Pedagogy of School Subject: English-I

• Concept & nature of language
• Language acquisition versus language learning
• Forms of English: Formal, Informal, Spoken & Written
• Principles of second language teaching
• Objectives of teaching English language
• Skill Based – LSRW (Listening, Speaking, Reading & Writing)
• Competency Based – linguistic competence & communicative competence

• Approaches to language learning & teaching: structural- situational approach, communicative approach, whole language approach, eclectic approach etc.
• Methods: Grammar Translation method, Direct method, Bilingual method, Audio-lingual method

• Listening Skill: concept & sub-skills, listening for gist, listening for specific information, listening in detail
• Speaking Skill: concept & sub-skills, pronunciation, accent, appropriate vocabulary
• Techniques of teaching listening & speaking: phonetic elements of speech-monophthongs, diphthongs, consonants, pause, juncture, stress and intonation, use of pronouncing dictionary, games, pictures, role-plays and simulations.

• Reading Skill: concept, mechanics of reading- eye-span, pause, fixation, regression and speed, sub-skills: skimming and scanning, previewing and predicting, paraphrasing, types of reading: intensive and extensive, silent & loud, global and local comprehension.
• Writing Skill: product & process approach to writing, phases of writing process: planning, translating, reviewing and monitoring, note taking, note-making and summarizing

• Teaching Skills- Meaning & Importance
• Various Teaching Skills - Introduction, Blackboard, Stimulus- Variation, Explanation, Reinforcement
• Macro lesson- Teaching of Prose: content analysis, aims & objectives of teaching prose, components of prose lesson and steps of teaching prose

Sessional Work (Any One):

1. Critical analysis of the different methods of English language teaching
2. Prepare activities for listening, speaking, reading and writing (Five each)