Sindhi Language Authority Hyderabad has launched free of cost online and off-line courses
Ali Raza Dayo
Sindhi Language Authority (SLA), with the help of the Sindh Government, has launched short training programs of Teachers’ Certificate Course under the supervision of Ph.D. scholars.
This course is generally designed for individuals who want to teach the Sindhi language effectively at schools, academies, and tuition centers. The duration of this short course is one month, and there are 20 lectures in total.
The main purpose of this training is to guide teachers with modern teaching skills, modern methodology, and a good understanding of Sindhi grammar and correct pronunciation of words.
This institution also offers a three three-month basic language courses through which learners would be able to speak well and correct pronunciation of the words.
Both language courses are professional training courses for effective and productive teaching of the Sindhi language. The Teachers Certificate Course runs for one month, and the Basic Language Course runs for three months, and are completely free of cost. Both sessions are conducted offline as well as online. Trainers are Ph.D. holders and have great experience in teaching. They provide a friendly and encouraging environment. Introduction to language and its basic branches, such as Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, and Semantics, is to be taught. Apart from grammar, you would learn new teaching skills and strategies, lesson planning and class management, which most teachers lack in that, and also would learn methods of student-based learning.
There are multiple benefits of both Basic Language and Teacher Certificate Courses. At first, promoting the Sindhi language is not the real matter, but it is a start to save the Sindhi language, cultural values, diversity in Sindhi literature, and heritage. On the other hand, here is also one more perspective of that course, and linguistically, our children must be given a proper education in their first language.
It has been observed that today’s young generation is unable to compete due to not having a proper education in their first language. It is linguistically proven that a child must be given education in their mother tongue, through which the child would surely be able to learn a second language easily based on their first language. Here is the point we need to understand: how important this course is.
If anyone is keen and passionate about the Sindhi language and has a dream of contributing to education, it is his time. One-month Teacher Certificate Course by Sindhi Language Authority is just more than training.
Graduates and language lovers are encouraged to enroll in this course. As a student of this institution, I would like to share my experience. This short training course did not just train me, but it connected me to the history of Sindh culture, literature, language, civilization, and identity and also gave me enough confidence to motivate others. At the end of the classes, a final exam will be conducted. A certificate will help open the doors of opportunities for the teachers to go to private schools, academics and language institutions.
Government of Sindh should take efforts to support this language institution by promoting teachers’ training programs and offering job opportunities to the certified Sindhi language teachers.
SLA was established in 1990 for the promotion and preservation of Sindhi language, literature, culture and identity. Many Sindhi scholars including Dr. Nabi Bux Baloch have contributed a part of their lives to this institution.
Read: Sindhi Language: Cultural, Historical, and Social Importance
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