Kore Babruwan Umakant
Poet from Maharastra(India)
Ex lecturer in English
Pad.Dr. D. Y. Patil Polytechnic
Akurdi/Pune
What Is the IBA?
IBA to teaching and learning any language is a new way of teaching and learning purely based on learners’ interests.
Why IBA?
It is the human tendency to enjoy the things of their own interests. When we do the things of our own interests, we do them from our heart and learn many more things at the same time. Such things make long-lasting impression on our mind. That is why IBA will be a time-saving, quick-rewarding and easier approach.
The Meaning of ‘interest’:
The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English (edition 2007) defines the word ‘interest’ as: 1) the feeling that you have when you want to know or learn more about something.
2) the quality that something has when it attracts somebody’s attention or makes them want to know about it
3) an activity or subject that you enjoy and that you spend free time doing or studying.
I would focus on the first two meanings as they are more appropriate in the teaching and learning context
How to Apply This Approach?
Allow students to work according to their interests. Do not impose your interests on them. The teacher’s job is to see and guide properly. For example if you want to see how well your students communicate, then allow students to speak on the topics of their own interests. At the most what the teacher can do is: fix the criteria to evaluate. For instance the four-point criteria (Accuracy-Fluency-Subject Knowledge- and -Confidence) can be used as the common basis of evaluation. Students may speak on different topics according to their interests but their evaluation will be based on the four-point criteria only.
While teaching any language, at least in the beginning choose the material of students' interests. There will be many difficulties while bringing this into reality. For example there may be a number of interests. At this juncture, try to find out common interests. For instance there are 40 students in the class then you can divide them into a few groups .Ask Students about the topics of their interests. Some students will say:Cricket, some will say:movie, some will say: politics and so on. Then you can make a group of students who are interested in cricket, another group of students who are interestesd in movie and so on. Give each group some time to speak. Your job as teacher is to see whether each student is participating in the discussion.
In the same way to test sudents' writing skill, you ask them to write about the things of their interests. This will provide students oppourtinities to show their knowledge and their true interests.This will help the teacher in his teaching and students in their learning.
Where Can We Apply IBA?
IBA can be useful in teaching and learning all kinds of things. It can be especially useful in teaching and learning any language.
Poet from Maharastra(India)
Ex lecturer in English
Pad.Dr. D. Y. Patil Polytechnic
Akurdi/Pune
What Is the IBA?
IBA to teaching and learning any language is a new way of teaching and learning purely based on learners’ interests.
Why IBA?
It is the human tendency to enjoy the things of their own interests. When we do the things of our own interests, we do them from our heart and learn many more things at the same time. Such things make long-lasting impression on our mind. That is why IBA will be a time-saving, quick-rewarding and easier approach.
The Meaning of ‘interest’:
The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English (edition 2007) defines the word ‘interest’ as: 1) the feeling that you have when you want to know or learn more about something.
2) the quality that something has when it attracts somebody’s attention or makes them want to know about it
3) an activity or subject that you enjoy and that you spend free time doing or studying.
I would focus on the first two meanings as they are more appropriate in the teaching and learning context
How to Apply This Approach?
Allow students to work according to their interests. Do not impose your interests on them. The teacher’s job is to see and guide properly. For example if you want to see how well your students communicate, then allow students to speak on the topics of their own interests. At the most what the teacher can do is: fix the criteria to evaluate. For instance the four-point criteria (Accuracy-Fluency-Subject Knowledge- and -Confidence) can be used as the common basis of evaluation. Students may speak on different topics according to their interests but their evaluation will be based on the four-point criteria only.
While teaching any language, at least in the beginning choose the material of students' interests. There will be many difficulties while bringing this into reality. For example there may be a number of interests. At this juncture, try to find out common interests. For instance there are 40 students in the class then you can divide them into a few groups .Ask Students about the topics of their interests. Some students will say:Cricket, some will say:movie, some will say: politics and so on. Then you can make a group of students who are interested in cricket, another group of students who are interestesd in movie and so on. Give each group some time to speak. Your job as teacher is to see whether each student is participating in the discussion.
