EXAMICIDE DISEMVOWELLED - WHAT SKILLS KILLED?

f thy rlly wnt t ... disemboweling mute testing
and safety-netting the learning curves

Or rather what it nipped in the bud.............

X EXPRESSIVE SKILLS - UNTAPPED
M MANIPULATIVE SKILLS - UNEXPRESSED
C COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS - UNDELIVERABLE
D DEDUCTIVE SKILLS - UNDETECTED

"The reading practice helps students understand and master the school English language syllabus more easily. The progress to a second language mode, we notice, is faster once students go through a foreign language approach in language learning i.e. through an enforced reading programme. Thus as a supplemental programme it does not interfere with the ongoing lessons and reduces the examania and “examicide” when it comes to English."

"This bricks and mortar approach based on actual and repeated reading and writing practice culminating to multimedia presentation is a necessary gateway before students could be expected to comprehend the multitude of materials available online, especially for the diligent. Like coaches on the express train, each pulling along the other, the expression of both reading and writing skills in a wider competitive environment is the best incentive for students to remain at the coaching station and thus ensures sustainability of the reading habit."

"The Japanese word mottainai means it's a shame for something to go to waste without having made use of its potential in full. Furoshiki is a Japanese traditional wrapping cloth which is used repeatedly in a stylish way."

" Best Reader/Best Storyteller

In this contest students run the CERAP practice of their choice stories from the 366 short stories in the assigned book. Group members endorsed by their peers can now record their reading and upload the audio file to the Portal. The recording is then listened to and in turn graded by other students from schools participating in the contest. The grades are then tabulated to show ranking and accessible to all.

Students can undertake repeated recording to repair and improve their reading skills within the allotted time, thus establishing the linguistic rule of Frequency For Fluency."

............used repeatedly in a stylish way...by coaches flaunting their new-found fluency"

TIME's Best Inventions of 2008

No 42. Disemvoweling

"The great thing about the Internet is that people can say whatever they want on it. Which is also the terrible thing about the Internet, because comments on blogs and in other online forums can be incredibly annoying, not to mention hate-filled and obscene. How can moderators walk the line between unregulated anarchy and oppressive censorship? Some have begun discouraging problem commenters by simply removing the vowels from their posts, a process known as disemvoweling. The offending message is rendered less obnoxious, but it's still possible for other readers to decipher it — f thy rlly wnt t."