We all in SEVAI/VRC greet you and wish you HAPPY NEW YEAR-2009.
Yours sincerely,
K.Govindaraju,
Chief Functionary,SEVAI.
SEVAI est une ONG située près de Trichy (Tamil Nadu) qui accompagne les plus pauvres dans cette région rurale. Ce blog a pour objectif de créer le lien entre tous les visiteurs et amis de SEVAI en partageant nos expériences, commentaires et questions autour des projets humanitaires de l'équipe de SEVAI animée par M Govindaraju. “Development is not providing but promoting the poor.”
La santé :
Les transports autour de SEVAI:
Toute l’équipe de SEVAI, de Language Stars, ainsi que les enfants de la SSMS vous remercient !
Genesis of the Project
In India, mastering the English language is an important, if not necessary, skill: various languages are spoken throughout India and more and more employers demand at least bilingual aptitudes from their applicants. With this observation in mind, SEVAI inaugurated, in 1984, its own English elementary and secondary school, the Sevai Shanti Matriculation School (SSMS).
With the aim of providing innovative and efficient education methods to the children of the SSMS, Language Stars has agreed on a partnership with SEVAI to share its pedagogical know-how. Our belief is that Language Stars’ FunImmersion® method will enable SEVAI children to acquire a natural knowledge of English, thus acquiring solid language foundations they will be able to build upon in their future studies and career.
Project Sustainability and Practical Details
At the SSMS, FunImmersion® English classes will be given essentially to the younger children, aged from 3 to 5, as it is at that particular age that children naturally absorb languages without even realizing it. It is essential to us that this education be continuous over the years.
To insure the sustainability of the project, ex-Language Stars teacher Jonathan Camuzeaux, while volunteering at SEVAI, has trained a local teacher to the FunImmersion® method, as well as organized, with the SSMS head staff, the weekly schedule and composition of the classes. Every year, 240 kindergarten children will benefit from this program, divided in 16 classes of 15 children.
Language Stars committed to provide the SSMS with the curriculums needed for the classes.
An Educational Material Provisional Fund will be created in order for lack of material not to be a brake on the children’s learning. This Provisional Fund will cover the expenses of the pedagogical material needed for FunImmersion® classes, including toys, books, crayons, photocopies, lamination, arts & crafts tools, etc.
For our teacher to be in constant contact with Language Stars in Chicago, and thus be provided continuous pedagogical support, an Internet connection will be installed at the SMSS. A second training should be provided to our SSMS teacher a few months after the beginning of the program, to review the basics of FunImmersion® while working on new pedagogical aspects. For that purpose, Jonathan Camuzeaux will come back to Sevai in January 2009.
Assessment and Follow-Up Tools
The Language Stars Progress Update Card (PUC) will be our main tool when it comes to assess the project’s efficiency. The PUC is an individual progress evaluation sheet that enables the teacher to regularly assess the evolution of each child’s linguistic abilities.
The Progress Update Card is divided into the ten following Learning Phases that reflect the child’s progress towards proficient aptitudes:
1. Listening Stage
2. Repeating Simple Words
3. Repeating Full Sentences and Questions
4. Using Single Words Spontaneously
5. Using Key Phrases Spontaneously
6. Creating New Sentences
7. Asking Questions
8. Creating Complex Sentences
9. Expressing Past and Future Events
10. Conversing Proficiently
The local teacher in charge of the program will complete PUCs once every
trimester, which will enable project managers to have an overview of the
children’s progress and thus of the efficiency of the project.
Ce blog est multi auteur pour que, selon vos sujets et vos disponibilités, vous m'aidiez à le faire vivre: merci de me contacter pour que je vous donne le code.
Je demanderai à M Govindaraju de nous donner des nouvelles directes, avec aussi ses questions et soucis.
Autant vous le dire tout de suite: je vous rappellerai de temps en temps que vos dons ( via OFI par exemple, voir les liens) sont les bienvenus !!!!!