First Teacher Training Workshop of CLLC's Elementary Language Programme

This year the Centre for Language, Literacy and Communication (CLLC) has begun an Elementary Language Programme (ELP) for 36 zilla parishad schools of Man (Dahiwadi) taluka. The first teacher education workshop for this programme was conducted on 17 August 2012 in Kamala Nimbkar Balbhavan. 36 primary teachers attended the workshop.

Dr. Manjiri Nimbkar, the director of PSS and programme coordinator of CLLC discussed with the teachers the fundamentals of language teaching. It included discussion on the questions like ‘What is language’ and ‘How does a child learn language’. Dr. Nimbkar introduced the theories of language learning proposed by Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky to the teachers and explained the relevant points from both the theories.

Discussion on the principles of language teaching and learning given in the National Curriculum Framework was also an important part of the workshop. The participants enjoyed playing different language games. They understood the importance of such games through this hands-on experience.