Teacher Training (Teacher Development Course)

            (B.S.B. Autar Singh Ji and S. Amanjeet Singh Ji together with the management board and staff of

Petaling Jaya Punjabi Education Centre are entrusted with this mammoth task)

Introduction

Duration            :    The certificate course in teaching punjabi is conducted in six modules. Each module is over six months,

                                with a two day compulsory contact workshop in the beginning.

Components      :   The programme has two major components - the proficiency component and the pedagogic component.

Approach          :     To provide adequate support to upgrade the participants' owm linguistic competence as they 

                                  explore contemporary punjabi language teaching (CPLT) methodology.

Objective          :       Having acquired the basic knowledge and skills of CPLT, participants will be able to teach

                                  punjabi language confidently in the classroom.

Module 1

i)     Proficiency component    :    listening and speaking skills 1

                                                   :    reading skills 1

                                                   :    writing skills 1

                                                   :    language study 1

ii)     Methodology component    :     Principles and practice of CPLT 1 & 2

                                                    a)     teacher awareness

                                                   b)    study and interpretation of the MPLC syllabus

                                                   c)    schemes of work

                                                   d)    managing the MPLC classroom

                                                   e)    lesson planning

                                                            CPLT methodology 1 & 2

                                                    a)    language teaching activities

                                                    b)    teaching aids and materials

                                                    c)    teaching of listening and speaking

                                                    d)    teaching of reading

                                                    e)    teaching of writing

Module 2

i)       Teaching Aids and Methodology in Pre-School Punjabi Language Teaching

ii)      Pre-School Methodology in Punjabi Language Teaching - Practical Experience

iii)     Group Processes - Punjabi Fest

iv)     Implementation Strategies - Teacher Administration Interface

v)      Using Charts in Punjabi Language Teaching - Interactive Session

vi)     Classroom Discipline and Problem Management

vii)     Punjabi Language Teaching - Syllabus, Resources and Methodology

viii)    Testing and Assessment Of Punjabi Language Learning