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Democratising English teaching
The British Council is organizing a 12-hour intensive four-day course for primary school children aged between 7 and 8, till 1st December 2006 from 9 to 12. A laudable initiative! Young learners have fun with English. How? With a magic wand, excellent teachers open a new world to them through rewarding classroom projects.
Kids listen to well-loved stories where they set off on adventures. Their coach drivers take them on a world tour. They visit magical lands peopled by all kinds of people and animals. They go up mountains, down valleys, slide across rivers, and wander in forests, pick up flowers, and dance with butterflies. They meet heroes and villains. They are relieved when the brave man defeats the bad one and saves unfortunate children and helpless old people. Everybody they meet speaks English. They love that beautiful language. After two weeks, our kids will develop better speaking, listening, reading and writing skills.
But…
The course fee is Rs 2 500. Four days. 3 hours. Only a privileged few benefit from it. The majority of Mauritian parents cannot afford to pay that sum though they would have liked their children to enjoy this first-rate course.
Government authorities are doing their level best to educate Mauritian kids. So is the British Council. Our government has the money, the British Council the tools and skills. Children are quick learners. They can be taught both English phonetics and alphabet.
Even our primary and secondary English language teachers need some intensive coaching on British phonetics. If we make this a nation-wide project, the future generation will reap the fruit.
<B>Brinda RUNGHSAWMEE</B>
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