Padma B

Teaching with patience. I was handling english subject for III std in school and there were these two twin girls in my class who were mentally ill. In the sence, though they were 12 years old their behavior and the learning abilities were of 6-7 year olds.I had to give extra attention to them. First I rectified their way of writing by putting slashes betwen words as they used to write lines without any gap between words. I taught them to write word after word and then to pronounce the word syllable after syllable.I used to give them five hard words daily and made them to pronounce it properly several times. They also had to write each words ten times daily.After several days I gave them a few simple lines like ' Rama had a little dog'i. They used to write like 'ramahadalittledog'.I corrected them and slowly they started to give one finger space between words. Then I taught them
simple grammar like when to use capital letters. I taught them to use capital letters at the starting of each sentence and then to put full stop at the ending of each sentence.Then I starting giving them two sentences daily to write ten times at home. They made a few mistakes in the beginning but they started improving sooner. My efforts paid off as these students started performing well in their academics.They started differentiating between words and there was noticeable improvement in their pronunciation.Their parents were full of praises for me whenever there was parents-teachers meeting.