Discuss the role of the teacher in teaching listening skills in the primary classroom.
See Answer →What aspects should be kept in mind while designing a reading programme for primary school children?
See Answer →Techniques used for teaching vowels to children at the primary school level.
See Answer →Listening comprehension activities.
See Answer →Assessment of speaking skills.
See Answer →Needs of second language learners in learning spoken English.
See Answer →Answer briefly any four:
a) The need for Course books in the classroom
b) Adapting materials to suit learner needs
c) Material focusing on the Communicative Approach
d) Need for evaluating and revising course materials from time to time
e) The role of Supplementary Reader in a language package
See Answer →What is effective writing? Through a writing task you have designed, show how you would take your students through the process of writing to get them to write effectively. (You would need to discuss the process approach to writing).
See Answer →Discuss the importance of monitoring in teaching-learning? Give an instance of an action research you devised as a result of self-monitoring.
See Answer →What are the different phases of a listening lesson in the classroom? Choose a listening activity for class 6 and discuss in detail how you would conduct this activity in your classroom?
See Answer →Difference between Functional Syllabus and Situational Syllabus
See Answer →Difference between Simulation and Role Play
See Answer →Difference between spoken and written language
See Answer →The skills of Skimming and Scanning in Reading
See Answer →Post-reading tasks
See Answer →How are consonants described? Describe the consonants in the following English words. One is done for you.
mob
/m/
/b/ - voiced bilabial stop/plosive
give
/g/
/v/
sick
/s/
/k/
See Answer →Differentiate between derivational and inflectional affixes. Identify the affixes in each of the following words and categorise them as derivational or inflectional.
i. misinterpreted
ii. unmanageable
iii. civilizations
iv. misdeeds
v. decentralized
See Answer →What is the difference between simple, compound and complex sentences? Identify each of the following sentences as simple, compound or complex.
i. He told me that he would be going to Bombay next week.
ii. She is very beautiful.
iii. The girl whom you met last week came here looking for you.
iv. I am going to the market.
v. She will go to the party only if her father will drop her.
vi. I think that you are right.
vii. Finish your homework and put the notebooks back in your bag.
viii. Madhu dreamt that she was flying an aeroplane.
ix. Either you sit properly or you leave the room.
x. Socrates held the universality of morality.
See Answer →What is the sentence pattern of each of the following sentences? The first one is done for you.
i. Ashima ran fast. (Subject+Verb+Adverb)
ii. The boy fell on the floor.
iii. Alka felt lonely.
iv. Aditya believed the girl.
v. Meghna sent her mother a letter.
vi. Pooja is pretty.
vii. Maanik is waiting outside.
viii. The teacher scolded the student.
ix. They are crazy.
x. The children sang well.
See Answer →Describe the factors that led to the Indianization of English. From the English you hear and read around you in India, find some typical examples of Indian English. Your examples should include sounds, phrases, grammatical constructions and lexical items other than those referred to in the lessons. What should your attitude be to Indian English as an English teacher?
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