English Pedagogy TET Exam

ENGLISH PEDAGOGY TET EXAM QUESTIONS SET|PRACTICE SET ON ENGLISH PEDAGOGY TET EXAM |IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ON ENGLISH PEDAGOGY TET EXAM.

1. A good teacher (of grammar) presents grammatical items
(i) directly or overtly
(ii) covertly or indirectly
(a) only (i) 1s true
(b) only (ii) is true
(c) both (i) and (ii) are true
(d) none of them is true.

2. Rinika presents grammar items through pictures and real objects. Here she is presenting grammar-
(a) directly
(b) indirectly
(c) comparatively
(d) contextually

3. Sharmistha has problems with grammar. How will her teacher help her?
(a) by explaining the grammatical rules.
(b) asking her to write ten times.
(c) by providing opportunities to practise the new grammar.
(d) none of the above.

4. A young child is very afraid of grammar. How can a teacher help him?
(a) by listing the rules
(b) by explaining the rules
(c) by rewriting the rule
(d) by giving a wide variety of activities in
which he can practise using the grammatical structures.

5. A teacher can expect his students to learn grammar well if he—
(a) presents grammatical items directly.
(b) explains the rules of grammar.
(C) presents grammar in a context so that the meaning is clear and students know when to use the structure.
(d) corrects the mistakes.

6. Reshma, an experienced teacher of English, wants the ‘Functional language’ to young children. Which of the following will be suitable for her purpose?
(a) teaching types of sentences like: Assertive, Negative, Interrogative etc.
(b) using controlled speaking practice.
(c) using mechanical drill
(d) none of the above.

7. Rimi makes use of meaningful or communicative drills in her class. She does so to teach—
(a) structural language
(b) functional language
(c) formal language
(d) informal language

8. A meaningful / communicative drill is one when—
(a) students repeat the language item they have just learnt.
(b) students can add their own ideas with the already learnt structure.
(c) students memorize a particular structure.
(d) none of the above.

9. Teaching new vocabulary means—
(a) teaching its meaning and pronunciation.
(b) teaching its derivative forms.
(c) teaching its opposites.
(d) all the above.

10. Monu finds that young learners face problems with vocabulary.How can Monu help them?
(a) by explaining the meanings of the words in context.
(b) by asking them to frame new sentences with the words.
(c) by giving lots of varied practices of new vocabulary.
(d) none of the above.

11. Which one should a teacher follow
while teaching vocabulary?
(a) teacher should give varied practice of new vocabulary.
(b) teacher should provide precise meaning of new words in specific contexts.
(c) teacher should present new vocabulary through pictures,mime real objects as well as from a situation in context.
(d) all of the above.

12. A teacher can use the concept of ‘head word’ to teach –
(a) grammar
(b) vocabulary
(c) functional language
(d) writing skill.

13. A teacher uses the concept of “root word’ and ‘derivatives’ to teach –
(a) vocabulary.
(b) grammar 9vtirumas
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(c) functional language st tsos
(d) poetry

14. The words which a child can recognize at sight in a reading passage and which he/she does not need to decode using phonic or other reading skills, are called—
(a) active vocabulary
(b) sight vocabulary.
(c) passive vocabulary
(d) core vocabulary

15. ‘Alphabetic method’ is used for the very young learners to teach
(a) Reading.
(b) writing
(d) speaking
(c) listening.

English Pedagogy TET Exam

16. While teaching children, phonics or phonetic method is generally used to develop-
(a) reading skill in mother tongue.
(b) reading skill in a second language.
(c) writing skill in mother language.
(d) writing skill in a second language.

17. Enquiry based teaching –
(a) encourages quiet learners.
(b) encourages creative activities.
(c) makes learners disinterested in class.
(d) does not encourage creative activity.

18. Heuristic method refers to teaching procedure which –
(a) encourages learners to learn through experience or by their personal discoveries.
(b) encourages learners to ask questions to the teacher.
(c) encourage learners to participate in project work.
(d) does not encourage learners to discover rules for learning.

19. Johora is teaching degrees of comparison. She calls three girls
of different heights and shows that Lila is tall, Neela is taller than Lila but Shila is the tallest of them. From this example it can be said that—
(a) Johora did not prepare a chart or teaching aid which she should do.
(b) Johora has used students as resources.
(c) Johora came to the class without any preparation.
(d) none of the above

20. The utility of flashcard is—
(a) teacher can do some draWing in advance.
(b) teacher can write something which is large enough for all students to read.
(c) It can be re-used in a single or a series of lessons.
(d) All of the above.

21. Shrishti teaches the shape and colour of orange to very young children. She should-
(a) draw a picture of orange on board.
(b) show a chart having pictures of orange and other fruits.
(c) hold a real orange in hand and show it to the whole class.
(d) all of the above.

22. Teachers use resources to-
(i) improve motivation of students
(ii) improve student participation in classroom activity.
Which statement is true?
(a) only (i)
(b) only (ii)
(c) Both (i) & (ii)
(d) neither (i) nor (ii)

23. What is the most common and cost-effective ‘classroom resource’ in our country?
(a) model
(b) computer
(c) blackboard
(d) tape recorder

24. A teacher should use blackboard to-
(a) record spelling.
(b) present word order & sentence structure.
(c) explain grammatical items.
(d) All of the above.

25. A blackboard can be used to provide –
(a) stimulus variation.
(b) pictures and spellings
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(c) visual context of language structure.
(d) all the above.

26. Pair and group work is important because it—
(a) gives students lots of practice in using a language.
(b) allows the quieter students to speak to the partner,instead of speaking in front of the whole class.
(C) teaches students to help each other with their learning.
(d) All the above.

27. One of the main challenges of a large class for teaching a language is-
(a) multicultural background of pupils.
(b) multilingual background of pupils.
(c) a wide range of mixed abilities of students.
(d) differentiation of pupils.

28. In the context of ELT, mixed ability classroom means—
(a) different language levels and different learning skills.
(b) different learning speed and different levels of confidence
(c) different interests
(d) all the above

29. In a class, a teacher asks a series of simple questions that lead the students towards finding the answer for themselves. This technique is called-
(a) elicitation
(b) questioning
(c) comprehension check questioning
(d) foregrOunding

30. A teacher wants to test the comprehension and imagination of his students by welcoming different responses from them.In this situation he should ask –
(a) closed question
(b) open question
(c) low order question
(d) objective question.

English Pedagogy TET Exam

ANSWER

1. (b) only (ii) is true
2. (b) indirectly
3. (c) by providing opportunities to practise the new grammar.
4. (d) by giving a wide variety of activities in which he can practise using the grammatical structures.
5. (C) presents grammar in a context so that the meaning is clear and students know when to use the structure.
6. (b) using controlled speaking practice.
7. (b) functional language
8. (b) students can add their own ideas with the already learnt structure.
9. (d) all the above.
10. (c) by giving lots of varied practices of new vocabulary.
11. (d) all of the above.
12. (d) writing skill.
13. (a) vocabulary.
14. (b) sight vocabulary
15. (a) reading
16. (a) reading skill in mother tongue
17. (a) encourages quiet learners.
18. (a) encourages learners to learn through experience or by their personal discoveries.
19. (b) Johora has used students as resources.
20. (d) All of the above.
21. (c) hold a real orange in hand and show it to the whole class.
22.(c) Both (i) & (ii)
23. (c) blackboard
24. (d) All of the above.
25. (d) all the above.
26. (d) All the above.
27. (c) a wide range of mixed abilities of students.
28. (d) all the above.
29. (a) elicitation.
30. (b) open question.

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