In the same way to test sudents' writing skill, you ask them to write about the things of their interests. This will provide students oppourtinities to show their knowledge and their true interests.This will help the teacher in his teaching and students in their learning.
Where Can We Apply IBA?
IBA can be useful in teaching and learning all kinds of things. It can be especially useful in teaching and learning any language.
Chimes Aviation Academy (CAA) is a division of Chimes Aviation Private Ltd and offers courses for pilot training in India. CAA has a fleet of small charter aircraft and is one of the largest aviation academies in India. Five DGCA approved training programs are offered: Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL), Private Pilot Licence(PPL), Assistant Flying Instructor (AFI) and Flying Instructor (FI) Rating, License Renewal, Chimes Flying Program (CFP).
History
CAA is based in New Delhi with its first flight school in Sagar in Madhya Pradesh opened in May 2008. The flight school has a capacity to train at least 120 pilots per year.
In April 2009 Chimes Aviation launched Chimes Aviation Charters (CAC) an on-demand aircraft charter company headquartered in New Delhi, India. CAC operates shuttle services in Madhya Pradesh and neighboring states, connecting Khajuraho, Bandhavgarh National Park (Umaria Airstrip), Kanha National Park (Baihar Airstrip), Jabalpur, Varanasi, Agra & Nagpur.
Mission
"To be the most preferred Aviation academy for students, airlines and aviation industry."
History
CAA is based in New Delhi with its first flight school in Sagar in Madhya Pradesh opened in May 2008. The flight school has a capacity to train at least 120 pilots per year.
In April 2009 Chimes Aviation launched Chimes Aviation Charters (CAC) an on-demand aircraft charter company headquartered in New Delhi, India. CAC operates shuttle services in Madhya Pradesh and neighboring states, connecting Khajuraho, Bandhavgarh National Park (Umaria Airstrip), Kanha National Park (Baihar Airstrip), Jabalpur, Varanasi, Agra & Nagpur.
Mission
"To be the most preferred Aviation academy for students, airlines and aviation industry."
Robert Earl Mattocks (born 1961) is a street performer in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Since 2002 Mattocks has spent eight hours a day without food or water at the busy intersection of Hwy. 17 and Western Blvd. conducting his "ninja" workouts. His growing fame has resulted in the moniker of The Jacksonville Ninja and he has been profiled by the local news media and has had numerous videos posted on YouTube. Mattocks claims to have had three years of karate training. He is also occasionally identified as Radio due to his use of a large boom box radio during his dance and ninja workouts. Little else is known about The Jacksonville Ninja.
BasauriCon1.0 is a science fiction convention born to be held annually in Basauri (Biscay, Spain). Conceived as a different kind of convention, not massive but smaller, where fans can enjoy the proximity of the guests in a more familiar way. It was created for the purpose of allowing fans to be able to meet other fans from Europe and from the rest of the continents in a familiar environment.
History
Being conventions something not common in Spain, first edition ocurred on February 2010, with people coming from all over the world and reached the number of 350 assistants
Programming
Three days in which fans had the opportunity to ask the guests all they wanted to know about the past, present and future of their professional projects among other activities such as contests, conferences, concert by Huskers, cosplay, etc. Attendees could chose between 4 kind of tickets: VIP, Gold, Weekend, and saturday/sunday
A radio program called Freakytown was recorded live with the intervention of our guests during the convention.
2010 Guests
Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell from Battlestar Galactica 2003
History
Being conventions something not common in Spain, first edition ocurred on February 2010, with people coming from all over the world and reached the number of 350 assistants
Programming
Three days in which fans had the opportunity to ask the guests all they wanted to know about the past, present and future of their professional projects among other activities such as contests, conferences, concert by Huskers, cosplay, etc. Attendees could chose between 4 kind of tickets: VIP, Gold, Weekend, and saturday/sunday
A radio program called Freakytown was recorded live with the intervention of our guests during the convention.
2010 Guests
Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell from Battlestar Galactica 2003