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Inauguration

The inaugural function of ELTAI’s ‘Thiruvarur Chapter” cum a one- day workshop on “Engaging Learners as Readers” was held on 12^th August 2019 at Bon Secours Arts College for Women at Mannargudi, Thiruvarur District. Sr. Victoria, Principal, Bon Secours Arts College for Women, Mannargudi presided over the function and Dr. M.S.XavierPradheep Singh, Assistant Professor, Department of Engligh St. Joseph’s (Autonomous) College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu inaugurated the ‘Thiruvarur Chapter’ as the guest of honour and oriented the participants on the core aspects of the workshop.

The august event began with the lighting of the ceremonial lamp by all the dignitaries. While the convener Mr. Soosai Rathinam, welcomed the gathering, also elucidated the aims and objectives of the chapter and the workshop.In her presidential address, Sr. Victoria, emphasized the importance of English citing the term ‘illiterates’ in modern times refers to those who don’t know both English and basic skills in communication technology. She wanted the English educators develop themselves in all possible ways appropriately.

Dr. Xavier Pradheep Singh in his inaugural speech highlighted that “Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress and working together is success”. He felt that the chapter had already started working together for a common cause in the field of English Language Teaching and wished for a great progress.

Workshop

With zeal and enthusiasm, Dr. Xavier Pradheep Singh handled his session by brainstorming what is reading and the five essential components of reading with examples. The participants were given a handout to transcribe Chinese alphabet into English and were introduced to the “Pre reading, during reading and Post reading” strategies.  Pre-reading strategies like KWL charts, Word Splash were dealt with activities based on a simple text on ‘Marina Beach’.

Graphic organizers- Venn Diagram, Cluster Word Tree Diagram, Hierarchy Chart, Story Board, Story Map etc. were some of the while reading strategies dealt by the Resource Person with a lot of examples. Activities on how an unfamiliar vocabulary can be taught through vocabulary flashcards, leaning through the contextual clues, types of contextual clues etc.,

Conclusion

The workshop concluded after Post reading strategies like ‘Reader’s Bookmark’, ‘Four Column Chart’ which were taught to the participants through various activities.

When the participants were asked to record their feedbacks, Mr. Sivachidambaram, Ms. Arokiya Ms. Mary, Ms. Gowri, Mr. Prabhabakaran, Ms. Sheen and all other English teachers came forward to provide their opinion. One of the teachers mentioned that he had never attended a workshop of this nature in his entire professional life. The convener Mr. Soosai Rathinam thanked Mr. Sivabalan and Mr. Immanuel as well as others for their active participation in organizing the workshop and all departed subsequently after the National Anthem at 4 pm.

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ELTAI, Visakhapatnam Chapter, in collaboration with Visakha Government Degree College for Women, organised a one day National workshop on “Continuous Professional Development (CPD) for English Teachers”on 13^th July, 2019 at Visakha Government Degree College for Women, Visakhapatnam.

The workshop was inaugurated by the Chief Guest, Sri. PVN Madhav, Member of the Legislative Council. Prof. C. Pradgna, Chapter Patron, Dr. C. Raghavendra, Chapter President and Workshop Convener, Dr. S. Shobha Rani, Workshop Patron and Principal, Visakha Govt. Degree College for Women, Resource persons Dr. ReddiSekhar Reddy – Vice President, ELTAI National Committee, Mr. Paul Armstrong –renowned Language Trainer, Workshop Coordinators Dr. Ch. Swathi, Chapter Vice-president, Ms. P.Padma Priya,Head, Department of English, VisakhaGovt. Degree college for Women, and Chapter Committee members were present.

The Inaugural started by Dr. C. Raghavendra, Convener, ELTAI Chapter, with a welcome note to all the participants, the English Teaching Tribe. He reiterated the important role of English teachers in the current scenario and he listed out the objectives of the workshop. As he mentioned that the workshop aims at highlighting the perspectives and practices of CPD that help teachers meet the challenges of their work and achieve their goals.

The Chief Guest Sri. PVN Madhav, Member of the Legislative Council, officially inaugurated the Visakhapatnam Chapter and the Chapter’s maiden workshop. He said that English language is a fundamental means of communication across the globe and English teachers play a vital role in molding the learners to meet the needs.

This was followed by the Workshop Patron’s, Dr.S Shobha Rani, speech where she commended the teachers of English in instilling values along with imparting the language skills in students. Sheappealed to the professionals to help improve language proficiency of students from Telugu medium background and instill confidence in them in using the language. The Chapter Patron, Prof. C. Pradgna, emphasised the need of Continuous Professional Development and mentioned how the workshop will benefit the languageprofessionals to explore inventive means and methods of teaching English.

The Inaugural was followed by the first session by Dr. G. ReddiSekhar Reddy who explored various avenues pertaining to professional development. The second session was by Mr. Paul Armstrong who …..

The workshop ended with the Valedictory ceremony with the felicitation of Resource Persons and distribution of certificates the Resource Persons and the participants.The programme ended with a vote of thanks.

The workshop was a success with more than 90 registrations. The Patron commended the efforts of the Organising Committee.

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