Summary:
These are some of the questions students from a Marathi medium civic school pose to a mannequin every day. “The students don't need to make an effort to revise what they learn in school because it's always around them. The mannequin is fitted with a virtual assistant, Alexa, which answers the questions, posed in English.A few months ago, Pooja Sankhe, a teacher at Ramkrishna Aramhence Marg Muncipal Marathi School, brought her virtual assistant for students to explore. “Everyone is excited about the opportunity this gives students to improve their English speaking skills. Classroom walls have periodic tables on them, teachers draw a Rangoli explaining the rain cycle and there are streams explaining multiplication tables..