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Reflective blog on Workshop of Cultural Study by Kalyani Vallath

Reflective blog on Workshop of Cultural Study by Kalyani Vallath ma'am On 27th December, we had workshop on Cultural Studies by one of the best professor Dr Kalyani_Vallath_ma'am, a highly passionate teacher from Trivandrum, Kerala. Kalyani ma'am is an edu-entrepreneur who persuaded her doctoral degree from Canada University on Children Cinema. I like her teaching method. In the introductory session Prof. Dr. Dilip Barad Sir gave introduction of Dr. Kalyani Ma'am where Sir mentioned that Ma'am is running a finishing school where students are trained to work effectively in their respective jobs. As we know that the most important unit of NTA NET is Cultural Studies and Dr. Kalyani ma'am came to gave us knowledge of Cultural Studies. This is very hard subject but now I can say that no this is not hard subject if you read or the most important thing, if you understand. Ma'am explained what is Cultural Studies, it's beginning as well as the key concepts

Expert lecture on ELT - Prof. Dr. Atanu Bhattacharya

Hello readers, This blog is a part of my thinking activity. We had Guest lecture by Professor Atanu Bhattacharya sir on 25, 26 and 27 January. It was an honor for us to attend Dr. Atanu Sir's talk session. On fisrt day, sir talked about briefly on English language teaching and teaching literature in the language classroom. On second day, sir talked about testing and evaluation and on last day, the possibility of research. The history of English language : First sir talked about history of English language teaching basically in India and some methods which we use. In language teaching, there is some principles and concepts. First we have to understand what happened with English teaching. Teaching is old phenomenon. English language teaching is important part of Indian culture civilization. We can divide English language teaching into six parts. 1. Classical language teaching 2. Middle ages 3. 12th-15th centuries 4. Renaissance 5. 17th, 18th and 19th century 6. 19th and ea

The sense of an ending - Thinking activity

Hello Readers, This blog is a part of my thinking activity given by professor Dr.Dilip Barad. In this blog,we have to write our views regarding below given questions. To see the blog and the questions click here. "The more you learn, the less you fear. 'learn' not in the sense of academic study, but in the practical understanding of life."              (The sense of an ending - page 82) The Sense of an Ending is a novel by Julian Barnes.The Sense of an Ending was awarded the Man Booker Prize. Click here to read the summery of the text.  This post is in response to the question asked here "History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation." How far can you agree with this definition of Adrian? Justify you answer with reference to your reading of ‘The Sense of an Ending’. First of all, the above given definition was given by Patrick Lagrange. It is said that, Hi

Web 2.0 Tools

Web tool 2.0 : As part of our ELT-2 paper ,we are suggested to join this MOOC. In this course, we can learn about a wide variety of Web 2.0 tools to use in your teaching and learning.  We have technology but it is very important how teachers can harness the power of free and easy to use online tools to engage and motivate their students. It is up to you how you can implement this new tools in your classroom. For that, we have to choose best Web tools for our learners. About web 2.0 tool : Web 1.0 refers to the world wide Web in its earliest stages of evolution. For developing the any Web content, you must have knowledge and skills and how to access tools. For example, they needed to know HTML or Hybertext Markup language. But for doing or developing any tool, you need fast Internet. The Web 1.0 was also known as the Read only Web. In the early 2000s a transformation began to happen as a result of technological changes that made the Internet and ability to develop content