Ranveer Singh Dalal

In this short article, I will reflect on three specific approaches to teaching English language, which I have used successfully over the years (15+ years) with my students, majority of whom belong to senior secondary classes. These three approaches are - being articulate, judicious use of mother tongue and establishing a connect with the students. These approaches have worked for me as a language teacher, but they can equally serve as effective tools for any teacher teaching any other subject for that matter. First things first, to make an impact in our class, We need to be articulate while speaking English. Being articulate does not mean being highly proficient in spoken English, though that can always be an added advantage, it is just being clear and distinct while speaking the English words, phrase and sentences. A simple sentence, spoken with clear stress, intonation and rhythm can itself work as an effective stimulus variant in an otherwise Hindi dominated classroom environment. T...

Dear sir, I know you are not happy with my response but one week back, because of full storage issues, to free up some space I deleted my data, which unfortunately included some what's app data as well. By making a phone call, I wanted to explain my situation and also if you asked I might have contacted someone from the group to ask for the earlier posts for your benefit. But it looks like you are not ready to listen anything from my side. Anyway that's your decision. But not picking up my call in spite of myself doing everything that I could (giving you my own interview experience, telling you all the details that I remember, getting you added to the group, sending you some of the posts today) is to my mind a little unreasonable. It just shows you will speak to someone only till your favours are returned. Anyway, after joining the group, it won't be difficult for you to get those earlier posts. Okay dear, thanks for some of the beautiful memories. And accept my apology if ...