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CERTIFICATE IN TEACHING OF ENGLISH
Term-End Examination

CTE5 Teaching English - Secondary School

Time: 2 hours
Maximum Marks: 100 (Weightage: 70%)

1. Write short notes on any four of the following : (4x5=20)
(a) Difference between speaking and writing
(b) Note taking and note making
(c) Two important reasons for learning English for the underprivileged learners in India
(d) Characteristics of a good language learner
(e) Two reading techniques
(f) Role of a teacher in the three rnain stages of language learning

2. Study the following poem and decide which class (level of learners) would you teach it to. Justify your choice of level of learners by specifying aspects of language used in the poem.

Also prepare two exercise types/tasks,/activitiesth at you plan to use to teach the poem. (10+10=20)

BARTER

Life has loveliness to sell,
All beautiful and splendid things,
Blue waves whitened on a cliff,
Soaring fire that sways and sings,
And children's faces looking up
Holding wonder like a cup.
Life has bveliness to sell,
Music like a curve of gold,
Scent of pine trees in the rain,
Eyes that love gou, arms that hold,
And for your spirit's still delight
Holy thoughts that star the night.
Spend all you have for loveliness,
Buy it and never count the cost,
For one white singing hour of peace
Count many a year of strife well lost,
And for a breath of ecstasy
Give all you have been, or could be.

3. (a) Describe the major types of Grammar Games. (10+10=20)

(b) Devise a competitive game for secondary students to teach Active/Passive voice and Reported Speech.

4. Discuss some of the important strategies a leamer must adopt for developing learner autonomy. How does a teacher help the learner to be autonomous? (10+10=20)

5. What do you understand by the Process Approach to writing? How would you teach paragraph writing using this approach? (10+10=20)