Monday, 20 November 2017

[www.keralites.net] Annapurna Mohan- govt-school teacher sold her jewellery to give students a classroom they deserve [2 Attachments]

 



With an interactive smartboard, colourful furniture and stacks of exciting books, it's hard to believe this is a government school classroom.




Walk into the Class 3 English class taught by Annapurna Mohan at this school in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram, and you'll have trouble believing that you're standing in a government school.

From an interactive smartboard to colourful and comfortable furniture to the stacks of English-language books, this classroom in the Panchayat Union Primary School (PUPS), Kandhadu seems as fine as any in a well-funded international school. And what's more, the students speak crisp and clear English, as fluently and comfortably as if they've been speaking it all their lives.  

But the students of this classroom are fortunate to have had Annapurna for a teacher, She has not only struggled hard to build her students' language skills, but has even sold her own jewellery to create the kind of classroom she feels her pupils deserve.  



Annapurna used phonetics to help the children with their pronunciation – teaching the students how to read and write the phonetic alphabet, and get a grasp on the language through this. She also focused on helping her students get a lucid understanding of sentence structure and grammar.

"I used to teach them in a British accent using phonetics. Teachers in Tamil Nadu don't use this system and teach English by parroting, which builds a fear of English in students. Through phonetic basics I taught them the sounds, which helped them read out complicated English words."






Within three days, she arranged for the money by selling off her own jewellery, and installed a digital smartboard system, new furniture, a new floor and even bought books worth Rs 5000 for her students.


Full article in the link below 




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