Swetha Savena B

Exploratory research topic To develop the descriptive writing skills among my pupils. Research questions : 1. How to develop descriptive writing, among my students? 2.Unlike mother tongue, why can't my pupils express their ideas coherently and precisely in English based on the imagination? 3. Do other teachers too have tried with this task?  If yes, what strategies have they used to develop the descriptive writing skills? 4. What students need to train themselves in descriptive writing? 5. As a teacher of English language, how can I help my students to develop the descriptive writing skills? Objectives: 1. Pupils should be able to understand what to describe, why to describe as well as how to describe. 2. They should be able to understand that description should be so realistic that readers can feel it. 3. I want to involve my students in writing and enhance their imagination and strengthen their sensory skills engage them in reading and writing. The need for developing...

My experience during pandemic My experience of teaching-learning during the pandemic. February 19, 2021  Hello everyone..  The world was battling against  covid-19 and I was struggling to get connected with my students.Luckily I had a few  contact numbers of my students at the break of lock down and I created my first WhatsApp group and asked my students to add the rest. There were exchange of  messages and links  related to language, craft but mainly the group supplied with  the official matters along with  few health and safety related issues. In the month of June the Karnataka Government education department issued orders to create the contact programmes for the students by dividing them in three types. The first group dealt with students with smartphone and internet access facility .2nd group included students having TV, radio facilities but not the internet connection and the third group comprised of students who had no access to TV ,radio or...

Teachers, by nature, are verbally strong. We are known for our usage of tongue than pen. So I always used my oral expressions to communicate my ideas to others. I used to write only when I was asked. So my narrative skills are backed by verbal skills as well as the call of the time.  Though, I was participating in various speech competitions, I was poor, disinclined in writing. (In that manner , it's better to say I am poor in writing.) I am Substandard in analysing anything critically but good at imagination ( I feel 🙂).  After entering into the teaching profession, I felt the need for creative writing, where I wrote few skits for my students on different occasions and made them enact. Then I realised that teachers writing identities also shape their writing instruction and affects the attitudes and values passed to the students about writing. With regard to my students, I haven't done anything so far to improve creative writing skills among them. But I will try to grow inte...