Discuss and evaluate the idea of ignorance in Aurobindo’s epistemology.
See Answer →How does Aurobindo describe the evolution of consciousness? Discuss in detail. Discuss and evaluate Aurobindo’s idea and vision of education.
See Answer →Compare Shankarachaya and Sri Aurobindo’s interpretation of ‘Tat TvamAsi’
See Answer →Explain and evaluate Integral yoga of Sri Aurobindo.
See Answer →Discuss the concept of Manas (mind) in Aurobindo’s Philosophy.
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What are the limitations of Behaviourism as a learning theory in explaining theprocess of language acquisition? Discuss.
See Answer →What is the role and status of English in India today? As a (potential) teacher ofEnglish, do you think English will assume greater significance in the future in the Indian educational system.
See Answer →What is code mixing and code switching? How can the mother tongue of children begainfully exploited by the teacher in a classroom. Illustrate with suitable examples.
See Answer →Do you agree or disagree with the view that the learner and learner variables/ characteristics like aptitude, intelligence, attitudes, motivation, etc. are significant in second language learning? Give reasons to support your answer.
See Answer →How does schooling i.e. formal education differ from the natural process of socialization in which a child acquires his/her L1? Discuss.
See Answer →Write a short note on Question Formation in English, giving examples where necessary.
See Answer →Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb given in brackets:
Last week, Rahul and Rashid ……….(go) for a film. They ……….not ……(book) the tickets in advance and ............ (have) to face great difficulties. The film, however, ……….(be) good and they ................... (be) glad to have seen it.
See Answer →Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions:
Mother Teresa was born ………27th August, 1910……..Yugoslavia ...............the age of twelve she wanted to become a nun. When she was nineteen she arrived ……India. Some months later, she went… ......... Patna to do a course in nursing.
See Answer →Fill in the blanks with a/an or the:
This house is very nice. Has it got .............. garden?
It’s a beautiful day. Let’s sit in .............. garden.
There isn’t… ....... airport near where I live.
..................... nearest airport is 70 kms away.
I’m going away for ........... week in September.
See Answer →Complete the following sentences with appropriate subordinate clauses and state what type of clause each is – i.e. noun, adjective, or adverb clause. 5 i It is clear that……. ii If we run ……
My English teacher, who …….
The movie which …….
I don’t know how …….
See Answer →Supply question tags to the following statements:
Anju and Rajni are good friends.
You won’t forget to give my message.
Stop making that noise.
iHe is an athlete. v Rajeev and his friends hid my slippers.
See Answer →Form questions about those parts of the statements which are in CAPITAL letters.
NEW DELHI is the capital of India.
He goes for a walk EARLY IN THE MORNING.
John went for a film WITH HIS COUSIN.
He usually goes to the KALKAJI post-office.
I would like some TOAST AND BUTTER for breakfast.
See Answer →Write down the phonetic symbol for the vowel sounds represented by the underlined letters in the following words according to British R. P.
fellow
women
brother
surface
outside
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Why haven’t they been invited.
See Answer →All native speakers of English are mutually intelligible to each other.
Overt linguistic devices are not necessary to understand the meaning of a text.
English in India replaced Persian and other languages from the areas of education, administration, trade and business.
Like RP, Indian English has 11 pure vowels and 6 glides.
Accent and dialect are terms that can be synonymously used.
There are about 2 billion non-native speakers of English spread over different parts of the world.
Skimming and scanning help organize writing efficiently.
English utterances normally carried new information in the predicate.
Semantics is an independent branch within language study, which has one
Textual context or co-text is essential for meaningful discourse.
See Answer →Say whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F). Correct the false statements briefly.
All native speakers of English are mutually intelligible to each other.
Overt linguistic devices are not necessary to understand the meaning of a text.
English in India replaced Persian and other languages from the areas of education, administration, trade and business.
Like RP, Indian English has 11 pure vowels and 6 glides.
Accent and dialect are terms that can be synonymously used.
There are about 2 billion non-native speakers of English spread over different parts of the world.
Skimming and scanning help organize writing efficiently.
English utterances normally carried new information in the predicate.
Semantics is an independent branch within language study, which has one
Textual context or co-text is essential for meaningful discourse.
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