Video of teacher using interactive teaching method goes viral

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Press Trust of India Srinagar
Last Updated : Sep 01 2015 | 5:22 PM IST
Though the teachers in government- run schools in Jammu and Kashmir have been in news for wrong reasons lately, a tutor from South Kashmir has won many hearts for using a novel and interactive way of teaching, with a video featuring him and his students going viral on social media.
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.
The video also demonstrates how the students have a hold on using singular and plural nouns and face no difficulty in translating what their teacher asks them to.
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.
Taking the level of practicality and interactions further, the teacher acts and the students put it into words.
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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First Published: Sep 01 2015 | 5:22 PM IST

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