KNOWLEDGE CURATOR: Communicate, Inspire, Transform

AIL Principles and Practices 

Plan and enact a play with the elements of sound, music and movement for an experiential understanding of relating to all subjects.

Theatre and Textbooks in the Classroom 

Access stories, poems and plays for inclusive and exhilarating theatrical activities. 

Using Illustrations

Analyze the features of visual arts that students can use to illustrate informational, descriptive and narrative writing.

Storytelling, Science and Maths 

Adapt techniques of storytelling to teach abstract concepts at all grade levels. 

Script Writing Stages: Features & Purposes

Examine the five stages of scriptwriting and explore the features and purposes of each stage. 

Plotting A Story 

Create, build and flesh out plot lines to make our stories fascinating and interesting. 

Showcasing Character Evolution Through Dialogue 

Examine various features of speech including words, pauses and silence in creating and presenting characters in a play or film script.

Plan to Publish:  A Productive Workshop 

Write short-short and short stories for publication in an anthology. 

  Process Writing and the Visual Arts 

Effectively use visual aids such as graphic organizers in Process Writing to help students be more critical thinkers. 

Poetry and Music 

Use melody, rhythm and voice features to teach Listening and Speaking.

Teaching Writing and Poetry 

Fold Visual Arts and Music into teaching Writing and Poetry.

Grammars for Oral and Written Skills

Understand the differences between and uses of grammars in Speaking and Writing.

Questioning Critical Thinking 

Use questions to increase the ability of students for clarity, precision and relevance.

Blended Learning in ELT 

Distinguish between Pronunciation and Hearing tasks and use technologies for audio activities.

English Department, Frobel Academy, Chittagong, Bangladesh 

An intensive course on theories of ELT.

Weekly online Sessions: 

Lesson planning, textbook analysis, creating materials and exploring new technologies. 

Annual on-site visits - class observations; participation in the planning and implementation of Reading Mela.

I Can Program, Frobel Academy, Chittagong, Bangladesh

Curriculum and pedagogy planning and support for teachers of young Rohingya refugee women.

SSR School, Uttarakhand, India

English language teaching and whole school renewal with Bidisha Roy Das and Anuradha Sen.