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POST-GRADUATE COURSE c) What are the main features that distinguish

Term End Examination Dec., 2012/June, 2013 the primary epic from the secondary epic ?

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING d) With reference to the following extract from

Paper-VI : Trends in Critical Theory-II, Literary
Materials Exploitation and Application
Time : Four Hours Full Marks : 100
( Weightage of Marks : 80% )
Special credit will be given for accuracy and relevance in the
answer. Marks will be deducted for incorrect spelling, untidy
work and illegible handwriting. The weightage for each
question has been indicated in the margin.
the poem by Roald Dahl in the H.S.
selection discuss how it could be used for
developing interest in the emphasis and
relevance of the subject and point out how
you would draw students' attention to the
images in it.
'The most important thing we've learned,
So far as children are concerned,
Is never, NEVER, NEVER let

SECTION A Them near your television set

1. Answer any two of the following questions : Or better still, just don't install
18 2 = 36 The idiotic thing at all,
a) What are the constituent elements of
In almost every house we've been,
Tragedy ? How will you introduce the
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features of tragedy in your class ? We've watched them gaping at the screen.
OR 2 3 4
They loll and slop and lounge about,
What is Aristotle's conception of a tragic 5
And stare until their
! eyes pop out .
hero ? Discuss with reference to one text,
the features of a tragic hero and state the !(Last week!in someone's!place we saw
strategies that you will adopt in presenting 6
A dozen eyeballs on the floor
! .)
it in your classroom teaching.
They sit and stare and stare and sit
b) What are the different types of essays ?
How will you teach essays in your class ? Until they're hypnotized by it,
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SECTION B
d) Frame five questions to test your students'
2. Answer any three of the following questions :
comprehension of the poem below :
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Wander-Thirst
a) Discuss the problems you would face if you
had to teach 'humour' in a Higher Gerald Gould
Secondary classroom in West Bengal. Refer
BEYOND the East the sunrise, beyond the
to any humorous piece you are familiar
with. West the sea,

b) Explain the salient features of a biography And East and West the wander-thirst that
referring to at least two influential
will not let me be;
expressions in the form.

It works in me like madness, dear, to bid

c) Prepare a lesson plan for teaching the poem
'The Solitary Reaper' by William me say good-bye;
Wordsworth in a Higher Secondary class.
For the seas call and the stars call, and oh!
OR
the call of the sky.
You have just completed teaching a literary
piece. You may choose the text and the I know not where the white road runs, nor

level. Give a detailed plan of an ideal

what the blue hills are,
answer that you would encourage your
students to compose keeping in mind such But a man can have the sun for friend, and

basic factors as engagement with the

for his guide a star;
question and judicious time management.

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And there's no end of voyaging when once
the voice is heard, 3.
For the rivers call and the roads call, and
oh ! the call of a bird !
Younder the long horizon lies, and there by
night and day,
The old ships draw to home again, the
young ships sail away;
And come I may, but go I must, and if men
ask you why,
You may put the blame on the stars and
the sun and the white road and the sky.
e) What are the features of an one-act play ?
Discuss with reference to an one-act play
that is taught in a Higher Secondary
classroom.
f) What strategies and techniques would you
use to help your learners read, interpret
and understand the features of a short
story ? Use any one of your choice.
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SECTION C
Answer any four of the following questions :
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a) Compile a set of guidelines that you would
give your students to help them attempt a
critical appreciation of a brief lyric poem.
b) Design a plan whereby students may obtain
a step by step approach to substance-
writing. You may select any literary piece
you are familiar with.
c) What problems would a teacher face if
he/she had to teach a piece of American
literature in the English classroom of West
Bengal ?
d) Give the difference between a biography
and an auto-biography.
e) How would you define an 'essay' as a
literary form in your classroom teaching ?
f) Mention three teaching strategies a teacher
may use to generate ideas while teaching
novel.
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g) Frame four short questions on 'The Negro

Speaks on Rivers.'
I've known rivers:
I've known rivers ancient as the world and
older than the
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flow of human blood in human veins.
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My soul has grown deep like the rivers .
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I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns
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were young.
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I built my hut near the Congo and it
! lulled me to sleep.
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I looked upon the Nile and raised the
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pyramids above it.
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I heard the singing of the Mississippi
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! when Abe Lincoln
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went down to New Orleans , and I've
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seen its muddy
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bosom turn all golden in the sunset.
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I've known rivers :
! Ancient, dusky rivers.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
h) What are Teaching materials ? How can
they be used in a poetry class ?

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