KABUL, August 19 (Online): Two Afghan trainers participated in a two-month training course for Asian and African journalists held in Berlin. The course, held at the International Journalism Institute (IIJ), got under way on June 8 and concluded on August 9, with 15 participants from Asian and African countries.
"The idea behind the courses for trainers is obviously that they have the greatest influence on beginners and have to teach them the basics. If they get it wrong, how can one expect young journalists to improve?" IIJ Director Perter Prüfert said.
He added the course was aimed at improving journalistic standards so as to accurately inform people in a democratic polity of the developments taking place around the globe, and highlight community issues in a healthy way.
Journalists and university teachers from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Zambia, Colombia, Kenya, Ghana, Malawi, Nepal, Nigeria and Uganda received insightful lectures on different aspects of journalism.
The lectures focused on teaching inventory, learning agreement, mentality behind teaching, communication styles, core statements, body language and intonation, problems with classroom discussions, their solution, role-plays, student needs, content derivation, techniques and strategies, working with groups, planning and designing a lesson and learning evaluation.
A Cambodian participant, lecturer at the Cambodia Communication Institute, said: "I learned a lot of new teaching methods and I will try to use them in the classroom in my country." TOT Trainer Christina Stucky went on: "I have a good memory of this course and won't forget the play-role and energizing examples that you gave in the class."
From July 4 to 12, an excursion tour inside Germany was arranged for the participants, who visited cities including Leipzig, Nuremberg, Düsseldorf, Essen and Bremen. They also visited Leipzig University, Holzlorinck Journalism School, offices of Numberger and Nachrichten newspapers and exchanged views with officials concerned.
"Our class strength tends to be more than 50 and I can easily divide them into small groups for exercise," said Abdul Azim Noorbakhsh, lecturer in journalism at the Kabul University.
Founded in 1962, the IIJ has so far arranged many training programmes that benefited 6,000 journalists from more than 120 countries. Ten participants from Afghanistan participated in IIJ programmes past years.
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