Baseline of 6th and 8th class students was conducted by American India Foundation Trust in 10 Districts to observe the skills of students in month of Nov'13.
With the help of Rubric, the skills of students observed according to given parameters. After the evaluation we found that we should develop the listening skills of students. We shared few activities with subject teachers to develop the listening skills of students.
Listening Activity:-
Language: English
Listening and concentration Games and
Activities
All Change
Aim – Listening
What to do – The children sit in an inward
facing circle. The teacher
or child calls out different categories and
all the children who fit into
that category have to change seats. Examples
of categories; anyone
with black hair, anyone with a birthday in
June, anyone with a pet
cat.
Clap and Touch
Aim – to develop concentration
What to do – The children sit in an inward
facing circle. They are to
copy the teacher’s movements. The teacher
gives 2 claps and touches
a part of her body with both hands ( e.g.
Clap, clap, touch head/Clap,
clap, touch knees etc.
Clapping game 2
Aim – to develop listening and concentration
What to do – The teacher tells the children
that one clap means
stand, two claps mean march on the spot and
three claps mean sit.
She or a child stands in the centre and claps instructions.
The
children must listen very carefully to the
clapped instructions each
time so they follow them correctly.
Listening and concentration Games and
Activities
My father went to the shop
Aim – to enhance listening and encourage
concentration
What to do- Children sit in an inward facing
circle. One child begins
by saying ‘my father went to the shop and
bought…’ and names an
item such as bread. The next child repeats the
sentence, including
bread and adding another item. Each child in
turn repeats the
sentence, all the previous items and adds a
new item, until someone
makes a mistake. The sentence then begins
again.
Word Game
Aim – Fun, vocabulary use
What to do – The children play word
association around the circle
with 2 claps in between – e.g tree clap clap/
leaf clap clap/ flower etc.
If anyone is stuck and the rhythm is broken
she begins with a new
word.
Teachers also performed these activities in their classrooms
Teachers also performed these activities in their classrooms
