Pedagogy of School Subject: English I

Paper Code: 
EDU- 501F
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

To enable student teachers to:

  • understand the basic concepts, nature and principles of English Language Teaching
  • identify methods and approaches for teaching English in the Indian context
  • develop the ability to integrate the language skills- listening, speaking, reading & writing for communicative purposes

 

Unit I: 
FOUNDATION OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
  • 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
  1. Skill Based – LSRW (Listening, Speaking, Reading & Writing)
  2. Competency Based – linguistic competence & communicative competence

 

Unit II: 
METHODOLOGY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
  • Approaches to language learning & teaching: structural- situational approach, communicative approach, whole language approach, thematic approach etc.
  • Methods: Grammar Translation method, Direct method, Bilingual method, Audio-lingual method

 

Unit III: 
TEACHING OF LISTENING & SPEAKING SKILL
  • 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- monothongs, dipthongs, consonants, pause, juncture, stress and intonation, use of pronouncing dictionary, games, pictures, role-plays  and simulations.

 

Unit IV: 
TEACHING OF READING & WRITING SKILL
  • 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

 

Unit V: 
INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING
  • 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

 

Essential Readings: 

SESSIONAL (Any One)

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

 

References: 
  • Bhandari. C.S (1999) Teaching English, Orient Longman, New Delhi.
  • Bhanot (2013) English Language Teaching- Approaches & Techniques, Kanishka Publishers, New Delhi.
  • Billows. F.L. (1961) The Techniques of Language Teaching, Longmans, London.
  • Gupta P.K. Teaching of English, R.Lall Book Depot, Meerut.
  • Kohli. A.L. (1999), Techniques of Teaching English. Dhanpat Rai & Company, New Delhi.
  • Madan, Poonam. Teaching of English, R. Lall Book Depot, Meerut.
  • Rai. Geeta (2015), Teaching of English, R. Lall Book Depot, Meerut.
  • Rathore, Kusum Lata. Teaching of English, R. Lall Book Depot, Meerut.
  • Sahu. B.K. (2004). Teaching of English, Kalyani Publishers, Ludhiana.
  • Sharma. R.A. (2007). Teaching of English, R. Lall Book Depot, Meerut.
  • Sharma. R.A. Fundamentals of Teaching English, R. Lall Book Depot, Meerut.
  • Vyas, Patel.(2015), Teaching English as a Second Language: A new pedagogy for a new century, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
  • Wadhwa. S.S. (2006). Teaching of English in India, National Book Depot, Kapurthala.

 

Academic Year: 
2018-2019
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