The faculty of English at Tsirangtoe Lower
Secondary School, led by the Head of the Department, Mr. Nenda Dorji structured
and observed special day in the school termed as “English Day” on April 23,
2017.
The faculty conducted wide range of activities
that would help children develop all four strands of language: Reading,
Writing, Listening and Speaking.
The melodies of a greeting song, “I Have A
Dream” (Westlife Songs from Merry Xmas 2010) soared all over in the airs of Tsirangtoe,
touching the hearts of each and everyone present in the hall. The song taught
the power of language to express the overflow of our feelings.
Word Ladder competition for classes II and
III, word-within-word competition for classes IV and V, Word Jumble Game for
class V, and English Quiz for classes VII and VIII were some of the language acquisition
activities carried out on the day. Throughout the programme, all the children remained
floating on the air with excitement.
The day was observed to enrich the language
proficiency and accelerate the pace of language acquisition for the students
and teachers alike. With majority of the students belonging to illiterate or ignorant
family background, outshining in English language is found to be the real barrier
in their whole educational ladder. Lagging behind in English weigh down the
overall performance of a child, possibly because English is the medium of
instruction in Bhutanese Education System.
