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POST-GRADUATE COURSE (d) Summarise Platos contribution to literary theory. How is it

Term End Examination December, 2008 different from Aristotles ?
OR,
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
Summarise the central concern of Cognitive Psychology
PAPER I
and its implications for language teaching.
Time 4 hours Full marks : 100 (e) What do you understand by the term Structuralism ? What
(Weightage of marks : 80%) weaknesses in traditional grammar were detected by the
Special credit will be given for accuracy and relevance in structuralist ?
the answer. Marks will be deducted for incorrect spelling, (f) How is the role of the student in Communicative Language
untidy work and illegible handwriting. The weightage for Teaching different from that of the Audio-lingual method ?
each question has been indicated in the margin. Section - B
Section - A 2. Answer any three of the following questions : 123=36
1. Answer in detail any two of the following questions : (a) Explain with a few examples, the level of linguistic
182=36 organisation known as Morphology.
(a) What do you understand by Linguistics ? What are the main (b) What do you think are the limitations of Grammar

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sub-divisions in Linguistics ? Name atleast two areas of Translation Method ?
Linguistics which have become important in recent years. (c) What are the psycho-therapeuntic techniques that are
frequently used in suggestopedia and what role does the
OR,
classroom environment play in it ?

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Is it true that language has been an object of enquiry for
(d) Analyse the changing trends in ELT and its influence in
more than two thousand years ?
India.
(b) Comment on the role of English as Second Language in
(e) Give immediate constituent (IC) analysis of the following
India.
English sentences. Use the box diagrams.
OR, (i) That he is an useless fellow is true.
Comment on the contribution of Chomsy and Halliday to the (ii) The doctor told him not to eat cold water.
study of English. (iii) When she smiles the whole world weeps.
(c) What are the distinguishing features of Error Analysis and (iv) Neither John nor Jack could go home.
Contrastive Analysis or of Psycholinguistics as an (f) Explain the ambiguity of the following sentences :
independent discipline. (a) (i) It worked loosely.

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(b) (i) We are not teaching-machines.

{(ii) We are not teaching machines.
(c) (i) My sister is easy to please.
{(ii) My sister is eager to please.
Section - C
3. Write short notes on any four of the following areas :
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(a) Situational Language Teaching.
(b) Communicative Competence, or Platos view of poetry.
(c) Role play or Register.
(d) Language - literature controversy in the teaching of English
in India.
(e) Dialect.
(f) The major shift from Classical Genre to Modern Genre
theory.

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(g) Recommendations by the Kothari Commission.
(h) The Notional Functional Syllabus or the Procedural
Syllabus.
(i) Interlanguage or Second Language Acquisition Theory as

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proposed by Krashen or Vygotsky.
(j) Syncope or Semantics.
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(c) Explain the concepts of Signifier / Signified. How do these

explain how meaning is conveyed ? What impact does it
have on language teaching ?
POST-GRADUATE COURSE
OR,
Term End Examination December, 2008
What do you understand by the term lateralization of the
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
brain ? Indicate the various functions that the two
PAPER II hemispheres of the brain perform.
Time 4 hours Full marks : 100 (d) How will you define socio-linguistics ? Can it contribute it to
(Weightage of marks : 80%) language pedagogy ? Give reasons for your answer.
(12+1+5)
Special credit will be given for accuracy and relevance in
the answer. Marks will be deducted for incorrect spelling, OR,
untidy work and illegible handwriting. The weightage for Bilingualism is linked to education. Do you agree ? Apply
each question has been indicated in the margin. this tenet to the Indian situation and give reasons for your
answer. (2+16)

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Section - A
Section - B
1. Answer any two of the following questions : 182=36
(a) Comment critically on Sterns or Peter Strerens model of 2. Answer any three of the following questions : 123=36

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language pedagogy. (a) Comment critically on the direct method of language
(b) What is the Sapin Whorf Hypothesis ? How can it teaching. What principles is it based on ?
influence language pedagogy ? OR,
OR, What are some of the distinctive features by Information
How are special differences reflected in speech ? Elaborate Theory ?
with suitable examples from English. (b) Through what stages did theories of Applied Linguistics
evolve ? What is the present position ? (8+4)

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(c) What are the basic components of language pedagogy ?

