Songbird, Coursebooks, Workbooks and Literature Readers 1–8, is a series that has been created on the premise that English, as a language, should be developed progressively through meaningful experiences rather than as a mere drill or rote exercise.

Based on the core recommendations of the NEP 2020 and NCF-SE 2023, Songbird has the following features:

• It is theme based rather than topical.
• The series has a child-centred approach that is evident in the warm-ups, explanation of concepts and pattern of questions/tasks.
• It has a rich variety of tasks and activities like mazes, quizzes, craft, etc.
• The key concepts covered follow a spiralling approach whereby important concepts are revisited with increasing complexity.
• The course follows an integrated approach.
• The course design provides ample opportunities to learners to learn by doing and construct their own knowledge through engagement and interaction with their peers.
• As recommended by the NEP 2020 and NCF-SE 2023, a discovery and activity-based approach has been adopted to enable students to be future ready.
• The course design also allows nurturing of life skills and values.
• Learning through art integration is a recurring feature of the series.
• There is a strong Indian representation in the selections across the series.

 

Components of the series

Coursebooks, Workbooks and Literature Readers

Teacher Support Material (lesson plans, answer keys, worksheets with answers), Digital tools and resources (e-book, animations, model reading, test generator, interactivities)

About the Author

Genevieve Lobo started her teaching career at an early age of 18+ and has amassed a rich experience of 31 years as a teacher of English. She has taught at prestigious schools starting with Jesus and Mary School, Balrampur, and later at Convent of Jesus and Mary, Mussoorie, St Teresa’s Day School and College, Lucknow and finally at La Martiniere College, Lucknow where she currently holds the post of Headmistress for the primary and middle school.She holds a Master’s degree in English Literature and Sociology, and degrees in B. Ed and M. Ed. She has had the privilege of having taught the entire range of classes beginning from Nursery to Class 12 in her 31 years as a teacher. She is a voracious reader and has authored a number of English language books for Board classes as well.