Course V — Pedagogy of English

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Unit-1 to Unit-5
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  • 1.1 Meaning, nature and scope of ELT
  • 1.2 Status of English Language in the global and Indian contexts
  • 1.3 Aims and Objectives of Teaching English in India
  • 1.4 Language and Education Policy in India
  • 1.5 Teaching English in Bilingual/Multi-lingual contexts
Key focus: rationale for ELT, policy context, classroom realities in multilingual settings.
  • 2.1 Method, Approach and Technique
  • 2.2 Grammar Translation Method, Direct Method, Bilingual Method and Dr. West’s Method
  • 2.3 Oral, Situational and Structural Approaches
  • 2.4 Communicative Language Teaching
  • 2.5 Micro skills in ELT
Key focus: historical and contemporary methods; selection of approach according to learners' needs.
  • 3.1 Types and Sub-skills of Listening
  • 3.2 Techniques of and materials for teaching Listening
  • 3.3 Sub-skills of Speaking
  • 3.4 Techniques of and materials for teaching Speaking
  • 3.5 Activities to develop Listening and Speaking skills
Key focus: practical classroom techniques and materials to develop oral/aural competence.
  • 4.1 Types and Sub-skills of Reading; Methods of Teaching Reading
  • 4.2 Reading and Reflecting on text
  • 4.3 Mechanics of Writing
  • 4.4 Sub-skills and techniques of Writing
  • 4.5 Activities to develop Reading and Writing skills
Key focus: comprehension strategies, composition process, and classroom writing tasks.
  • 5.1 Teaching of Prose
  • 5.2 Teaching of Poetry
  • 5.3 Use of Multi-media in ELT
  • 5.4 Online resources for ELT
  • 5.5 ELT and Social Networking
Key focus: integrated skills, technology-enhanced language learning, and digital resources.

Activities

  1. Prepare a report on language policies given in the reports of Kothari Commission, NPE 1986, and POA 1992.
  2. Use any detailed report on methods and explain why you would use specific methods, approaches and techniques in teaching English.
  3. Select English textbooks (5 for listening and 5 for speaking) from classes V to X and suggest activities using sub-skills and micro-skills.
  4. Critically analyze activities present in textbooks of classes V to X and report the order of any one unit in the textbook; check their relevance to cognitive, affective learning domains.
Prepared for: Pedagogy of English (Course V)
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