Elaborate on any one of them. (4+8)
(d) How would you distinguish between horizontal and vertical
bilingualism ? Which type do you think can be found in rural
schools in India ? Give reasons for your answer.
(e) What are the various stages of child language acquisition ?
Elaborate and explain.
OR,
What is Stephan Krashens contribution in the field of
language acquisition ?
(f) What do you understand by the term CALL ? What different
kinds of programmes are used for CALL ? What principles
and assumptions are involved ? (2+5+5)

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Section - C

3. Write short notes on any four of the following : 74=28

(a) Structural syllabuses.

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(b) Paradigmatic and Syntagmatic relations.
(c) Discourse Theory.
(d) B.F. Skiuner.
(e) The Input hypothesis.
(f) Wernicks areas.
(g) Learner Variables.
(h) Motivation in L2 learning.
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OR,
POST-GRADUATE COURSE
What is the importance of Phonetics in developing
Term End Examination December, 2008 communication skills ?
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
Section - B
PAPER III
2. Answer any three questions from the following : 123=36
Time 4 hours Full marks : 100 (a) Distinguish between Inflection and Derivation. Discuss the
(Weightage of marks : 80%) class-changing and class-maintaining derivations with
examples.
Special credit will be given for accuracy and relevance in (b) Define segmental and supra-segmental phonology with
the answer. Marks will be deducted for incorrect spelling, suitable examples.
untidy work and illegible handwriting. The weightage for OR,
each question has been indicated in the margin. Describe the phonetic function of the movable organs.
Section - A (c) What is Speech Act Theory ? Explain its basic aspects.
(d) What do you understand by Structural ambiguity ? Explain
1. Answer any two questions from the following : 182=36
with suitable examples from English.

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(a) Transformational Generative Grammar is
(e) Write short notes on any three of the following :
Transformational as well as Generative. Explain with
(i) Root and Stem or Weak forms.
adequate illustrations and show its significance in
(ii) Pragmatics and Language Teaching.

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Grammar Teaching.
OR,
(b) What is meaning ? Explain and exemplify the principal
The value of Genre Analysis in Language Teaching &
kinds of meaning.
Learning.
(c) What is style ? What is the difference between stylistic and
(iii) Latinate Fallacy.
non-stylistic choice ? Elaborate with examples.
(iv) Elements of Meaning or the Verbal Group (VG).
(d) The concept of phoneme is abstract while the concept of
(f) Discuss with examples how your mother-tongue can cause
allophone is relatively concrete Examine the validity of
difficulties in acquiring English Sounds. Identify the
this statement with reference to allophonic variations of /P/,
problems and suggest remedial measures.
/k/ and /l/.

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Section - C (iv) Unemployment

(v) Drycleaners
3. Answer any four questions from the following : 74=28
(vi) Rebroadcast
(a) Analyse the structure of the following Noun Phrases (NPs)
(vii) Sheep
(any three) :
(f) What are the morpho-phonemic rules of the plural ending/-s/
(i) The girl in the car that needs some water.
in English ?
(ii) All the men in the boat.
(g) How would you distinguish between rule-based teaching of
(iii) An absolutely honest teacher.
grammar and consciousness raising of grammar ?
(iv) Save the wild life programme of the forest
(h) Mark the stressed syllable in each of the following words
department.
(Any five) :
(v) Johns safe return.
University, Photography, Scientific, Suprasegmental,
(b) Identify the Phonemes in the following English words and
Calculation, Ethical, Intimation, Utility.
give their three-term descriptions :
(i) What is Prescriptive Grammar ? Write any four
Late, Terrible, Switch
limitations of Prescriptive Grammar.
(c) Draw Deep Structure Trees for the following (any two) :

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(j) What role do the lungs and vocal cords play in the
(i) Did any student attend the meeting ?
production of speech.
(ii) I know that he is coming today.
(iii) John attended the meeting on Friday.

