4.Academic Plan 2012-13


Government College of Teacher Education, Thiruvananthapuram
Department of English
Academic Plan B.Ed.  2012-13

Commencement of  classes   : 01 November 2012

Activities planned for the first three working days
  • Rapport building
  • Filling up of Bio-data
  • Attitude Scale
  • General briefing on : Code of Conduct, Teacher qualities, Objectives of Teacher Education and  the special  role of teachers of English

Activities planned for the 3rd , 4th  & 5th  working days
  • ELT- A Bird’s Eye View

Activities planned for the last week of November & First week of December 2012
  • Course Briefing and Introductory lectures on teaching of English

Activities planned for the  second week December 2012
  • Proficiency Test
  • Visit to schools

Activities planned for the third week of December 2012
  • Micro-teaching sessions

Activities planned for the fourth week of December 2012
  • Grooming Through Movies

Activities planned for the last week of December 2012
  • Video observation lessons

 Activities planned for  the first three weeks of January 2013
  • Discussion Lessons
  • Demonstration Lessons         
  • Criticism lessons
  • Introductory sessions on Models of Teaching
  • Briefing on Practicum
  • Introductory lectures on  Thinking Skills, Presentation Skills
  • Diagnostic Test preparation

Last week of  January 2013
  • Practice Teaching  : First spell

Activities planned for February 2013
·       Lecture cum discussion sessions  on the  theoretical base of teaching English
·       Discussion and group tasks based on Principles of Pedagogical Analysis
·       Video  observation lessons on Methods of teaching English

First working day of March 2013
  • Submission of completed records/ Practicums

  Activities planned for March 2013
  • Revision of select topics
  • Discussion of university  examination questions
  • Model examination
  • Course feedback and mid course evaluation

First semester examination and mid term vacation : April & May 2013

  Activities planned for June  and July 2013
  • Discussion Lessons
  • Criticism Lessons
  • Sessions on preparation of Unit Test
  • Practice Teaching : Second spell

Activities planned for August  2013
  • Feedback on Practice Teaching
  • Error Analysis sessions
  • Lecture cum discussion sessions  on Modern Instructional Strategies : English
 First working day of September 2013
  • Submission of completed records/ Practicums

Activities planned for the first, second and third week of  September 2013
  • Discussion and group tasks based on school syllabus (Pedagogical Analysis)

  Activities planned for October 2013
  • Revision of select topics
  • Discussion of university  examination questions
  • Model examination
  • Optional Study Tour
  • Trainee course evaluation /feedback
            Second  semester examination : November 2013

 Innovative sessions
  • Web 2.0 pedagogy
  • Methodology Media Fest
  • Pedagogical Grooming Through Movies
  • Session on Life Skills
  • Session on Soft Skills
  • Training to produce radio lessons
  • Training to write video  scripts /produce video programmes
 Workshops
  • Preparation/design of Teaching Aids
  • Adapting  authentic materials for teaching
 Regular Trainee tasks
  • English Association activities
  • Editing of articles
  • Publication
  • Group / individual assignments
  • Tutorial sessions
  • Guest lecture sessions
  • Listening sessions/video viewing-cum-discussion sessions
 Weekly / daily activity
  • Bulletin Board display in the department
  • Discussion on educational problems
Occasional activity
  • Discussion-cum-viewing  of Feature  Films with ‘Education’ as theme
 Voluntary work
  • Private tuition for inmates of Sri Chitra Poor Home







                                                                                                                         

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