T-TET PAPER-II PART-II; LANGUAGE-I, ENGLISH-(30 MCQs)
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A. LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION: (i) Two passages, one from prose/drama and the other from poetry with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar and test of vocabulary. (Prose passage may be literary, scientific, narrative or discursive). (ii) Test of grammatical knowledge on the following items:  Concord  Question tags  Prepositions  Tense and time  Determiners  Phrasal verbs  Gerunds  Error identification  Modals  Degree of comparison  Transformation of sentences


B. PEDAGOGY FOR LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT:  Language acquisition and learning.  Principles of language teaching.  Language skills - strategies to develop them.  Critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas in oral and written form.  Challenges of teaching language in diverse classrooms - language difficulties, errors and disorders.  Introduction to English Phonology-vowels and consonant classification as per IPA, syllable division.  Teaching-learning materials: textbooks, multimedia materials, ICT, multilingual resources of the classroom.  Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency in LSRW (listening, speaking, reading and writing)  Strategies for teaching children with special needs (CWSN).  Remedial teaching.