Category Archives: English
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Young Learner’s Performance in Word Recognition
Word reading or decoding is an important skill. Needless to say, reading comprises a complex assimilation of skills. It may look effortless when we see a proficient reader read, but [...] -
Assessing Oral Language Proficiency in Early Years
Does this ring a bell? Our children admire and cherish great communicators and want to be like them. However, often, they do not communicate competently or dread communicating even if [...] -
Teaching Practices for 21st Century Learners
Background Anybody who has ever taught in a formal teaching capacity would agree with me when I say that teaching is one of the most complex and difficult tasks that one can do. Add to [...] -
Covid Caused Significant Learning Loss – How Do We Emerge Stronger From It?
(based on a talk at Shiksha Sanskriti Uthan Nyas Conference, July 24, 2021) Covid has been devastating at so many levels – just the magnitude of the human tragedy is [...] -
Comparing Functional English Proficiency in Adolescents of Three Countries: India, Vietnam & Ethiopia
Functional English is the ability to communicate in English through listening, speaking, writing, and reading in real-life contexts, with grammar usage focused more on an ‘effectivity’ [...] -
Role of Stories in Language Acquisition
In the remote villages of Rajasthan, children studying in a Hindi-medium school speak a dialect or a regional language at home. For them, standard Hindi is still their second language. [...] -
Misconception Series: Class 4 English, Reading for Understanding – Extended Reading
(1) Why was the question asked in ASSET test? Reading comprehension is said to be most effective when readers can analyse facts and reach accurate conclusions. [...] -
Misconception Series: Class 3 English, Reading for Understanding – Literal Comprehension
(1) Why was the question asked in ASSET test? It is important for children to learn the skill of reading and making sense of authentic material that [...] -
Misconception Series: Class 3 English, Reading for Understanding – Poetry
(1) Why was the question asked in ASSET test? Poetry comprehension encourages the mind to make the vital leap from memorization to meaning. A poem shows a poet’s [...] -
Misconception Series: Class 3 English, Reading for Understanding – Literal Comprehension
(1) Why was the question asked in ASSET test? Most stories have a very definite sequence of events. Students understand the story by exploring this sequence. The ability to [...]