How is ‘linguistic competence’ different from ‘communicative competence’? Explain with examples.

Critically examine the terms Authenticity, Practicality, Reliability, Validity and Washback vis-a-vis the History of Language Tests and Assessments.

The Government of India has announced 2010-2020 as the decade of ICT and innovation. What do you understand by the term ‘innovation’?

Explain the main features of language learning through the structural approach.

The process of learning was essentially of forming associations, i.e. speech associated with appropriate objects, actions, concepts—do you agree with the statement? Justify your answer logically.

Write any two main features of the Audio Lingual method of language teaching.

Discuss how different methods have impacted language teaching learning in the 20th and 21st century and critically analyze the advantages and disadvantages of each method.