LEARNING THROUGH THE ARTS (LTTA) APPROACH TO THE TEACHING OF PERFORMING ARTS AND LANGUAGES IN THE DIGITAL ERA: A TEEM FRAMEWORK WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO KERALA

For teaching various folk and performing arts including diverse languages, the paper suggests the use of LTTA (Learning Through the Arts) model. The paper explores as to how teaching of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) could be made more effective using TEEM (Teaching EFL Management) framework, and so also other languages and preforming arts. Considering the typical educational scenario of the State of Kerala in India, the paper demonstrates the relevance of the LTTA approach for developing effective learning models like TEEM that can make education more lively, scientific and practice-oriented. Accordingly, the practical significance of the courses and hence the employability of the graduates can be improved. Also, by way of effectively utilizing the local resources along with the specialized skills and knowledge of the graduates, regional economic development is possible. For instance, in Kerala tourism sector needs skilled graduates, both from diverse languages and performing arts, for assisting the tourists. Foreign tourists are growingly attracted towards the unique yet diverse forms of performing arts, local cultures, and festivals. Graduate courses like BBA and their respective post-graduate courses, may be restructured using an LTTA approach for better employability of the graduates. Inclusion of ICT and allied advances like AI (Artificial Intelligence) makes this process more meaningful in this ICT era.