A group of students, aged eight to 10 years, from a Government Primary School in Shopian district, can be seen in the video standing in rows with their arms folded and translating into English language what their teacher says in Kashmiri.
Not only do the students, in unison, translate the sentences very well, they also make proper use of tenses. They translate sentences using the same verb in three different tenses - past, present and future tense.
All this is done in a playful and interactive manner as if the students are singing a rhyme.
The class does not stop at translating sentences. The teacher asks the kids questions on general knowledge in a rhythmic manner and the students answer in the same way.
The students answer questions asking them to name the President, the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister of the country as well as the Chief Minister and the Education Minister of the state, questions which even others would find difficult to answer.
He places the bag on the table and the students respond, "The bag is on the table". He then places the bag under the table and students reply, "The bag is under the table".
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