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My experiences in teaching Ezhilarasan Venkatachalam

MY TEACHING EXPERIENCES  in a village school  m  ENGLISH TRAINING THROUGH   Tamil (Written in 2005) I would like to narrate my teaching experience to my daughters and school students in the last few years. I taught my daughters English lesson in our mother tongue viz.,Tamil. I have two daughters aged 13 years and 9 years respectively who are studying in a matriculation school in Salem. Since LKG I had been spending my time on Sundays to teach all their subjects in our mother tongue viz. Tamil. Hence, now they are very fluent in English. It is unfortunate that in almost all matriculation schools the teachers are very reluctant to explain the lessons in the mother-tongue of the children. Part 1 Ashamed to tell their father's occupation Recently, I happen to work in a matriculation school in a village about 10 kms from Salem town.  There the students were ashamed to even tell the occupation of their father. I was moved very much. I encouraged them telling that they shoul

MY DEEPAVALI FLASHBACKS Ezhilarasan Venkatachalam

ENGLISH TRAINING THROUGH Tamil Friends, WE DON'T CELEBRATE DEEPAVALI. However, I give below nostalgic Flash back of my DEEPAVALI in my school days in 1970s. We celebrate only PONGAL or THAI THIRUNAL  the Harvest Festival in mid January. For me the house of my maternal dad, Mr.S.V.RAMASAMY (name changed) was like my grand father's house. He was a Yarn merchant cum Hobbyist Civil Engineer who helped me construct the house in which I live today. Generally on the eve of DEEPAVALI, his second son Mr. S.RAJARAM, (name changed) 2 years older than me, will meet my father and try to get his permission to take me and my brother to their home to celebrate DEEPAVALI. My father was an atheist. So he will not generally allow us to go there to celebrate Deepavali. For him, one day before or after will be ok to allow us go. But with great efforts my cousin will plead and argue with my father for hours to allow him to take us to their home. I remember that depending on the moo

DEEPAVALI 2018 OFFER for English training Ezhilarasan

ENGLISH TRAINING THROUGH Tamil DEEPAVALI 2018 OFFER for English training Friends, Pay Rs.99 and get  7 days / 7 hours Basic English Training Or English Learning Tips from me via whatsapp Chat or texting. * Note : Only for 4 persons . Only for age group: 25 years to 34 years Only in the following TIME SLOTS : 10.31am to 11.31am 11.31am to 12.31pm and 3.33pm to 4.33pm 4.34pm to 5.34pm (Approximately 59 minutes daily) You should write an ENTRANCE TEST in Tamil, and must get 50% or above to qualify for this. HAPPY DEEPAVALI / LAMPs LIGHTING DAY CELEBRATIONS * TEST your ENGLISH VOCABULARY level   ONLINE FREE  ***  https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/in/test-your-english/adult-learners/ *** https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/content *** http://www.stgeorges.co.uk/online-english/online-english-test *** https://www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/english-level-test/vocabulary *** https://www.examenglish.com/leveltest/gramm