INTRODUCTION

Through the presentation of my on job training report in Communicative English

at Eden Public School ,Manjadikara ,I intend to present a brief account of my

teaching experience as a trainee at the same institution from 7th November 2016

to 2nd December 2016.

The primary objectives which I expected to fulfill by the completion of my

internship programme were as follows:

I. To explore my teaching capabilities to the maximum extent and to utilize

it well for effective teaching.

II. To teach the students the assigned syllabus with due clarity with the use of

effective teaching aids and methods, for example with the help of

worksheets, presentations and home works.

III. To make the learning experience more enjoyable one for students by the

adoption of funny and interactive games, puzzles and role plays.

IV. To motivate the students primarily to improve their speaking and

communication skills.

V. To encourage the students to acquire more subject knowledge by ensuring

grasping of the contents or lessons taught.

VI. To induce an ability in students to think out of the box apart from sticking

on to routine textual fact based learning alone.

VII. To provide necessary assistance to students to clear their doubts related to

the topics taught.

VIII. To make the students aware about the possibility of improving their

communication as well as public speaking skills through effective group

interactions increased coordination and teamwork.

IX. To present myself as a trainee teacher who abides by the rules and

regulations of the institution where I pursued my internship.

X. To comply with the conditions, rules and codes of expected behavior,

norms and dress code as prescribed by the department.

XI. To provide myself as a receptive to the desirable changes in my teaching

as per the feedback of the concerned authority and as per the demand of

students according to their interpretation levels.

XII. To mould myself as adaptive to the limitations and adverse working

conditions turning them as an effective platform for putting up more

better efforts.

XIII. To exploit the available opportunities and to explore and to adopt new

improvements in my teaching skills.

XIV. To build a precise idea about my teaching skills and my resourcefulness ,

evaluating my positives as well as negative drawbacks as stated by the

authority and as per the feedback provided by the students and to offer

myself willing to undertake the necessary corrections if required.

XV. To offer myself as a helpful and responsive to my colleagues (senior

teachers as well as to my teammates at the institution) by utilizing my

resourcefulness and knowledge to the maximum and by the means of

adequate of assistance and coordination.

 CHAPTER 1: The Institution for my Internship.

The institution for my internship was Eden Public School,Manjadikara.

I pursued my internship at the institution as per the instruction of the

Department of English, Assumption College Changanacherry, from 7th

November 2016 to 2nd December 2016. I carried out my internship at Eden

Public School as a trainee teacher along with two of my team mates

assigned to be interned at the same institution as per the instruction of the

Department of English, Assumption College Changanacherry

Eden Public School, Manjadikara, is an English medium school situated

at Changanacherry.The institution was established in 1993. This institution

offers quality education to the students following the syllabus as

prescribed by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) .The

School imparts apt training to students in curricular as well as co-

curricular levels .The motto of the institution is “THAMASOMA

JYOTHIRGAMAYA” as the motto suggests this institution sparkles in the

educational field imparting good learning opportunities for the students

,committing to shape their future in this world where nail biting

competitions fill every fields. This institution offers educational support to

students belonging to various financial backgrounds that is both major and

minor backgrounds at affordable rates. The supreme management of the

institution comprises of the principal of the institution, the manager of the

institution as well as the patrons of the institution. There are a total of 23

staff in this institution including the teaching as well as the non-teaching

or office staff .There are twenty faculty members dealing with various

academic disciplines such as English, Mathematics, Environmental

science, Hindi, Malayalam, physics, chemistry, biology and social science.

This institution offers education to students right from the kindergarten

level (LKG&UKG) to tenth grade students. Apart from academic training

and textual syllabus oriented learning the institution provides training for

students to develop their soft as well as artistic skills. The institution offers

training in extracurricular activities such as karate, dance, yoga, music etc.

Aiming to promote the social as well as the collaborative skills and team

skills of students the school conducts morning assembly on every

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The institution also provides

interactive talk sessions and seminars by reputed personalities from

various spheres for improving the knowledge and skills of students.

The management of the school and the PTA members are very particular

in regard of the discipline of students, punctuality and adherence of the

rules and regulations set for the better functioning of the institution. The

School working hours are from 9:30am to 3:30pm. In order to comply

with the requirements of the modern educational world this school also

adopts the use of smart class rooms, virtual interfaces and other technical

requirements to educate students through e-learning possibilities. Every

year the institution marks its rank as one of the most competent English

medium school among the catalogue of other reputed English medium

School by making the students capable enough to acquire excellent grades

in AISSE board exams conducted by CBSE. To stimulate the growth of

good moral values ,ethics among students moral classes are added as part

of the syllabus. To keep the students updated and competent in general

awareness general knowledge classes are also taken for the students every

week. The institution clings on to the observation and celebration of

special and significant days such as the world environment day, Hiroshima

day, children’s day , teacher’s day etc .Apart from these onam

celebrations ,Christmas celebrations are also carried out to enhance a spirit

of festivity and unity among the students as well as with the authority.