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(d) Give I-C analysis of the following sentences (any two) :
(i) When it rains, the roads are flooded.
(ii) She taught me linguistics.
(iii) The big black dog bit the small girl.
(e) Analyse the morphological structure of the following
words (Any five) :
(i) Democratization
(ii) Womens
(iii) Enthusiastically
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(c) William Littlewood mentions two models of language

POST-GRADUATE COURSE
learning : Skills learning and Natural process or Creative
Term End Examination December, 2008
construction. Discuss how Oral skills can be developed in
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING the classroom by integrating the two processes.
PAPER IV (d) In a Writing class the skill should be treated as a Process
Time 4 hours Full marks : 100 oriented activity. Discuss the pedagogical implication of
this statement with reference to a specific writing task.
(Weightage of marks : 80%)
Special credit will be given for accuracy and relevance in Section - B
the answer. Marks will be deducted for incorrect spelling, 2. Answer any three of the following questions : 123=36
untidy work and illegible handwriting. The weightage for
(a) What are the skills that could be developed with the help of
each question has been indicated in the margin.
a good dictionary ?
Section - A (b) Explain what Canal and Swair (1980), meant by
Communicative Competence.

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1. Answer in detail any two of the following questions :
(c) How would you differentiate between a poor and an
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efficient reader or writer ?
(a) Listening is a critical element in the competent language
(d) How would you test language proficiency ?

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performance of all language learners. Explain with special
(e) Which scale of marking would you choose for assessing
reference to the different types of processing that take
writing ? Why ?
place in a listening context.
(f) Write a note on Note taking as a skill or Thinking as a skill
(b) In a Reading development programme, questions are
for developing Reading or Writing.
used for teaching rather than testing. Discuss the
(g) Explain with suitable examples the terms Reliability and
relevance of this statement with reference to reading styles,
Validity in Testing.
strategies and question types.

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Section - C

3. You want your students to develop speaking skills through

the following task :
Talk to your partner about someone you see everyday.
Choose someone you know very little about but who
intrigues you for some reason. It could be another student
at school, someone you see on the bus or train, a
neighbour, a shopkeeper or worker.
Answer all of the questions given below in relation to the
task. Mention the level at which you will operate. 74=28
(i) Why do you think this task is suitable for the level at which
you will operate ?
(ii) How many stages would you like to have for your plan ?
State the specific objectives for each stage.
(iii) Which areas of syntax, vocabulary and language functions

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would be used in your plan ?
(iv) At which stage of your plan would you integrate listening
skills ? Why ?

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(v) What are the problems you and your students are likely to
face while executing the plan ? How would you cater to
them ?
(vi) Would you use Group or Pair work for this activity ? Why ?
(vii) Write out a sample of an answer for this task. Would you
use it with your students as a cue to the working of the
task ?
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POST-GRADUATE COURSE Group B

Term End Examination December, 2008 Answer any three : 123=36
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING 1. Judge Larry Eagletons contribution as a Marxist critic of
PAPER V modern times. 12
2. What is gynocriticism ? Keeping an eye to Showalters
Time 4 hours Full marks : 100
division, add a note on any two stages of development of
(Weightage of marks : 80%) gynocriticism. 4+8
Special credit will be given for accuracy and relevance in 3. Critically comment on Russian Formalism as a theory of
the answer. Marks will be deducted for incorrect spelling, literary criticism. 12
untidy work and illegible handwriting. The weightage for OR,
each question has been indicated in the margin. Derridas notion of a free text.
Group A 4. What are the fundamental assumptions of new historicism ?
Was it anti-feminist in its outlook ? 10+2
Answer any two : 182=36
5. Michel Foucault was a new historicist, critic with a
1. Post Structuralism was a needless supplement but a
difference Comment. 12

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needful twist added to Structuralism. Elucidate. 18
6. With reference to the growing need of business, science,
2. In their frantic search of a full-fledged theory of literary industry and travel how would you justify the study of
criticism Marxist theorists went hand in hand with the
English Language and literature in India today ? 12

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Structuralist and feminist criticsComment with
special reference to any text you have read or taught. 18 Section C

3. Analyse Lacans theory of psychoanalysis. 18 Write short notes on any four : 74=28
4. Luce Irigaray was the foremost feminist critic to 1. Stylistic Analysis or Fixation. 7
challenge Freaudian psycho-sexual theoryComment 2. Testing Literature or Sex and Gender in Literature.
with close reference to her psychoanalytic criticism. 8 3. Communicative Competence versus Literary
OR, Competence. 7
Discuss, with reference to any character in any text, the
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4. Methodologies of teaching literature. 7

OR,
Match the examples of different figures of speech, given
in Column A with the names of figure of speech, given in
Column B. 17=7
Column A Column B
(i) Milton ! Thou shouldst Simile
be living at this hour.
(ii) The Assyrian came as a Apostrophe
lion.
(iii) Camel is the ship of the Anticlimax
desert.
(iv) Poets and pigs are known Metaphor
only after their death.
(v) Scuttling across the floor of Metonymy
silent seas.

