INTL Department - Partner Schools

Top Useful Activities & Unraveling Psycholinguistics in a Foreign Language class

On the occasion of children’s day Frehindi Education (P) Ltd in association with IATF & Goyal Publishers and Distributors (P) Ltd brings you a daylong workshop on “Top Useful Activities & Unraveling Psycholinguistics in a Foreign Language class” on 14th November 2013 at BASAVA International School, Dwarka, New Delhi-110075.

Following is the agenda & description of the workshop :

8.45 am : Registration starts

8.45 am – 9.45 am : Registrations and verifying details for certificates.

9.45 am : Session Starts

9.45 am-11.15 am – Top useful Activities by Prof. Imane Ibnou.

11.15 am – 11.45 am – Tea & snacks Break

11.45 am – 1 pm – Top useful Activities by Prof. Imane Ibnou & M. Haru

1 pm – 2 pm : Lunch Break

2 pm – Post Lunch Session Starts

2 pm – 4 pm : Unraveling Psycholinguistics for a Foreign Language class by Dr. Prasanshu, Leading linguist in India.

4pm – 4.30 pm : Tea & Snacks break

4.30 pm – 5.15 pm : Presentation by Lena G on Jumlage & Frehindi Village in Himalayas.

5.15 pm – 5.45 pm: Registrations & Empanelment of Volunteers in IATF as invigilators and correctors for various events & competitions like Spelling Bee concurs.

5.45 pm – 6 pm: Distribution and collection of Certificates.

About Trainers & topics covered in the workshop:

Prof. Lena Grosse & Prof. Imane Ibnousina :

Prof. Lena Grosse is a well know figure at Le Frehindi who is a native French from France and now staying in Quebec Canada and associated with a Govt. Poly-technique in Montreal. Prof. Lena has rich experience in teaching creative French at our partner schools & has been the torch bearer of Frehindi Village in both France and Canada. Apart from French & English, Prof. Lena is fluent in Arabic & is not too bad at Hindi.

Prof. Imane Ibnousina is full time faculty looking after our flagship “Teachers Training Program” program and has worked in many schools like Greater Valley School & Genesis Global School. Married to an Indian for the past 5 years & PIO holder, Prof. Imane speaks surprisingly good Hindi & is a fluent Arabic.

Over the years both Prof. Lena and Prof. Imane has developed many practical games and activities under the guidance of Mr. Haru which are very popular among students and help them to connect with the language instantly. In this workshop Prof. Imane will bring forth 3 to 4 must do activities for Junior, middle & senior levels.

Dr. Prasanshu :

Dr. Prasanshu is Professor of Linguistics at National Law College & is accomplished Ph.D in Linguistics from Delhi University and Masters in Clinical Linguistics from University of Postdam, Germany.

The following Topics will be covered by Dr. Prasanshu :

1) How do children & adults acquire a foreign language differently? ( 30 minutes )

2) What are the Cognitive processes related to spoken foreign language? ( 30 minutes )

3) Learners motives & ideal outcome of a successful foreign Language class ( 30 minutes )

4) Question & Answers session with Participants (30 minutes)

All inclusive Registrations Fees for IATF Members: Rs.500/- (Five Hundred only).

All inclusive Registrations Fees for Non-IATF Members: Rs. 600/- (Six Hundred only).

Limited seats available on 1st come 1st serve basis.

Author: Haru MEHRA

Namasté / Bonjour / Hello, I am Harbinder Singh MEHRA ( Haru ), the President, author & principal blogger & trainer for the LAF's project Inde-Contemporaine under the patronage of the Indian Embassy in Paris. Apart from that, I am also the CEO of Paris & Lyon based Le Frehindi which is an Indo-French organisation licensed by ATOUT-France with associate offices in New Delhi, Mumbai & Dubai in the Middle East. Something about LAF ( L'Association Frehindi ) : The objective of the L'Association Frehindi ( English ) To promote global understanding with special focus on youth of France & Francophone countries with the youth from Indian subcontinent by showcasing a contemporary aspect of both regions in areas of cultural & linguistic integration, appreciating of heritage & getting to know the importance of natural wellbeing via online & offline activities such as workshops, fairs, events, meet-ups, counselling sessions, intercultural workshops in partnerships/collaborations with local institutions, cultural organisations, embassies & companies in both the regions. The association seeks to work in the following areas : I. Events/fairs/conferences/workshops under the patronage of the Indian Embassy in France. 1)To celebrate & promote contemporary India & France with today's youth. 2)To let discover the traditional historic Indo-French strengths, economic opportunities & partnership possibilities. 3)To promote arts & artists from either region. 4) To jointly host events & fairs every year in France, Francophone countries & the Indian subcontinent to promote friendship/partnerships between different regions linking the general population with a special focus on youth. II. Alps-Himalayas Project 1) To increase cultural & economic affinity of youth & businesses between Rhone-Alps & Himalayas regions of India, Bhutan & Nepal. 2) To conduct & promote joint Indo-French expeditions & excursions. 3) To help the tribals & locals in Himalayan regions to preserve the environment by sustainable means. III. Intercultural Activités 1) To conduct linguistic-based inter cultural activités with the help of virtual tours & offline sessions between youth & teachers for both French, Hindi & various other regional languages. 2) To conduct sessions / classes on inter-cultural understanding, ways of doing business, dances & letting discover the rich heritage. 3) To conduct fundraising activities for all such cultural & heritage discovery exchanges. IV. Indo-French youth club : 1) To help the Indian students coming to France to integrate culturally, logistically & linguistically by providing pre & post landing counselling workshops & vice-versa for French students going to the Indian subcontinent. 2) To help the youth discover skill development programs, internships & recruitment opportunities available in all the regions. 3) To work in partnership with local SME'S for supporting & training of the youth of India & France. 4) To enable students & teachers in France to help online & offline the underprivileged children in the Indian subcontinent by imparting training based on languages & soft skill development. 5) To conduct Indo-french youth camps in all Francophone regions with a special focus on Rhone-Alps regions, Himalayas & Auroville in Pondicherry. V. Promoting Natural Wellbeing & boosting immunity naturally : 1) The association will seek to promote the benefits of Yoga & Ayurveda in France among youth & conduct awareness sessions with experts from India & Srilanka. 2) The association will celebrate World Yoga Day & World Ayurveda day by conducting events & workshops for the youth. 3) The association will produce both online & offline content like blogs, books, broachers etc to Promote yoga & Ayurveda. 4) The association will work closely with Bio-shops to promote vegan & vegetarian food among the youth. Come be a part of the LAF growing team & become ambassadors for the Indian subcontinent & its ability to take modernity with traditional values and ethos. Write to us at haru@frehindi.com. All the best. Harbinder Singh MEHRA, President, L'Association Frehindi Lyon VILLETTE GARE IMMEUBLE LE BONNEL 20 rue de la Villette 69003 Lyon Tel : +330601360996