Various sports and games are conducted and rides for kindergarten

students are also provided to ensure the proper mental as well as physical

fitness and wellness of the students. To evaluate the academic

performance and learning skills of students’ formative assessments and

summative assessments are conducted on a timely basis by the school as

per the prescription of the CBSE.

At the institution I worked as the Communicative English trainee

teacher under the guidance and supervision of the concerned authority

members and other senior teachers. The senior English Teachers

provided our team with necessary guidelines and support .They also

fragmented the class hours and divided it conveniently among three of us.

Apart from teaching hours I was assigned to engage the students during

the substitution hours and PE hours with activities and games that would

prove helpful for the students to improve their communication skills.

 CHAPTER 2: My Internship Record.

With the presentation of this chapter titled as ‘My Internship Record ‘

I aim to mention the details regarding the class hours ,substitution hours

and physical education hours I dealt with as the part of my internship in a

condensed manner as possible. I was assigned by the authority to teach

and to offer training for the students in Communicative English from class

1 to class 7 assisting the senior teachers in English. I was supposed to

engage the students with lessons that would prove resourceful and helpful

for the students to improve and evaluate their current commanding in

Communicative English. Secondly I was advised to stimulate and

encourage an interest and enthusiasm among the students to converse in

English and there by improve their interactive skills by training and

implementing activities and games that would increase their subject

knowledge and understanding of the language. During the physical

education (PE) hours I was instructed to take the students to the

playground for making them to carry out various outdoor games and warm

up exercises that would cater to promote their physical and mental well

being or fitness this hour is an absolute free hour for the students and no

syllabus oriented topics are taught to the students during this hour.

A rough draft of my class hour timetable during my internship period is

Presented below:

CE –Communicative English

PE- Physical Education

DAY HOUR HOUR HOUR HOUR HOUR HOUR HOUR HOUR

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

MON Class 1 Class 6

PE CE

TUE Class 3

CE

WED Class 6 Class 2 Class 4

CE PE CE

THURS Class 2 Class 4 Class 1

PE CE CE

FRI Class1 Class 5 Class 6

PE PE CE

The summarized record of my daily tasks /daily duties which I carried out as per the

instruction of the concerned authority at Eden Public School is given below in the

chronological order of weeks (week 1) and week days (for example Monday of week 1 is

represented as 1.1)
WEEK 1 –November 7 to November 11(Days from Monday to Friday are denoted from

1.1 to 1.5)

1.1 During this working day I got two substitution hours with

Classes 2 and 6 .For the substitution hours I engaged the

students of both the classes with the fun game ‘HANGMAN’.

Students played the game with good enthusiasm and as the

feedback they pointed out that they found the game beneficial

in improving their vocabulary.

1.2 During this working day I got a total of 2 CE hours

The topic ‘NOUNS AND IT’S CATEGORIES’ was taught to

the students of class 3 with an aim to introduce the definition

as well as the major categories of the nouns to evaluate their

understanding of the topic they were assigned to fill one

worksheet .The topic ‘SENTENCE AND STRUCTURES’

was taught in class 6 aiming to present before them the

definition of the sentence and the different kinds of sentences

and their understanding of the topic was assessed through

home works.

1.3 The students of class 6 were made to present ‘JUST A

MINUTE’ based on a topic they picked from the chit box

 during their CE hour ,aiming to enhance their oratory

,listening and public speaking skills and confidence. Students

of class 4 were given a fun game named as ‘WORD HUNT’

in this game the students were supposed to find the set of

words that could be formed out one big word within a

specified time limit .Students found the game helpful in

checking out their vocabulary knowledge.

1.4 During this working day ,the class 4 students were assigned to

fill in a worksheet based on the story comprehension ,this

exercise was provided to students to check their

comprehension and writing skills .An action titled as ‘ALL

MEN LUCKYMEN’ was taught to the students of class 1

aiming to familiarize them with the spelling of new small

words like timid, cute, fluffy lucky etc towards the end of the

class a dictation was conducted .The students of class 6

Were made to complete one activity called SPY THE

STORY in this activity the students were given one jumbled

up story and they were asked to trace out the complete story

by ordering the sentences properly in accordance with the

clues provided .The prime objective of this activity was to

improve their sentence structuring skills.