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(vi) The pen is mightier than the Paradox
sword.
(vii) War is peace, freedom is Alliteration

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slavery, ignorance is wisdom.

5. Effective uses of Backwash.

OR,
The approach to literary texts by Jauss. 7
6. Task Design during
teaching poetry. 7
7. State Ideological Apparatuses. 7
OR,
Horizon of Expectations.
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POST-GRADUATE COURSE
Term End Examination December, 2008
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
PAPER VI
Time 4 hours
(c) What are the strategies you would devise to teach a class of
1st year undergraduates a piece of Indian writing in English.
Discuss with reference to R. K. Narayans Out of
Business or Bhisham Sahnis The Boss Came To Dinner.
(d) How would you define a short story as a literary form and
explain the different types of stories to a group of
Full marks : 100 undergraduate students ?

(Weightage of marks : 80%) (e) Select any short lyric poem and discuss how you would
teach it in a Higher Secondary English B classroom. Define
Special credit will be given for accuracy and relevance in
your objectives and discuss your strategies.
the answer. Marks will be deducted for incorrect spelling,
Section B
untidy work and illegible handwriting. The weightage for
each question has been indicated in the margin. 2. Answer any three of the following questions : 123=36
(a) What is point of view in a novel ? Discuss the different
Section A points of view with reference to novels you are familiar

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1. Answer any two of the following questions : 182=36 with.
(b) What are the points of difference between a classical
(a) You have to teach a Shakespearean comedy in a B.A.
tragedy and a modern tragedy ?
Honours Classroom. How would you introduce the (c) Discuss how you would present the characteristics of lyric

