Students of this Kannada medium school in Mysore surprise people with their fluent English and English songs. Courtesy: Their teachers are students from seven foreign countries.
Around 700 children from Milinda Vidyasamsthe in Giragur, 95km from Mysore city, have the pleasure of learning from 18 students, who have come to India under international understanding and cultural exchange programme by NGO Field Service and Inter-cultural (FSL-India).
The students are from Spain, Italy, Canada, South Korea, Germany, Belgium and France. While some of them are working, some are students back home and are at Milinda Vidyasamsthe for a two-week exchange programme.
They teach English, rhymes, songs and action dances, and children are forced to converse in English as it is the only language their 'foreign teachers' can speak.
Janicka Hartman from Germany was seen drawing pictures on the school wall. When asked why, she explained: "When we teach children orally, they are likely to forget. But a drawing on the wall will stay in their mind much longer." She has been teaching basic English and says: "Children here learn very quickly." Giacomo Benni from Italy, works as a radiographer, and is in India to differentiate the Indian and Italian systems of education. After his observations so far, he says: "The Indian system of education is better than ours. Also, children here are polite to their teachers and respect them as Gods. We don't respect our teachers like the Indian children do."
Spain national Sara Silva Fernadez who works as an English teacher says: "Indian students do not nag like students from other countries. They are always calm and curious to learn more."
Vanessa Winter from Germany plans to stay at Milinda School for a year, teaching children English and other subjects. When asked if Indian children were as intelligent as students back home, she says Indian children were very quick and had great ideas in them. Fouziya Banu, an SSLC student speaking in complete flawless English sentences, said: "Because of these teachers, now I can speak in English."
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