1.5 Extracurricular activity day for students.

WEEK 2-November 14 to November 18(Days from Monday to

Friday denoted as 2.1 to 2.5).

2.1 The students of class 7 were given one activity called

‘DESCRIBE THE PICTURE’ in this activity the students

Were given certain cutouts of different scenarios and they

Were instructed to closely observe the picture provided to

Them individually and to jot down their findings and

Observations aiming to check their thinking and

communication skills. During the substitution hours in classes

4and 7 the students were asked to speak about themselves aiming

to improve their speaking skills.

2.2 During this working day I attended substitution hours at

class 5, 6 and 7 I provided a game known as guess the object.

A set of new antonyms were introduced to class 3 students , the

lesson was titled as ‘IMPORTANT ANTONYMS: AN

INTRODUCTION’ the students were instructed to by-heart the

antonyms. Subsequently the students were given word puzzles as a

test based on the topic dealt with.

2.3 Holiday for the school due to excursion.

2.4 An activity titled as ‘THREAD STORY’ was introduced to the

students of class 4 for this activity certain crumbs of the story or

outline of the story was provided to the students and they were

divided in groups of 3 and they were instructed to frame a

complete story according to their creativity within a specified time

, finally they were made to read their stories.

The class 1 students were taught a rhyme on animal sounds and

intending to improve their pronunciation and reciting skills.

2.5 Extracurricular activities for students.

WEEK 3 November 21st to November 25th (Days from Monday to

Friday denoted as 3.1 to 3.5)

3.1 An activity titled as ‘ PICK IT RIGHT’ was introduced to the

students and an excerpt from a children’s magazine was read to

the students and each of them were called out to communicate the

key points in their own words by this activity the students were

expected to make an independent effort to improve their

communication skills.

3.2 The students of class 3 were taught the topic ‘WH

QUESTIONS’ during the CE period with the objective of making

clear the use of wh questions . They were given a test paper to

check their understanding of the topic.

3.3 The students of class 6 were given the exercise ‘CHAIN

STORY’ during their CE period. A ‘SPELL BEE’ competition was

conducted for class 4 students to check their vocabulary.

3.4 The students of class 4 were asked to present a role play during

their CE period based on the topics provided to them this activity is

conducted to utilize the group communication possibilities in

improving the communication skills of students. During the

substitution hour in class 1 the students were taught to frame

common wh questions through a game.

3.5 Extracurricular activity day for students.

WEEK 4 November 28 to December 2 (Days from Monday to

Friday are denoted as 4.1 to 4.5)

4.1 School holiday due to national strike.

4.2 The students were taught a set of new useful phrase that would

suit for initiating and carrying out the communication effectively

in different occasions, the lesson was taught to the students as a

common one for classes 6 and 3.

4.3 The students of class 4 and 6 were divided in groups and they

were given topics on which they were asked to initiate a group

discussion (GD) for checking their speaking skills.

 CHAPTER 3: Reflection on the Internship

The On –Job Training in Communicative English has served as a

firsthand experience in exploring my teaching skills or caliber.

On an overall basis I evaluate my internship program at Eden

public School and experiences as a good one. The training period

from November 7 to December 2 crucially helped me to gain new

outlooks, new work experiences and it helped me to acquire a

precise knowledge regarding my teaching abilities my positives

and negatives. It shaped a strong desire in me to look for new

improvements especially in adopting teaching methodologies that

would help the students to grasp the matter with more clarity

without much stress. The internship has helped me to know about

the dedication required to work as a teacher especially it helped me

to gain knowledge about the importance of resourcefulness and

subject knowledge and the pressing need to keep updated with the

use of current teaching aids .The internship has helped to work

with more team spirit and coordination abiding by the rules and

regulations, guidelines and instructions of the authority and the

senior teachers.

The syllabus followed in the BA.Communicative English

,Journalism & English Literature has helped me during my

internship program especially the topics which I have learnt in our

communicative skills paper ,remedial English grammar paper and

in our reading and comprehension paper.

