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90-Day Teacher Development Programme for the Secondary School Teachers

A warm   welcome to RIESI, Bangalore.  This handout carries some important information about this course.  Please   read it carefully.  

The main objectives of this programme are:

1. to build   confidence and  help the  trainees  become  competent users of  English
2. to equip the trainees with the language  learning  skills and  help them  deliver the  content   effectively.
3. to ensure the  application of  language learning  skills in real-life  situations.
4. to enable  the participants  to acquire  trainer  development  competency in  ELT  (with a  focus on  training   skills and  techniques).
5. to give  an  understanding of the  way English  language  functions.

This teacher development programme is scheduled for three months at RIESI, Bangalore.

          The  curriculum includes  Practice Teaching,   lectures,  debates,   workshops,   presentations and  computer lab sessions  besides  regular  sessions on all four  language  learning  skills  LSRW,  Methodology,  Grammar and  Literature.  There will be follow up tasks &   assignments.  The assignments must be submitted on time,   as the process of evaluation is continuous and   comprehensive.  You will be   writing a pre-test   at the beginning and a post test at the end of the course.

There are regular classes from 09.45 a.m to 5.00 p.m with a lunch break of an hour from 1 – 2 p.m.  From 11.00 - 11.10 and 3.00 – 3.10 is the tea break.  The institute does not   function on second and   fourth Saturdays and other government holidays reflected in the Karnataka State calendar.  However, the Institute may function on any of these days if need be.
Since the  course  also  aims  at  developing the  communication  skills of the  trainees,  it is   advisable to use  English during  your  stay in the  campus ,may it be with your peer group or the members of the faculty.

Hope you will make the maximum out of this opportunity.  Your eagerness to learn    commitment to work and   active  participation in all the  classroom  activities  will help you  benefit the  most  from the  course and you return to your  schools as  full fledged  facilitators / teachers.

Hope you enjoy your stay here.  Wish you a happy and a   useful stay.

DIRECTOR

90-DAY TEACHER DEVELOPMENT

Plan of Action

Final Examination + Post Test (2 hours)

3rd December 2008   -        Listening and Speaking / Oral
4th December 2008   -        Reading + Literature / Writing
5th December 2008   -        Grammar / Methods and Materials
6th December 2008   -        Post Test + Course evaluation / Valediction

Listening and Speaking	40		50
Oral	10
Reading and Literature			50
Writing			50
Grammar			50
Methods and Materials
Library Task			50
Mid-course test			50
TP			100
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			450
Internal Assessment (Participation, behaviour, Attendance) (10 marks for each paper)			50
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			500

Instructions to THE INMATES of THE RIESI   Hostel

Please read the instructions and follow them scrupulously.
Please note that self service is practised in our canteen i.e.  food will not be served to your tables.

Please   wash your plates and tumblers after tea, breakfast, lunch and supper.

Leave the cleaned plates in the shelf kept adjacent to the wash basin.

Do not get into any argument with the cook/kitchen staff.

Grievances if any with regard to the mess should be brought to the notice of the Deputy Warden / Administrative Officer.

Special items are served to make your food interesting and those items will not be served the second time.

If you have any health problem and special diet is   required, please inform the Deputy Warden in advance.

Food should not be carried to the rooms.

The guests / visitors will not be allowed to have food in the canteen.  If found   inevitable prior permission has to be sought by the   Warden for which the payment   has to be made to the Deputy Warden.

Please take only the required amount of food and do not waste any food.

Do not enter the kitchen unnecessarily.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.  Please do not litter.  Maintain   cleanliness in the canteen and the hostel rooms.

Please    speak in English   even in the canteen.

Washed clothes should be dried on the terrace only.

Mess Timings

6.00    -        7.00 a.m       -        Early morning tea
8.15    -        9.15 a.m.      -        Breakfast, tea
1.00    -        1.50 p.m.      -        Lunch
3.00    -        3.45 p.m.      -        Tea & biscuits
5.30    -        6.00 p.m.      -        Snacks
8.15    -        9.15 p.m.      -        Supper

Some  Dos and Don’ts

About  the  distance mode  tasks

Read the  checklist and  fill in the  details.  This is to remind you of the  distance mode  tasks  sent to you in the  month of  May.  Submit this to the  co-ordinators on   day 1 (in the  evening).  Put  a   tick mark  (   )  against the   task you’ve  submitted and  a  cross mark (       )  against the  ones  you’ve   not submitted. (This is for your  reference.)

COURSES

Paper – 1       Listening and Speaking
Paper – 2       Reading and Writing
Paper – 3       Grammar
Paper – 5       Methods and Materials (to include resources, classroom management and task
                   designing)

Functions

Tutorial Sessions

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