SPECIAL ENGLISH QUESTION PAPER
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B.Ed. DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2010 (For candidates admitted from the academic year 2009 2010) Optional Course : ENGLISH Time : 3 hours PART A PAPER I Maximum marks : 80 (10 ´ 2 = 20 marks)
Answer any TEN questions. Each answer should not exceed 50 words. Each answer carries 2 marks. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. What do you understand by the term 'pull of mother tongue'? Why is teaching English considered as a skill rather than a knowledge subject? What are the uses of power point presentation in language teaching? What is the difference between a method and a technique? What is the role of peer group in enhancing teaching skills? What is correlation? How can oral fluency be tested? Give an example of parallel sentence. What is dramatization? What is syntax? What is jigsaw listening? What is reading for perception?
PART B
(6 ´ 5 = 30 marks)
Answer any SIX questions. Each answer should not exceed 200 words. Each answer carries 5 marks. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. How can reading be tested? Discuss a few activities for developing listening skill. What are the characteristics of a good test? What are the criteria for selection of a reader? What is the scope of B.Ed. English course? What are the merits and demerits of direct method of teaching English? What is the role of teacher educator and guide teacher in enhancing teaching competency of student teachers? Write a short note on the strategies to develop reading skill. PART C (2 ´ 15 = 30 marks)
Answer BOTH the questions. Each answer should not exceed 600 words. Each answer carries 15 marks. 21. (a) Write an essay on writing skill. Or (b) What are the resources that can be used by a language teacher in a classroom to make learning more effective? 2
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22.
(a)
Explain in detail the procedure for the preparation of a good achievement test in English. Or
(b)
Write an essay on the objectives of teaching English as a second language.
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B.Ed. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2011 (For the candidates admitted from the academic year 2009–2010) Optional Course — ENGLISH – Paper – I Time : 3 hours Maximum marks : 80 PART A — (10 × 2 = 20 marks) Answer any TEN questions. Each answer should not exceed 50 words. Each answer carries 2 marks. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. What is cognitive domain? What is reliability in testing? What are the specific objectives for teaching a poem? What is summative evaluation? What is syntax? What is range? What is an extempore speech? What are the sub skills of listening? What is power point presentation? Why English is considered as a Skill subject?
11. 12.
Illustrate a communication game. What is language laboratory? PART B — (6 × 5 = 30 marks) Answer any SIX questions. Each answer should not exceed 200 words. Each answer carries 5 marks.
13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
What are the aims of teaching English as a second language? State the difference between micro and macro teaching. Differentiate translation method and bilingual method. What are the measures of variability? What are the barriers for effective communication? What are the different types of objectives tests? State the methods of teaching reading to beginners. What is the importance of blue print? PART C — (2 × 15 = 30 marks) Answer BOTH the questions. Each answer should not exceed 600 words. Each answer carries 15 marks.
21.
(a)
How does mother tongue interfere with the learning of English? Or
(b)
Discuss the merits and demerits of direct method.
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22.
(a)
What activities would you provide for your students to develop listening? Or
(b)
Discuss the characteristics of a good English test.
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B.Ed. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2010 (For candidates admitted during the Academic Year 2009-2010) Optional Course — ENGLISH PAPER – I Time : 3 hours Maximum marks : 80 PART A — (10 × 2 = 20 marks) Answer any TEN questions. Each answer should not exceed 50 words. Each answer carries 2 marks. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. What is the process involved in reading? What is eclectic approach to syllabus construction? Distinguish between proficiency test and diagnostic test. What are the sub-skills of listening? What is item analysis? What is micro-teaching? State the mechanical skills of writing? Define a demonstration class. What is programmed learning? What is Dr. West’s New method of teaching English?
11. 12.
What is a website? Write two test items for testing spelling. PART B — (6 × 5 = 30 marks) Answer any SIX questions. Each answer should not exceed 200 words. Each answer carries 5 marks.
13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Distinguish between measurement and evaluation. What are the barriers for effective communication? Distinguish between teaching of prose and poetry. Write a short note on measures of central tendency. Distinguish between Judgement skill and Discourse skill. Why is inductive approach to teaching grammar better than deductive approach to teaching grammar? What are the characteristics of good handwriting? What is the contribution of linguistic to the teaching of English? PART C — (2 × 15 = 30 marks) Answer BOTH the question. Each answer should not exceed 600 words. Each answer carries 15 marks.
21.
(a)
Explain Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational objectives with special reference to English. Or
(b)
Write an essay on the activities that can be conducted to improve oral fluency of the students at secondary level. 2
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22.
(a)
Write an essay on Micro-teaching. Or
(b)
Write an essay on any two approaches of teaching English.
