M a education paper-v methods of teaching english

For teaching Nursery Rhymes: 
1. Any rhymes are essentially music –Hence it is meant to be said aloud to enjoy the music. 
2. Explanation of words, phrases or grammatical forms should not be given. 
3. In every rhyme, the unfamiliar, tricky words should be singled out and their correct 
pronunciation should be drilled. 
4. Pupil’s attention should be concentrated on the words and phrases with their correct 
beats. 
5. Beats are to be given only with the use of two fingers on the left or right palm. 
6. Children to be taught to feel the charm of music and rhymes.
7. Rhymes should be taught at first, moderately slowly until the pupils are able to recite 
them correctly, clearly and confidently. 
8. Once the children are confident in saying all the lines in the rhymes you can give 
practice: 
a. You 
say 
the 
first 
line; 
the 
children 
say 
the 
second 
line.
This alternative line practice can be continued changing roles also .i.e. – first line- 
children; second line-teacher. 
b. Practice in groups-one group one line
c. Practice in pairs. 
d. Whole class says the rhyme. 
All these practices will help even the slow learner to gain confidence in saying the 
rhymes. 
Don’ts 
 
1. Do not ask individuals to say the rhymes in the beginning, in order to correct their 
pronunciation. 
The child may feel difficult. 
2. Do not try to teach any morals through the rhymes. 
3. Do not sing the rhymes to being with.
Singing can be postponed till all the children are able to say the rhymes 
correctly. This is because while singing, the children’s attention is drawn towards 
the tune and not on the pronunciation. 
4. While saying / singing rhymes can be done at the beginning or at the end of every day class(as 
some teacher use it as motivation), care should be taken not to spend more than 3 minutes on 
rhymes each day . 

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5. The most important point every teacher should remember – do not read out the rhymes from the 
books –memories and say the rhymes facing the children with proper pronunciation , gestures 
and voice modulation for the children to imitate and follow .