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characteristics of an Elizabethan romantic comedy ?
Discuss with reference to any Shakespearean comedy you
are familiar with.
(b) Discuss the problems you would face if you had to teach a
humourous story in a Higher Secondary Classroom. You
may refer to Jerome K. Jeromes Packing in the Higher And presently prefer his suit to Csar.
Secondary English Selections or any other humourous
piece you are familiar with.
poetry with reference to Shelleys Cloud or Keatss To One
Who Has Been Long in City Pent.
(d) Given below is a passage from Shakespeares Julius
Csar. Read the passage carefully and analyse and discuss
the elements of character and action in it.
Decius. Where is Metellus Cimber ? Let him go,
Brutus. He is addressd : press near and second him.
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Csar. Are we all ready ? What is now amiss
That Csar and his senate must redress ?
Metellus. Most high, most mighty, and most puissant Csar,
Metellus Cimber throws before thy seat
An humble heart, [Kneeling
Csar. I must prevent thee, Cimber.
These couchings and these lowly courtesies
Might fire the blood of ordinary men,
And turn pre-ordinance and first decree
Into the law of children. Be not fond,
To think that Csar bears such rebel blood
That will be thawd from the true quality
With that which melteth fools ; I mean, sweet words,
Low-crooked courtsies and base spaniel-fawning.
Thy brother by decree is banished :
If thou dost bend and pray and fawn for him
I spurn thee like a cur out of my way.
Know, Csar doth not wrong, nor without cause
Will he be satisfied.
Metellus. Is there no voice more worthy than my own,
To sound more sweetly in great Csars ear,
For the repealing of my banishd brother ?
Brutus. I kiss thy hand but not in flattery. Csar ;
Desiring thee that Publius Cimber may
Have an immediate freedom of repeal.
Csar. What, Brutus !
Cassius. Pardon, Csar, Csar, pardon :
As low as to thy foot doth Cassius fall,
To beg enfranchisement for Publius Cimber.
Csar. I could be well movd, if I were as you :
If I could pray to move, prayers would move me :
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But I am constant as the northern star, 60
Of whose true-fixd and resting quality
There is no fellow in the firmament.
The skies are painted with unnumberd sparks,
They are all fire, and every one doth shine ;
35 But theres but one in all doth hold his place : 65
So in the world,tis furnishd well with men,
And men are flesh and blood, and apprehensive :
Yet in the number I do know but one
That unassailable holds on his rank,
40 Unshakd of motion : and that I am he, 70
Let me a little show it, even in this,
That I was constant. Cimber should be banishd
And constant do remain to keep him so.
Cinna O Csar,
45 Csar. Hence! wilt thou lift up Olympus ?
Decius. Great Csar,
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Csar. Doth not Brutus bootless kneel ?
Casca. Speak ; hands, for me ! 75
Casca. Stabs Csar in the neck. He is then stabbed
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by several other Conspirators, and last by
Marcus Brutus.
Csar. Et tu Brute Then fall, Csar!
(e) Frame five questions to test your students comprehension
of the extract given below from Are you an Entrepreneur
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by Victor Kiam, a piece in University English Selections.
When I was eight, the streetcar named Desire ran only four
blocks from my home in New Orleans. But the sound of
eager Desire racing through the night did not inspire meas
it did Tennessee Williamsto spin a passionate tale.
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Instead, it invited the entrepreneurial muse to whisper the following their own visions, and have decided to make the
suggestions that guided me to the path Im still travelling. sacrifices necessary to achieve success.
That summer I noticed that people getting off the (f) Discuss the strategies you would use, with reference to any
streetcar at the end of the day looked as if they would pass poem in the Higher Secondary English Selections of Poetry
out if they had to go another step without a cool drink. I & Drama, in a Higher Secondary classroom.
didnt realize it then, but I had responded to the first precept (g) Select any short story you are familiar with. Discuss how
of an entrepreneur : I had recognized a need. you would help the students to appreciate the writers
My grandfather gave me five dollars to buy 100 bottles of devices of characterisation.
Coca-Cola. But before I could take my first step into the
Section C
world of high finance, I had to set a price for my goods. With
naive boldness, I settled on a mark-up of 100 per cent ! 3. Answer any four of the following questions : 74=28
Business was brisk the first day and got better as the (a) What are the qualities that a well-writen biography should
week progressed. You would have thought I was a pint-size possess ? What should it avoid ?
millionaire. My grandfather was of that opinion. So you can (b) Which would you prefer to teach the invocation to an epic or
imagine his shock when, having sold my entire stock, I had a one-act play ? Why ?

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only four dollars to show for my efforts. (c) What is more important in informal essaysmatter or
Few of my customers could afford to pay ten cents for a manner ? Give reasons for your answer.
bottle. Many couldnt even afford the five cent I needed to (d) Analyse the extract from Macbeth given below, point out

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break even. It was so hot that I couldnt bear to let anyone and explain how you would draw the students attention to
go away empty-handed, so I just gave away my the images in it.
merchandise. My first business was a financial failure, but it Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
sure built up a lot of goodwill. Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
Entrepreneurs can be found everywherefrom fellows To the last syllable of recorded time
with outdoor lunch wagons to people within the corporate And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
mainstream. Their common bond is that they are risk takers, The way to dusty death. Out, out brief candle!
willing to roll the dice with their money or stake their Lifes but a waking shadow, a poor player
reputations in support of an idea or a project. Theyre That struts and fets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more.
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(e) Write a note on designing Teaching Materials for a poetry

class.
(f) What problems would a teacher face if he/she has to teach
a piece of American literature in the English classroom ?
(g) Discuss if literary pieces can be used to teach grammar
lessons in the classroom.
(h) Frame four questions to test students comprehension of the
poem given below. It is The Eagle by Tennyson.

He clasps the crag with crooked hands ;

Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ringd with the azare world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.

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POST-GRADUATE COURSE 4. Every syllabus needs some unit around which lessons and

Term End Examination December, 2008 teaching materials can be organised. Discuss with special
reference to language teaching course books and
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
supplementary materials.
PAPER VII
Section B
Time 4 hours Full marks : 100
(Weightage of marks : 80%) Answer any three of the following questions : 123=36
(a) How would differentiate between a synthetic and analytic
Special credit will be given for accuracy and relevance in
syllabus ?
the answer. Marks will be deducted for incorrect spelling,
untidy work and illegible handwriting. The weightage for (b) What is a task ? What are the major considerations in
each question has been indicated in the margin. task design ?
(c) What are learning outcomes ? How can outcomes be
Section A
specified in terms of behaviour ?
Answer any two of the following questions : 182=36

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(d) What should be the content of an English Language syllabus
1. Discuss the assumptions underlying the various approaches for primary school teachers interested in improving their
to syllabus design that emerged in the first part of the proficiency for classroom interaction ? Identify the areas in
twentieth century and are prevalent in current times. terms of grammar and functions.

