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HRDI / Re: English Department Workshop

« on: August 20, 2009, 01:31:51 PM »

Dear All,

It is our pleasure to share with you all that our final presentation before VC sir and senior officials of DIU was  successfully made. All of them specially our Honourable Vice Chancellor Sir , Advisor sir and Golam Mowla sir appreciated our ideas and positive steps are going to be taken in this regard immediately.

I would like to thank Dr. Yusuf Sir who  played  the role of facilitator for generating our ideas. I congratulate my team members and all participants of ENGLISH DEPARTMENT who made the plan for developing English speaking Environment in DIU.

Here is our plan. Plz feel free to share your views and opinion.This is only a plan and suggestion from our part, we all can modify it further with your active participation.

Thank you & Best regards.

Kh Atikur Rahman
on behalf of group 2

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HRDI / Re: English Department Workshop

« on: July 26, 2009, 05:37:17 PM »

                                   Developing Students' Speaking Skill:

1. Resolution from the VC & top management that Campus Language MUST be English.
2. Meeting by the VC to motivate all faculty members & officers
3. Workshops by Dr Yousuf to motivate all faculty members & officers
4. Using posters to create awareness & motivate.

Trial Period - First Phase -2 months:

1. Class language should be English.
2. All the interaction in the class must be in English
3. If student speak Bangla, They must be instructed to speak in English otherwise his/her questions will not be answered.
4. All the classes of ALL department must be in English.

Second phase: 2 months

1. Students' interactions in the faculty room & offices in English

Final phase:

1. All the interactions in class and out of class in English

Monitoring:

1. One monitoring team of 10 members for each floor of the campus-      1(teacher)+ 9 (students)
2. One faculty will monitor the other faculty.
3. Every student must hung ID over the neck to be identified easily.
Monitoring team's identity will be kept secret.
4. The team will work for 1 semester by turn.

Extra  marks:

Provision for Extra/bonus marks for using English while in the campus can be kept.It will work as impetus to use English.

Penalty:

If a student is caught 3 times using Bangla for doing any sort of communication, he/she will be penalised in form of marks deduction.

READING ROOM:

1. Setting up a reading room for each department with essential & diverse reading materials and other equipments.

2. Students MUST attend the reading room for at least 60 minutes per week.They may attend on every alternate days for    20 minutes or on those days of a week when they are in the campus.
3. Attendance must be recorded.There will be option of PENALTY for not attending regularly.
4. Students will be given fixed time of attending the reading room.
5. Membership in the reading room is Compulsory.TK-100/200 per semester.

Extra  marks:

Provision for Extra/bonus marks for attending it will be kept.Say 5 marks. It will work as impetus.

Monitoring:

1. Regular monitoring must be ensured.
2. Teachers by turn will work as monitors.

Reader's Blog:

1. The students will write the summery or opinion about the article they have read and post it in the blog.
2. It may be Daffodil University Forum.
3. The aim is to make a habit of writing.


We repeat once again that We know it will be a challenging and massive task, yet we must make it happen.because NO effort, No gain.

Expecting everybody's active participation we end here for today.

Kh Atikur Rahman
On behalf of my group.

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HRDI / Re: English Department Workshop

« on: July 14, 2009, 02:48:23 PM »

                       English Department Workshop - Day 3 (13.07.2009)

We-
       Md Mustafizur Rahman Sameen
       Ms Nahid Kaiser
       Kh Atikur Rahman
fell under group-3 bearing the title"Student activities".

Our suggestions:

1. All interections MUST be in English:

          a) students-students
          b) students-teachers
          c) students- Authority
          d) students- officers

    Steps to ensure this:
           a) Regular monitoring
           b) Chief monitor---teachers by turn
                                                  + 
                                        10 students also taken
2. A reading room should be introduced.
                    a. Each student must attend it for 20 minutes.
                    b. their attendence must be recorded.
                    c.  Diverse Reading materials should be provided.
                    d. 5 marks should be awarded for this activity.
3. Teachers should encourage students to WRITE DIARIES in English.
                    a. Diaries can be written in Blog.
                    b. 5 marks should be awarded for this activity.

We know it will be a challenging and massive task, yet we must make it happen.because NO effort, No gain.

Expecting everybody's active participation we end here for today.

Kh Atikur Rahman
On behalf of my group.
       
                           

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HRDI / Re: English Department Workshop

« on: June 25, 2009, 07:57:19 PM »

Dear all,
Day 1 of the workshop--
We-
       Md Mostafizur Rahman Sameen
       Ms Nahid Kaiser
       Kh Atikur Rahman
fell under group-3 bearing the title"Student activities".

In our title we jot down the following ideas:
1.Students MUST speak in English.
2.Student-Teacher communication MUST be in English
3.Student-Student communication MUST be in English
4.Frequent Extracurricular activities should be held.the medium of communication and interaction MUST be in English
5.Everyday 30 minutes English reading & listening.

By point 1,2,3,4 we mean students' only means of communication in the campus MUST be English.We know it is difficult but they have to make it.As teachers we should give them motivation.We must inform them It does not matter even if they make silly mistakes, they should not worry about that. Rather they should carry on their conversation anyway.They should be motivated saying eg-"Don't worry if people laugh at u when u make mistake.U can certainly learn through mistake."

Point 5  refers to students' getting enough Input. According to Great linguist Krashen--Output in case of language learning is possible only when enough Input is ensured. Sufficient Input helps learners immensely in having Output.

On the whole, we must ensure and encourage Students' exposure to English.

Kh Atikur Rahman

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English Language Lab / Re: DIU Student need English Skill

« on: June 23, 2009, 10:48:22 AM »

Honorable Chairman Mr Khan is absolutely right when he says our students have to focus on "2 areas- English and Communication" to reach the ultimate goal of grabing a handsome job.DIU is trying whole heartedly to ensure its students' improvement & betterment in Communicative English.To make it more effective and fruitful DIU has set up state-of -the art English Language Lab. It is certainly playing a great role.And for this students takes much more interest in learning English.Furthermore as the teachers of the Lab are very efficient in teaching English and making the class lively & entertaining students feel motivated.
However, I welcome all Daffodilians to come and experience the new horizon of English Language learning.

Sincerely
Kh Atikur Rahman
Lecturer In English
&
Co-ordinator of DIU English Language Lab. 

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HRDI / Re: English Department Workshop

« on: June 23, 2009, 10:14:44 AM »

Dear all,
Day 1 of the workshop--
We-
       Md Mostafizur Rahman Sameen
       Ms Nahid Kaiser
       Kh Atikur Rahman
fell under group-3 bearing the title"Student activities".
In our title we jot down the following ideas:
1.Students MUST speak in English.
2.Student-Teacher communication MUST be in English
3.Student-Student communication MUST be in English
4.Frequent Extracurricular activities should be held.the medium of communication and interaction MUST be in English
5.Everyday 30 minutes English reading & listening.
On the whole, we must ensure and encourage Students' exposure to English.

Kh Atikur Rahman