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c) Oral Communication is a two-way
Term End Examination December 2015/June 2016
process. How does this view affect
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
classroom practice ?
Paper - IV : Language Teaching and Testing
Techniques & Resources d) What are the different types of Tests that

Time : 4 Hours Full Marks : 100 can be used to measure language

( Weightage of Marks : 80% ) proficiency ?

Special credit will be given for accuracy and relevance SECTION - B

in the answer. Marks will be deducted for incorrect
spelling, untidy work and illegible handwriting.
The weightage for each question has been
indicated in the margin.
SECTION - A
1. Answer any two from the following questions :
18 2 = 36
a) In a writing class, the skill should be
treated as a Process Oriented Activity.
What are the pedagogical implications of
this statement ?
b) What are the basic types of processing that
take place in a listening context ? What are
the various teaching methods that could be
2. Answer any three from the following questions :
12 3 = 36
a) There are basically two ways to give a
formal grade to a piece of writing. Discuss
in detail these two ways or approaches.
b) Write a note on thinking as a skill. How
can this be developed by a teacher in the
classroom ?
c) What do you understand by Schema ?
Discuss the impact of Schema theory on
reading.
d) What are the different stages of Speaking
Lesson Plan ? With reference to each stage
discuss the following in general :
i) Teachers activity in each stage
ii) The aims and objectives of each stage

used for developing listening skill ? 6 + 12 iii) Learners activity in each stage

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e) Explain what Canale and Swain ( 1980 ) can help them. These trends will, probably,
meant by Communicative Competence. continue in the future, too.
f) Write short notes on any two of the The possible development of computers in the
following : 6+6 future might be on these lines. The time may
i) Scaffolding come when owning a computer will be as
ii) Simulation common as owning a wrist watch. In future
iii) Communicative Grammar Testing houses may be erected with built in computers

iv) Parameters of a Speaking Test controlling everything from paying bills to

opening doors and regulating the entry of people.
SECTION - C Computers functioning on the basis of sensors of

3. You want to develop reading skills with the help different kinds and executing a wide variety of

of the text below : tasks will be a common feature of the times to

come. For example, they may control all lights in
Computers of the future
the house by switching them on and off as people
Over the last forty years computers have
enter or get out of the rooms. They may control
developed dramatically. They have become
heating, air-conditioning, opening windows, etc.
smaller and cheaper, and more and more
with the help of electronic signals. Automatic
powerful. The first computers could do relatively
plant watering systems based on humidity
few calculations a second, whereas the present
sensors and machines taking messages and
mainframe can carry out millions of instructions
replying in human voices using speech
each second. In the past only highly trained
synthesisers are among the amazing possibilities
computer experts were able to use computers.
in the future.
But, as they became cheaper and smaller and
But the main thrust of the development of
easier to operate, many people such as doctors,
computers in the future is likely to be in the form
teachers, librarians, architects, artists and even
of efforts to make them reflect the human
persons at home are now finding that a computer

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capacity to reason. Research is on to find ways of
investing computers with artificial intelligence.
Computers in future would behave intelligently,
react to situations and take decisions. They may
solve problems the way human experts do,
resorting to commonsense thinking.
systems will have a subtle command of natural
language in different subjects and
reliable machine translation between various
natural languages. That the new research might
make it possible for us to have a chat with the
expert system is a hope for the future.
The prospect for this future, however, may still
be bleak for a long time to come in the under-
developed and developing countries of the world.
Apart from the fact that not all can afford these
intelligent machines of the future, the big
question that arises is this : Do we really want
such machines ? Even with the
machines there is a lot of concern about the
amount of personal information about people
held in data banks. Such information in wrong
hands could easily be used to discriminate
against people. There is also the possibility of
interception of computer messages
alternation of the information passed. The fears
of unemployment resulting from the use of
computers may prove, in the long run, to be
unwarranted. Not only will the computers still
need skilled workers to programme and control
Future
them, but many jobs will be available in the
fields of education, welfare and health care,
provide
entertainment, sport and craft. But what must
be worrying the minds of people is the possible
dehumanising influence of computer technology.
There will always be the nagging threat of
artificial intelligence denying us our individuality
and freedom. Machines may become super-
intelligent, overtake human beings and rule the
earth.
Answer the questions given below in relation to
this text ( any four ) : 7 4 = 28
a) At which level would you use this text for
existing
developing reading skills ? Why ?
b) Which areas of syntax and items of
vocabulary would be highlighted in your
plan ? Why ?
c) How would you integrate oral skills as part
of the plan ?
and

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d) At which stage of your Lesson Plan would

you integrate writing skill ? Why ?
e) List some of the problems you are likely to
face while executing the plan. How would
you cater to them ?

f) Frame tasks that you might use for

The pre-reading stage ( 1 task )
The while-reading stage ( 2 tasks )
g) Which sub-skills of reading could be
developed through this text ? How ?

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