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NIE brings forth the joy of reading

IT’S HAPPENING: Students reading out news from The Hindu to enhance their voice modulation skills at an NIE session in Ideal Public School at Krishnalanka in Vijayawada on Monday.

VIJAYAWADA: The students listened in rapt attention, as their teacher repeatedly read aloud a sentence, each time conveying a different meaning without altering any of its contents.

“I did not steal your red car,” the teacher pointed to the blackboard and asked the children to read it one by one, each one laying stress on separate words. Soon, the magic of voice modulation began to unfold, as children watched with wide eyes and broad grins the different interpretations that emerged from a single sentence. “The modulation of your voice keeps changing as per the situation and circumstance,” explained V. Anuradha, the NIE resource person.

It was the turn of an enthusiastic set of students from eighth standard in Ideal Public School at Krishnalanka to soak in the joy of the lively and mentally challenging NIE session. To demonstrate before the children the difference in reading with expressions and a monotonous reading session, the teacher asked four students to read a passage each from the newspaper in different inflections.

A game of ‘Swaram’ captivated everybody’s attention. Raising or lowering down one’s voice in sync with the hand movement of the teacher was a thrilling experience. The effect continued for long, especially among the back rows, which kept revelling in the joy of lilting the voice even after a switchover to the next topic.

Md. Abdul Naveed could not stop grinning at the dis)covery of the cadence magic. “This is precisely why I simply love NIE class. It enhances our knowledge in English language even while enabling us to unwind and learn new things in a relaxed atmosphere,” said the vivacious boy while his classmates Kamala and Sravanthi chipped in: “The topics prod us to think and they make us inquisitive to know more about the buried secrets of the language.” “The topics form part of skill enhancing games and the interesting themes have caught the children’s attention. The classroom turns into a hub of activity in NIE period,” said Bharathi and Jigini, the teachers monitoring the programme.

Rhyming and funny riddles, concentration games and the wonder world of sequencing are other topics that the students are equipped with under skill enhancing games.

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