Kohima, February 11 (MExN): A workshop on challenges and issues of 'teaching writing at the undergraduate level in Nagaland' was held at Baptist College Kohima on February 10 last.
Keynote speaker Dr. Jano Sekhose, associate professor, department of English, Nagaland University in her address said that writing skills is very important and necessary for the overall development of the students.
Dr. Rükulü K Puro, founder and Chief instructor, CUE Academy of Writing Skills said ‘Writing is a very challenging task’.
English writing skills are overlooked by colleges, said Dr. Avinuo Kire, assistant professor, department of English, Kohima College. She said due to the poor foundation, lacked of quality education in high school, the students fail to express their views even for basic writing skills such letter writing and essay.
She suggested that conducting regular exercise for language would help the students but due to limited time in a semester, it would hamper the academic syllabus.
Kire also said various literature activities; workshop and encouraging the students to speak English for communication would help the student.
Dr. Seyie Whiso, assistant professor, department of English, Kohima Science College while speaking during the panel discussion said he found out that a lot of English teachers are reluctant to teach language as they have studied literature in their academic course according to his survey in 2003.
He maintained that the students should do a lot of research and called upon on the need for research orientation for students to learn.
Dr. Vizovonuo Elizabeth, HoD, department of English, Baptist College Kohima, the moderator in the concluding remark said with the way the syllabus is design and time constraint during the semester, the teachers failed to concentrate on a particular topic.
She also suggested that the educational institutions should give preference to writing skills that can help the students for overall development.
The one-workshop was organized by CUE Academy of writing skills, hosted by Baptist College Kohima, and supported by State Council of Educational Research and Training, Nagaland.
Dr Jano Sekhose, associate professor, department of English, Nagaland University officially launched the second CUE workbook titled, ‘'Introduction to academic and creative writing’, a study skill support workbook based on the BA English Syllabus, Nagaland University authored by Dr. Rükulü K Puro.
Sekhose in the prelude of the book wrote that the author has made a timely intervention to promote language skills in a meaningful context and interesting format.
