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A
mind-blowing experience. Although a little confusing at times – being a second
language English speaker, I was introduced to a very different approach for
learning English. It has been exciting to learn new ways of learning and
teaching and THRASS is the way to go for us. Laola was very good and managed
very well to get us all motivated. I hope the enthusiasm I feel the teachers are
showing will last! Thank you for coming and sharing THRASS with us.
Laola
was very confident and
explained the 10 steps of THRASS very eloquently. The ideology of THRASS will
promote life-long learning. I have learnt more about the importance of sounds
(phonemes) in giving spelling choices rather than one letter makes one sound!
I
have really enjoyed this workshop. The information will be helpful for teaching
my little ones English. It will be a wonderful tool to enrich their vocabulary
as well as improve literacy and spelling skills. I like how the program uses
kinaesthetics to teach the concepts of reading and writing and spelling. The
children will have a fun and enjoyable experience as well as learning many
helpful skills. I am excited to start this new approach and improve the teaching
techniques I have been using. I think it will take some practice to familiarise
myself with the method but will prove very useful once I have mastered the
system.
I
learnt English as a second language in the early years after independence, so it
was a rigid environment. When I saw how THRASS does everything to give a child a
good start in life, I was impressed. I wish it was possible to have refresher
courses now and then and not a once in a lifetime. Mrs Altschul was clear to
understand and she made the experience enjoyable. I teach several subjects and
believe I can also help the English teachers reinforce the THRASS programme.
Mrs
Altschul did a wonderful job of teaching us. The course is superb. It has given
me ideas of how to help children with spelling and writing. Mostly it is a good
method to teach spelling, reading and writing at the same time. The charts are
very helpful in teaching the correct sounds in given words and letters. It is
great to have charts that are easy to use and thus saving on time. The course is
great and I really would like to do more courses to help me help the children do
better. Thank you for a course that goes beyond Letterland and does more to
improve both the teacher and children.
I am
very happy for having the chance of learning THRASS for teaching reading and
spelling skills. It is a very good way of learning how to read and spell because
most of English words are mis-spelt in terms of graphemes and are not properly
pronounced as in phonemes. THRASS has a good way of approaching both phonemes
and graphemes.
A
very thorough and informative course. The presentation was engaging and appealed
to every type of intelligence (i.e. linguistic, visual etc.) The stages were
explained clearly and Mrs Altschul was patient as we tried to understand the
concepts. She taught us well as a group and helped us each as individuals. I
feel that THRASS will be an invaluable tool for teaching first and second
language speakers English. It combines well with other subject areas and I
believe will facilitate truly holistic education. It was wonderful.
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