A SHORT SUMMARY OF THE CONTENT
Teachers can act as a catalyst in making a class more
interactive and conversation friendly by doing these things:
In the name of discipline, for a long time we have made our classrooms "No talking zones" making the inherent conversational intelligence of our growing children remain stagnant throughout their educational period and then the society keeps lamenting about the fact that why we don't see good speakers, good thinkers, good leaders nowadays who can address the social issues with creative and practical solutions....!
In this seminar the participants discussed about how our classrooms can move forward in the direction of becoming conversation-friendly with the help of these four steps:
1. Making
CONVERSATION ZONES in a class.
2. Using
BOOKS/VIDEOS/IMAGES as CONVERSATION STARTERS.
3. Encouraging
creative questions as CONVERSATION BOOSTERS.
4. Conducting
CONVERSATION CONTESTS in the form of job interviews, debates, discussions, skits, role plays, dramas etc.
TIPS FOR SPEAKERS
Ask yourself these five questions:
1. Do I sound OK in that particular language?
2. Do
I have a meaningful content?
3. Am
I audience-friendly?
4. Do
I have an idea about the context of my speech?
5. Do I have an inspiring vision?
TO BE CONTINUED....
