Youngsters learn the nuances of Spoken English at Vallabh Niketan Ashram, Bengaluru
Team SSM Bengaluru launched Spoken English classes in February 2023 for 28 youngsters sheltered at the Vallabh Niketan Ashram, Central Bengaluru to help them hone their speaking skills in English.
The following building blocks formed the learning paradigm:
Internalization
Ideation
Thinking in mother tongue
Transliteration to English
Expression in English
The youngsters were placed into two groups to facilitate age-appropriate comprehension. The weekly sessions started with an appreciation of basic grammatical structures such as nouns and verbs to help them string simple sentences together.
The inclusion of legends and historical lore of Bangalore City and Karnataka State resonated with the cultural background of the youngsters while simple stories, role plays that mimicked real time situations added to pragmatic application. Interpersonal dynamics and skillsets of the youngsters encouraged interesting exchanges during group activities.
In the past 9 months, regular assessments and creative activities were held during 24 sessions to help sustain the motivation of the youngsters. The SSM volunteers have mentored these bright youngsters with the unstinting support of the Ashram personnel.
To support the learning journey of these youngsters or for volunteering opportunities in the Satsang Seva Mission, please write to us at connect@satsang-foundation.org.