also been a resource person at DIET and at the RIES, Bangalore. 

He adopted the direct method of teaching English – went into the class speaking in English, correcting his own spoken English in the process. Singing rhymes and making children dance to it proved effective. He lays emphasis on correct pronunciation since that would remain with children through their entire course of education. He listens to BBC and refers to Oxford and Longman dictionaries. He reads out a lesson which is heard through a speaker. 

He has made some Teaching Learning Materials (TLMs) on his own and even got them laminated. He has received the ‘Guru’ award by a private organisation of Hubli in 2015. He has trained teachers across the state – at Gadag, Dharwad, Kushtagi, and Bangalore.

He has always requested tourists from other countries to address his children in English! While he has some repeated visitors, he also keeps in touch with some others. 

He understands the importance of ‘how to teach English’ rather than ‘how not to teach’. He believes in making the children smile when he enters the class. He would make extra rhyming words related to the lesson and put them up on the board. 

Every year in March, he conducts a ‘Dialogue Day’ where children get to exhibit their spoken English skills. This helps them converse in English with the foreign visitors. He draws reference audio clips from YouTube which he says is very effective. He also draws reference material from RIE, Bangalore. 

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