148.Model Examination QP Curriculum and Resources

 

Second  Semester BEd Degree Model Examination, October 2022

EDU 09.2.: CURRICULUM AND RESOURCES IN DIGITAL ERA:ENGLISH EDUCATION         

  (2021 Admn onwards)

Time : 2 Hours                                                                         Max Marks: 50

Part-A

1.Answer all the questions by choosing  the correct answer from  among the given alternatives. 1 mark each.

1.Which of the following is not  true of Critical Pedagogy?

(a)  Views  teaching as a political act .                   

 (b) Language classroom in not free of ideology. 

(c) Asks  educators to  reject the idea of knowledge as being neutral or objective. 

(d)A term that considers the nature of human condition as a philosophical problem.

 

2.Which of the  following  is  false about curriculum and syllabus ?

(a) A curriculum covers a broader range of topics than a syllabus.

 (b)  Both curriculum and syllabus are required for completion of an educational programme  

 (c) Curriculum and Syllabus are documents widely used in the education process. 

 (d)There  is no  relationship whatsoever between curriculum and syllabus.

 

3.Which of the following  is  not true of children with special needs?

(a) Are born with a syndrome.

(b)Have profound cognitive  impairment.

(c) Have serious psychiatric  problems.

(d)Have an  IQ of  180.

 

4. Which  of the following is a characteristic of  Expository Writing?

(a)Clarity

(b)Appeals to reader’s senses

 c) Writer uses emotions like fear, pity, to change a reader's opinion.

 (d) A form of writing that tells a story.                                

 

5.Action Research ………………… 

(a).helps better understand certain phenomena in the world.

(b).takes place in a controlled laboratory setting.

(c)is typically used  in educational settings by teachers.

(d)usually seeks to determine cause and effect relationship between variables.

                                                                                                                   (5 x 1 = 5 Marks)

PART-B

II. Answer all the questions  in one word or a sentence. 1 mark each.

6.Explain ‘forward looking’ principle of  curriculum.

7.Mention any two  main components(structure) of  the English  language curriculum.

8. Mention any two informal ways of  learning English.

9.Mention any one language game and its  advantage.

10.Mention  two ways  in which  e-resources  can help in  teaching poems.

                                                                                                                  (5x1=5 Marks)

PART- C

III. Answer all  the questions in one or two sentences. Two marks each.

11.What is the main purpose of  Action Research?

12.What are the six features of argumentative writing?

13.How can films  help in language  learning?

14.What  does the term  ‘inclusive’ signify in ‘Inclusive Education?

15.How can  a knowledge of Linguistics  help the teacher of English?

                                                                                                             (5x2=10 Marks)

PART-D

1V. Answer  any four questions not  exceeding  a  page and a half.  5 marks  each.

16.Write  short notes on Social Constructivism and language learning.

17.Writes  short notes on  the use of Critical Pedagogy in  the language classroom.

18. Suggest ways of  improving  pronunciation and conversation online.

19.What are the  advantages and disadvantages of  virtual classrooms?

20.How  can a  teacher of English make the classroom inclusive?

21.Identify the main difference between  expository writing and descriptive writing.

                                                                                                       (4x5 =20 Marks)

PART-E

V. Answer  any one  question. The question carries   10 marks.

22. “A good  course book  will have input texts (reading and listening) ;Grammar tasks, graded  vocabulary and  discourses”- With reference to the statement, attempt a critique of the secondary SCERT English  Course book.

 

23.Resources  available in  Websites, Forums, Podcasts, videos on YouTube  can all be used for teaching  English. Suggest ways of using them in the English classroom.

                                                                                                          (1x 10= 10 Marks)