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2. Most of the literature on NEEDS ANALYSIS is concerned (e) What are the factors to be considered when selecting
with the learner. Discuss the validity of this statement with literary texts at +2 level ?
reference to any syllabus in use for Teaching English as a
(f) Write short notes on :
first or a second language.
(i) Michael West and the Lexical syllabus.
3. With special reference to the notions of Formative,
(ii) David Wilkins and the Notional syllabus.
Illuminative and Summative evaluations of Syllabus Design,
(iii) N. S. Probhu and the Procedural syllabus.
critically assess any one English syllabus you are familiar
with.

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Section C

Answer all questions : 28

Study the situation below carefully :
Thirty secondary school teachers are responsible for
developing Spoken English skills in their students. These
teachers need to refine their own Oral Skills in English
before they start instructing their students.
(i) If you were to design a 100-hour syllabus for this group
what would be the objective and the learning outcomes ?
4+4
(ii) How would you analyse their needs ? Give specific details.
5
(iii) Specify the content of the syllabus to be used in terms of

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grammatical and functional units. 5
(iv) Describe one session plan of at least 75 minutes. This plan
should reflect your syllabus. 10

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POST-GRADUATE COURSE Section B

Term End Examination December, 2008 2. Answer any three of the following questions : 123=36
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING (a) What is qualitative research ? In what ways does it differ
from quantitative research ? How can you decide which
PAPER VIII
type of research you need to undertake ? 2+8+2
Time 4 hours Full marks : 100 (b) How many types of research are there ? How do you
(Weightage of marks : 80%) decide which type is suitable for your purpose ? 6+6
Special credit will be given for accuracy and relevance in (c) How do structured interviews differ from structured
the answer. Marks will be deducted for incorrect spelling, ones ? How do you decide which type to use ? 8+4
untidy work and illegible handwriting. The weightage for (d) How can you formulate hypothesis for a research topic ?
each question has been indicated in the margin. What purpose do these serve ? 8+4
Section A (e) Which skills are required for carrying our research ? Name
two such skills and show how these contribute to the
1. Answer any two of the following questions : 182=36 research activity. 5+2+5
(a) What do you understand by the term Research ? What is
(f) How can statistics help in research ? Elaborate with suitable
the purpose of research ? Why and when do people
examples.
undertake research ? 2+8+8

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(b) How does one make a survey for a particular topic ? Name Section C
at least two tools on instruments which can be used for
making a survey ? Choose one of them and show what 3. Your topic for research is The teaching of composition in
principles you need to take into account in order to draw up English for classes VII and VIII of regional medium

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and administer it. 4+2+6+6 schools. 47=28
Set up a research proposal mentioning :
(c) For research in literature, what kind of data and tools do you
(i) The objective of the research.
need to use ? Name them and briefly describe each. 6+12
(ii) The hypothesis proposed (there can be more than one).
(d) Language related research is boring. Critically comment (iii) The tools of research you are going to use.
on this view on research in language. Provide suitable (iv) The kind of resources you will use.
arguments for your position. (v) The steps you will take to test the hypothesis.
Or, (vi) The kind of result / conclusion you expect and how you will
We do research because of the prestige it brings us. measure their validity.
Critically comment on this view of research and provide (vii) How you will utilize your findings in the classroom ?
arguments for your position.

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Or,
Your topic of research is The teaching of the skill of
speaking is most effective when there is interaction in
English in the classroom.
You wish to test the validity of this position.
Prepare a research proposal mentioning :
(i) The objective of the research.
(ii) The hypothesis proposed (there can be more than one).
(iii) The tools of research you are going to use.
(iv) The kind of resources you will use.
(v) The steps you will take to test the hypothesis.
(vi) The kind of result / conclusion you expect and how you will
test their validaty ?
(vii) How you propose to utilise your findings in the classroom ?

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