For engaging the students during the Communicative English

hours I have used the possibilities of several teaching

methodologies . To check and improve the communication skills of

students group discussions , role plays were organized . To check

and to improve their proficiency in public speaking extempore

sessions and just a minute speech were conducted for students

studying at primary and upper primary levels. To evaluate their

thoroughness and understanding of the topics taught the students

were given entry exercises, worksheets , puzzles and other minor

games that would deepen their curiosity in learning .Apart from

this test papers ,dictations and quizzes were conducted to cater to

the effectiveness of a smooth grasping of the topics .During the

substitution hours the students of lower classes were engaged

with games like spell bee , hang man and children’s rhymes were

taught intending to improve their vocabulary, pronunciation and

communication skills. To check their comprehension skills in the

language stories and poems were read to them.

To specific activities like THREAD STORY provided to the

students of class 4 came out with a good response and feedback

A good feedback was obtained from the authority as well as from

the students for DESCRIBE THE PICTURE activity provided for

class 7 students. On an overall basis I got a good response and

support from the authority and from the students.

Challenges:

 The abiding of the language rule was not given much

importance in the campus so it served as a major problem

in maintaining a good continuity catering to the

effectiveness of the training offered to the students.

 The insistence of the authority solely to follow and

organize activities that would help the students to improve

their communication skills without prioritizing and

focusing on the theory portions or grammar portions

proved to be a major problem as it reduced the scope of

offering a good subject base to the students.

Suggestions:

Firstly I would like to suggest that a uniform

syllabus to be taught in various classes has to be

fixed beforehand so that it would be possible to in

cooperate a common standard in regard of the

topics covered .i would like to offer this point as my

suggestion for improvement.

 Conclusion.

Through the presentation of this concluding chapter I intend to

present a SWOT ANALYSIS based on my On –Job Training

experiences. When I sum up my internship experiences on an

overall basis I would like to state that the internship program at

Eden Public School has immensely served as a platform for

acquiring a first hand experience in teaching and the training

period from November 7, 2016 to December 2 , 2016 was ample

enough to analyze and find out my strengths and weaknesses

associated with my teaching ability.

Strengths

1. The internship program in Communicative English has

immensely helped me to improve my interactive skills, public

speaking skills and it was helpful in combating my stage fright

2. The internship program has developed an ardent spirit to stay

adaptive.

3. The internship program helped me to acquire more self

confidence and enthusiasm.

4. The internship program proved to be helpful as it increased my

knowledge about the qualities and drawbacks in regard of my

teaching through the feedback follow ups which I have

obtained from the students.

5. The internship program has helped me to explore my ability to

motivate and encourage the students.

6. It has helped me to look for more improvements in the teaching

methodologies adopted and it has increased my urge to

improve my resourcefulness and subject knowledge everyday.

7. It has improved my commitment and dedication levels.

8. The internship program has helped me to find the possibility of

using bookish or syllabus oriented knowledge in practical life.

Weaknesses

1 .The lack of experience to maintain the discipline of students

during the first few days seemed to be one my significant

weakness but I believe that I was able to correct that weakness

during the subsequent weeks.

2.The inability to clarify certain doubts raised by the students

proved to be another significant weakness in the first phase of

the internship but I believe that I was able to counter that

weakness by making constant efforts to improve my

resourcefulness.

3. Lack of audibility at the initial stage was another severe

weakness which hindered my efforts to explain the matters

clearly to the students.

Opportunities

1 Primarily the internship program served as a first hand

experience in teaching, Tthereby I got an opportunity to

develop an overall idea about my teaching ability.

2. The constant support and feedback which I have obtained

from the authority and students has immensely helped me to

utilize my teaching ideas and methodologies to a good extent.

3. This internship has proved helped for me particularily in

improving my self confidence and interactive skills.

4. This internship program created an ardent inquisitiveness to

look for new possibilities to improve my efforts and it made

me aware about the pressing need to stay updated as a

necessary point to be considered in teaching.

5. The internship program offered me a platform to check my

team spirit, my enthusiasm and skills to adopt with new work

environments.

6. It stimulated in me a hope to stay dedicated and committed

to my superiors and to strive to finish the duties assigned to me

in its perfect time.

Threats

1. The insistence of the institution to impart training to students

solely through activities that would help them to improve their

communication skills leaving aside the focus on the theory and

grammar portions seemed to be a major threat as it was

difficult to ensure to what extent the students has acquired a

thorough base in the topics taught to them.

2. As the language rule was not strictly enforced in the campus

,the possibility of maintaining a continuity was hindered as it

was difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of the

communication skills training offered to the students to its full

fledge.

3. The inability of the students to come out with a proper

response to the individual activities which were implemented

during the Communicative English primarily due to stage fright

seemed to be a major problem.