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Narrate a story – spin the yarn         helped the participants to unleash their
                                                creativity while  narrating their story in
        Story narration develops one’s creativity
        as well as communicative skill. This task   free style. The idea behind this activity
                                                can be summarised as given in table-13.
                Table-13: Idea behind Narrate a story – spin the yarn activity

                      Aim                 To enhance speaking skill
                                          To enhance creativity
                      Preparation time    Flexible
                      Resource            Smartphone


        Procedure                                  pictures and numbered them
                                                •   Each participant was asked  to
        •   The participants were  divided  into
            small group of three (random )         narrate  a story using  the selected
        •   Each participant was asked to click    picture
            two pictures with clarity and post it   •   Though  it  was  an  individual
            to the group                           performance,    each   participant
        •   The researcher selected thirty         presented on Whatsapp group voice
                                                   call along with other two teammates
                          Table-12: Assessment of the performance

         Assessment items                 No. of respondents Percentage     Level
         Choice of vocabulary                     60              50        Good
         Confidence and attitude                  60              70       Excellent
         Improvement in speaking                  60              60       Excellent
         Connecting to real life situations       60              50        Good

        Movie review                            quotient  for many. Reviewing  a movie
                                                is a challenging  task but  this  made
        Today’s  youth  watch  movies  with  an
        integrated  interest  to  analyze  and   participants  comfortable  to  share
        review  it  beyond  merely  watching.   their views about their favorite movie.
        Binge  watching  is an entertaining     The  plan  behind  this  activity  can  be
                                                summarised as given in table-13.
                       Table-15: The plan behind Movie review activity

                      Aim                 To enhance speaking skill
                      Preparation time    Flexible

                      Resource            A movie


        Procedure                                  to select their favorite movie
                                                •   Each participant was instructed
        •   The participants were  divided  into
            small group of three and were made     to review  her favorite movie and

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