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3. The teaching of writing. On the one hand, writing lessons will begin with the formation of letters, then they will progress to the writing of words, sentences, paragraphs and so on. At each level the rules which govern composition will be studied. As a result we suppose the child will be able to write and be willing to use these techniques in expressing himself in written language. But on the other hand, there will be another very important aspect of studying. It will include discussions and activities which will give children ideas for writing. Moreover such activities are supposed to develop children?™s motivation to write.
4. The teaching of reading. We will accept the most modern concepts in the teaching of reading. Or reading methods will begin with teaching whole words and then they move on to structural and phonetic analysis.
5. The teaching of oral language. It will concern mainly the development of greater vocabulary and the requirements of oral habits.
In the whole, our lessons will be aimed not only at teaching mechanics, various techniques, rules but also at developing children?™s motivation and willingness.
The second part of teaching plan is presented by lessons in history and geography. These lessons are expected to improve children?™s general comprehension, general knowledge and social skills.
The lessons will be conducted in the following way. The children will be provided with study guides that will cue them to main points of the teaching material, with oral logical and concrete instructions, cue words that will help them to understand material. The children will have practice exercises when they will have some problems. New and technical vocabulary will be always presented to them. Big attention will be paid to the development of their memory associations and to the ability to express their thoughts clearly.
First of all, the children?™s geography will start with themselves, their home, and will move out from there. They will study their community, then hey will spread out to learning world geography. The emphasis will not be only on memorization of facts but also upon understanding interrelationships of geography and culture.
Simultaneously children will be studying history. They will start with themselves today and then go back in time and will also learn the history of their expanding geographic universe. The history of religions will be studied as a part of the study of the history of civilization. This all will develop children?™s skills in various spheres and broaden their outlook.
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