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                                             A Lesson for Language Teachers Recently I inspected a school. I had to observe one English lesson in Class X. Teacher was ready with full preparedness. She had planned to involve students in a role play. At the spur of the moment an idea flashed in my mind that I should  test the writing skill of this class in English and Hindi. Testing of writing skill is usually skipped during formal inspections. I asked students to write 2 short paragraphs in about 100 words each both in English and Hindi. The topic was: Today’s Morning Assembly. I got their written responses evaluated. The outcome was disappointing. But a ray of hope beamed. I found one piece of writing which was absolutely error free. I got impressed. After lesson observation that student was called. I was extremely eager to know as to how that particular student had ma...