Pedagogy of English Language

Syllabus

PEDAGOGY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE

(Question Paper - 9)

Maximum Marks: 100                                                                                             External: 70

Internal: 30

Unit 1- Teaching of English at the Elementary Level

• Issues of learning English in a multilingual’ multicultural society.
• Issues of teaching English as second language at (a) Early primary- class I and II, (b) Primary- class III, IV and V.
• Learner socio-Cultural background and need learning English.

Unit 2- Understanding of Textbooks and Approaches to the Teaching of English

• The cognitive and constructive approach-nature and role of learner, catering to different types of learners, age, of learning, learning style, teaching large classes, socio-cultural pace factors, and socio-psychological factors.
• Behaviouristic approach- direct method, grammar-translation method, structural, approval, communicative approach, state-specific methods- Activity Based Learning (ABL) and Active learning Methodology (ALM).

The internal assessment will be done on the following two sub-sections.

Unit 3- Classroom Transaction Process

• Stating learning outcomes and achieving them.
• Pair work, group work.
• Use of storytelling, role play, drama, songs as pedagogical tools.
• Pre-reading, reading and Post-reading, objectives and processes.
• Questioning to promote thinking.
• Dealing with textual exercises.

The internal assessment will be done on the following section

Unit 4- Curriculum, Textbook, and Material Development

• Preparing material for young learners.
• Using local resources.
• Using open resource (OER’s) text, video, audio
• Analyzing and receiving teaching-learning materials and OER’s.
• Academic standards, learning indicators, and learning outcomes.
• Need and process of curriculum revision
• Text analysis of school textbooks for English

Unit 5- Planning & Assessment

• Planning for teaching
• Year plan, unit plan, and period plan.
• Teachers’ reflection on their own teaching-learning practices
• Continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE)
• Monitoring of learning and giving feedback