1. Action Plan Ms Shagufta Tariq Prepared by: Urdu Language teacher
The City School
North Nazimabad Prep Boys Branch

2. To begin, ask yourself three questions:
What is the purpose to teach Urdu as a second language.
How interest can be developed in the subject.
What are the activities which can motivate students to secure good grades.
Then set goals to achieve your targets.

3. Short Term Goals
To motivate the students to use good vocabulary of Urdu.
To enhance creative writing skills.
To minimize linguistic errors
To inculcate use of proverbs in written expressions
To develop reading skills.
To promote group work.
To encourage students to present their views confidently.

4. Techniques of enhancing 21st century skills in students Long Term goals
Provide excellnt learning environment.
Expose themselves with problems of life.
Share critical thinking situations while in diverse groups.
Provide opportunities to work collaboratively
Provide opportunities to develop problem solving skills
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be ignited

5. 21st Century Skills 21st Century Approaches
1. Accountability & Adaptability
2. Communication Skills
3. Creativity & intellectual Curiosity
4. Critical Thinking & Systems
5. Information & Media Literacy Skills
6. Interpersonal & Collaborative Skills
7. Problem Identification Formulation & Solution
8. Self Direction
9. Social Responsibility
21st Century Approaches
Listening & Speaking Skills
Giving Direction Skills
3. Questioning Skills
4. Observing & Monitoring Skills
Encouraging Skills
Intervening Skills

6. Topic wise Time Line Topics Months August 2011 September 2011
Comprehension
August 2011
Summary
September 2011
Essay Writing
October 2011
November 2011
Directed Writing
January 2012
February 2012
Revision
March 2012
Literal Level Inferential Level Vocabulary
Identification of content Points
Summing up Details
Descriptive
Narrative
Personal Experience
Argumentative
Report/Account Writing
Letter Writing
Articles
Speech

7. Shift from Teacher Centered Classrooms to Student Centered Classrooms by Adopting 21st Century Approaches
“A good curriculum should bend around the student, not the student around the curriculum. The more we embrace that, the more passionate and EFFECTIVE our classes will become.”

8. Bloom’s Taxonomy
By systematically following the Bloom’s taxonomy the teacher can lead the students to attain academic excellence.

9. “Instructional Strategies And Tasks”
Topic
21st Century approach
Suggested modes
Comprehension
Understanding Skills & Infering Skills
Enhance reading habit & improve observation power
Web site (
Summary Writing
Identifying & summing up Skills
to extract the content of the given pessage
Essay Writing
Descriptive
Narrative
Personal Experience
Argumentative
Creative Skills
Describing Skills
Story telling Skills
(Listening & Speaking Skills)
Observation Skills
Reasoning Skills
Construct your own ideas to create a meaningful piece of writing
Raise valid arguments & establish your own opinions
Web site (
Link:Teaching techniques of Urdu language.
Directed Writing
Letter Writing
Article Writing
Speech Writing
Report writing
Direction Skills
Communication Skills
Media Literacy Skills
Writing Skills
Oratory Skills
Inter-personal skills
Read sample letters, reports published in the newspapers & magazines
Watch or read news bulletins
Read articles published in the Urdu newspapers regularly
Gather & read speeches by great leaders
Encourage stage participation

10. “Anticipated Challenges & Their Practical Solutions”
Resistance in speaking Urdu
Personal counseling & making ground rule to speak in Urdu & encouragement by the teacher
Internet use at home
Request to parents to fix time over the weekend
Lack of research work
Plan library activities to enhance reading habit
Hesitance in working in group
Plan group activities in class & encourage participation
Stage fright
Provide opportunities to participate in assembly presentations and talk shows
Unavailability of library periods/multimedia resource
Co-ordinate with the librarian to adjust periods a week before

11. “Suggested activities to enhance collaborative learning environment”
Group activity for collaborative learning
Open forums for argumentative discussions
Brainstorming for generating ideas
Talk shows for expressing opinions
Quizzes for enhancing knowledge (Sample Quiz)
Role plays for improving linguistic calibre
Impromptu for confidence building
Read and share for critiquing and inviting peer comments
Parliamentary debates for open discussion and team building
Educational field trips for improving observation skills

12. Resources Urdu Newspapers Jang Sunday Magazine Internet School library
Multimedia presentations
CIE Urdu Language Syllabus
Sample essays & articles by authentic writers
Poems written by renowned Urdu poets.
Human Resource
Headmistress
Librarian
Computer Lab Assistant
Students

13. “We cannot discover new oceans until we have the courage to lose sight of the shore”
By motivating other staff members and encouraging students to follow the 21st century approaches the set targets can be conveniently achieved.

14. Acknowledgement INTEL Instructors Management team Staff members
Students
Librarian
Computer Lab attendant
“As we express our gratitude, we must never
forget that the highest appreciation is not to
utter words, but to live by them.”

15. Conclusion
By introducing the modern methods of teaching and transferring teacher –centered class to student-centered class ,I am able to evaluate myself and also in the better position to assess my students in a better way.