Sir
SUB : Classrooms are to make students think in English.
As a person who has been taking classes in English Communication for the last 15 years, what I have understood clearly is that our education system focuses too much on text as far as teaching English is concerned. Text becomes the center of an English class. Then questions based on the chapters in the text follow and then comes discussing the answers. Now the question is "Where is the learner here? Are their needs, dreams and thoughts taken care of ?".
What we need is classes based on learners' way of thinking, their thinking process and engaging their thoughts. The students have to discover how to think in English and use their thinking skills in finding solutions to situations faced in class. A class should be about the students' thoughts and how to put their thoughts in words and sentences for them to communicate freely and naturally in English. This is what we have to come across in our classrooms - students being empowered to "Think in English".
Thanking you
Yours faithfully
Vinod Kaliyath
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