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The students taught by the teacher-learners have also been anxious about their EEC before we began the programme and later have written that they do not want to leave the class because they enjoy watching computer PowerPoint slide shows and learning through technology.  Many of these teacher-learners are scared of English itself and when they come to class their stress and tension can be clearly seen on their face.  They do not participate willingly and it is a challenging job for a teacher-learner to get responses from them. In addition, they were also scared of technology because everything is in English on the computer. They do not possess the confidence that they can listen to or read and understand English. But in this programme, as we used technology as a means to interact with them, we saw them relax and open up and by the end of the programme we could see them actively participate in the programme.

I had to spend extra time with the teacher-learners in the beginning for offering specific topic related guidance and at the end when I conducted personal interviews of the students wherein they responded to questions based on the Portfolio submitted by them. In addition to this while preparing sample materials for the students or getting self help materials prepared for them by a computer expert [Viewlets] a lot of time needed to be devoted to the project.

Implications for Future Projects
This programme has really been really an exciting and useful learning experience for the teacher educator, the teacher-learners and the  students taught by them. The integration of technology in this manner has added an entirely new dimension to the teaching learning process. The lessons learnt from this experience will be useful for future projects.

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