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UEN 1
B.Ed. DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2010 (For candidates admitted from the academic year 2009 2010) Optional Course : ENGLISH Time : 3 hours PART A PAPER I Maximum marks : 80 (10 ´ 2 = 20 marks)
Answer any TEN questions. Each answer should not exceed 50 words. Each answer carries 2 marks. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. What do you understand by the term 'pull of mother tongue'? Why is teaching English considered as a skill rather than a knowledge subject? What are the uses of power point presentation in language teaching? What is the difference between a method and a technique? What is the role of peer group in enhancing teaching skills? What is correlation? How can oral fluency be tested? Give an example of parallel sentence. What is dramatization? What is syntax? What is jigsaw listening? What is reading for perception?
PART B
(6 ´ 5 = 30 marks)
Answer any SIX questions. Each answer should not exceed 200 words. Each answer carries 5 marks. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. How can reading be tested? Discuss a few activities for developing listening skill. What are the characteristics of a good test? What are the criteria for selection of a reader? What is the scope of B.Ed. English course? What are the merits and demerits of direct method of teaching English? What is the role of teacher educator and guide teacher in enhancing teaching competency of student teachers? Write a short note on the strategies to develop reading skill. PART C (2 ´ 15 = 30 marks)
Answer BOTH the questions. Each answer should not exceed 600 words. Each answer carries 15 marks. 21. (a) Write an essay on writing skill. Or (b) What are the resources that can be used by a language teacher in a classroom to make learning more effective? 2
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22.
(a)
Explain in detail the procedure for the preparation of a good achievement test in English. Or
(b)
Write an essay on the objectives of teaching English as a second language.
3
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B 1015
UEN 1
B.Ed. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2011 (For the candidates admitted from the academic year 2009–2010) Optional Course — ENGLISH – Paper – I Time : 3 hours Maximum marks : 80 PART A — (10 × 2 = 20 marks) Answer any TEN questions. Each answer should not exceed 50 words. Each answer carries 2 marks. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. What is cognitive domain? What is reliability in testing? What are the specific objectives for teaching a poem? What is summative evaluation? What is syntax? What is range? What is an extempore speech? What are the sub skills of listening? What is power point presentation? Why English is considered as a Skill subject?
11. 12.
Illustrate a communication game. What is language laboratory? PART B — (6 × 5 = 30 marks) Answer any SIX questions. Each answer should not exceed 200 words. Each answer carries 5 marks.
13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
What are the aims of teaching English as a second language? State the difference between micro and macro teaching. Differentiate translation method and bilingual method. What are the measures of variability? What are the barriers for effective communication? What are the different types of objectives tests? State the methods of teaching reading to beginners. What is the importance of blue print? PART C — (2 × 15 = 30 marks) Answer BOTH the questions. Each answer should not exceed 600 words. Each answer carries 15 marks.
21.
(a)
How does mother tongue interfere with the learning of English? Or
(b)
Discuss the merits and demerits of direct method.
2
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22.
(a)
What activities would you provide for your students to develop listening? Or
(b)
Discuss the characteristics of a good English test.
–––––––––––––
3
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B 1015
UEN 1
B.Ed. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2010 (For candidates admitted during the Academic Year 2009-2010) Optional Course — ENGLISH PAPER – I Time : 3 hours Maximum marks : 80 PART A — (10 × 2 = 20 marks) Answer any TEN questions. Each answer should not exceed 50 words. Each answer carries 2 marks. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. What is the process involved in reading? What is eclectic approach to syllabus construction? Distinguish between proficiency test and diagnostic test. What are the sub-skills of listening? What is item analysis? What is micro-teaching? State the mechanical skills of writing? Define a demonstration class. What is programmed learning? What is Dr. West’s New method of teaching English?
11. 12.
What is a website? Write two test items for testing spelling. PART B — (6 × 5 = 30 marks) Answer any SIX questions. Each answer should not exceed 200 words. Each answer carries 5 marks.
13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Distinguish between measurement and evaluation. What are the barriers for effective communication? Distinguish between teaching of prose and poetry. Write a short note on measures of central tendency. Distinguish between Judgement skill and Discourse skill. Why is inductive approach to teaching grammar better than deductive approach to teaching grammar? What are the characteristics of good handwriting? What is the contribution of linguistic to the teaching of English? PART C — (2 × 15 = 30 marks) Answer BOTH the question. Each answer should not exceed 600 words. Each answer carries 15 marks.
21.
(a)
Explain Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational objectives with special reference to English. Or
(b)
Write an essay on the activities that can be conducted to improve oral fluency of the students at secondary level. 2
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22.
(a)
Write an essay on Micro-teaching. Or
(b)
Write an essay on any two approaches of teaching English.
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