NEW ENGLISH
RESOURCE MAKES ENGLISH EDUCATION A B C
Friday 22nd February 2008
With an interactive computer programme and other exciting
activities.
CLAIRWOOD Boys Preparatory School recently launched a unique
programme to improve the teaching of English through improved
‘Teaching Handwriting Reading and Spelling Skills’ (THRASS).
The
programme focus is on the foundation phase learners and their
teachers with the primary aim being the improvement of the teaching
and learning of English.
The
primary objective of THRASS is to establish model centres as
designated schools under the control of selected university
education faculties.
Clairwood Boys School is the fifth model centre to implement the
project in their school in South Africa and will be working together
with the University of KZN.
THRASS uses the 26 letters of the alphabet and 44 phonemes and
graphemes to explain sounds and words.
It
makes use of a computer programme comprising of moving human lips
and the international phonetic alphabet to demonstrate the
pronunciation of sounds.
Absa
Bank sponsored the software equipment to facilitate the ‘THRASS
laboratory’ in a classroom in the school which includes a laptop,
projector and SMART Board.
“Children will learn through flash cards, picture and calendar
charts and through different songs incorporating every sound in the
English language,” said Laola Altschul, founder member of THRASS
South Africa, who will be training teachers.
She
added that in 36 years of working in education THRASS has been the
first programme to put all the sounds in the English language on one
map.
Teachers at the school are all equally excited about the new English
teaching resource.
“It
is an exciting and impressive concept and we can’t wait to start
using it in our school,” said deputy principal Tayob Hamode.
He
added that all educators will be trained to use THRASS, although it
will be used in classes in the foundation phase at this stage.
“We
want all teachers to be familiar with it as some will be teaching
children in later grades who have been taught through THRASS,” he
explained.
Source:
Southlands Sun Newspaper, South
Africa.
Right Click
on the hyperlink. Select Save Target As. Specify where you
would like to store the file on your hard drive.
DOWNLOAD PDF
31KB
Portable Document Format
Return to Top |
