This document summarizes a project on the difficulties with English reading among 6th standard students. The project was conducted by P. Chandrasekaran, a B.A., B.Ed teacher of English at P.U.M. School in Erode district, Tamil Nadu. Some of the difficulties identified were that the students knew the alphabets but not the phonetic sounds and there was a fear of English along with different spelling methods between Tamil and English. The solutions proposed were to teach phonetic sounds with oral practice, teach the relationship between Tamil letters and sounds, underline vowels when reading words, teach sight words, provide separate practice for the tongue, and start reading lessons with easy syllables.

1. PROJECT BASED LEARNIG - 2014
TOPIC
“ What are the difficulties
in English reading among 6th std students”
PROJECT BY
P.CHANDRESEKARAN B.A., B.ED.
B.T ASST. (ENGLISH)
P.U.M.SCHOOL BEJALATTI (BURGUR HILLS)
ANTHIYUR UNION
ERODE (DT)

2. What are the difficulties
in English reading among 6th std
students
.

3. Are you ready to read first
lesson of English?

4. Sir, We don’t know to read English

5. Their problems are
They know alphabets but don’t know phonetic sound of
alphabets.
Fear of english
Different spelling method between Tamil and English
language

6. .
Solution for problems
Teach phonetic sound and give oral practice regularly.

7. Teach Tamil letters and give oral practice in
this method

8. Teach when the word comes with vowels, students
should underline from the vowel from right to
left.

9. Teach sight words (frequently using words)

10. Give separate file to give tongue practice

11. Tongue practice

12. Give reading practice with easy syllabification
(a,e,i,o,u ) in lesson

13. Who is ready to read lesson ?
We are ready to read lesson

14. We succeeded