DANGLING PRIMARY SCHOOLLHUENTSE DZONGKHAGOUR STORY OF CHANGE- “ENJOY READING”

FEEL-SPOKEN ENGLISH: A MAJOR PROBLEMMAJOR PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED..

Difficulty in reading Difficulty in pronouncing Low performance in English Difficulty in spoken language

SO WE IMAGINED TO.. Build reading habits by maintaining reading log Conduct focused literary activities Have active literary members Increase number of library books Carry out buddy reading and model reading Teach at least twenty rhymes to classes PP-II Create reading rooms Maintain reading articles on the literary boards Propose to DES for sound system to give them practice Construct podium for the students to practice reading

and speaking Stress more on campus language and observe

language day

DO- ALLOCATED READING PERIOD AND MONITORED THE MAINTAINING OF READING LOG

CARRIED OUT BUDDY READING TWICE A WEEK

BOUGHT MORE NUMBER OF LIBRARY BOOKS AND CREATED A SMALL READING ROOM DESPITE THE SHORTAGE OF ROOMS

CONSTRUCTED CEMENTED PODIUM FOR STUDENTS TO PRACTICE THEIR SPEECH AND READING

OBSERVED LANGUAGE DAY-ENGLISH SPEECH(THU/FRI), CLASSES PP-II-RHYMES(WED)SATURDAY-READING ALOUD—

CONDUCTED LITERARY ACTIVITIES AND DISPLAYED ARTICLES REGULARLY ON THE LITERARY BOARDS FOR STUDENTS TO READ

BOUGHT SOUND SYSTEM WITH THE SUPPORT FROM DES

BENEFITS

Enhanced reading habits Active participation Improved children’s accent and their reading

skills Started taking interest in communicating

through English Help in improving their speaking skills and

the performance in English.

CHALLENGES

More inclined towards local dialect Have to monitor regularly More interested towards Dzongkha Lack of resource Less exposure Parental background Lack of supportShareWe shared our story of change to two nearby

primary schools and DES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

You have really changed us through your sharing.

Thank you Baptong Primary School and ELC for making us the agent of change.

We build on your strength and happy to know that together we can make a difference…..A difference leading to eternity.