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Thursday, 23 January 2014

PLUS ONE ENGLISH CHAPTER WISE QUESTIONS

The End of Living and Beginning of Survival
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PLUS ONE ENGLISH CHAPTER WISE QUESTIONS

Karma
1. Compare the attitudes and appearances of Sir Mohanlal and Lachmi based on the hints given below:
                       
  Mohanlal                                   Lachmi

Handsome                                   short and fat
distinguished                                Dirty white sari
Saville Row suit                           sat on the grey steel trunk
Finished and refined at                 Can’t understand English
Oxford                                        … loudly after the food
Smoothed his Balliol tie                Smelling of sweat and rawOnions

2. Now write a paragraph

PLUS ONE ENGLISH CHAPTER WISE QUESTIONS

The Evolution of English
1. Write a brief paragraph about the Germanic language family.
2. English is a global language. As it is an international link language the importance is increasing day by day. Prepare a wall poster to

PLUS ONE ENGLISH CHAPTER WISE QUESTIONS

As I Grew Older
1. Read the following poem: ‘The Chimney Sweeper’ by William Blake

A little black thing among the snow
Crying ‘weep’! ‘Weep’! In notes of woe!
‘Where are thy father and mother, say?
They are both gone up to the church to pray
Because I was happy upon the heath,
And smiled among the winter’s snow
They cloth’d me in the clothes of death,
And taught me to sing the notes of woe,
And because I am happy and dance and sing,
They think they have done me no injury,
And are gone to praise God and his priest and king,
Who make up a heaven of our misery?
[Woe – sorrow, heath – earth (here)]

PLUS ONE ENGLISH CHAPTER WISE QUESTIONS

Albert Schweitzer

  1. Albert Schweitzer went to French Equatorial Africa, leaving his parents behind in France. With great difficulty, he established a hospital there. Treating the local people without knowing their language was the greatest problem. After finishing the first day’s tedious work, he wrote his diary. What would have he written?
  2. Imagine you are appointed as an assistant to Albert Schweitzer in the Lambarene Mission Station, Africa. Would you like

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Monday, 15 April 2013

HSA English Syllabus


The two hour examination carries 100 marks and will be of degree level. The topics included  in the syllabus are English Literature,  Literary Criticism, Teaching Aptitude, and Methodology.

English Literature
Literature from Chaucer to the Modern period - poetry, drama, and novel of various periods - important literary trends, movements, and literary figures.

Literary Criticism
Literary terms and devices - eminent critics - their contribution to criticism - concepts, theories - critical thinkers.

Sunday, 8 July 2012

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Sunday, 25 March 2012

How to Learn English Grammar Tenses Effectively by Steve MS

After learning a foreign language, you can speak, write and converse with others. But it is necessary to learn walking before learning to run. Learning English grammar tenses is essential to know English perfectly. You should know how the way of words work together, how the tenses are used, how to use adjectives, adverbs and prepositions. It is essential to understand and use the language properly.

If you work hard on these English tenses then surely you may gain success. When a person wants to learn a new language, the main part which comes in it is grammar. Grammar of each and every language is different. The grammar or tenses used in foreign English is far more different than Indian English. People created this language and brought it on the top. Grammar in this language came later.

English is an intermediate language used in every country. Everybody doesn't know each and every language. People of Russia cannot speak Chinese language as they don't know. But how can they communicate with Chinese people? There can be a mediator between them who may know Chinese as well as Russian language or the Russian can communicate in English language with the Chinese person. But while communicating orally, English grammar tenses are not given prior importance.

Knowing the meaning of a new word, function of tense or use of prepositions doesn't make a good learning until it can form a proper sentence or a paragraph. The sentence should make people feel enjoyable while reading so we should put some funny things in the sentences. The learners should take interest in learning the language; then only they can master the language. Some learners do lot of English grammar exercises to learn perfectly while others may not.

Grammar is simply a rule which people need to follow while learning any new language. When we play a game, it has some rules and we can't break them as we may break down. In the same way, English has some grammar rules which can't be ignored. But yes, rules of English language are tougher than rules of a game. It is just the same way how you learned your mother tongue. So it may not be more difficult for any person.

Observe the aspects of English grammar that are same to any other language. The grammar and tenses of other languages can be different and English grammar tenses can be dissimilar. When you learn to know the differences and similarities, you will learn the rules quickly. It is necessary to learn more number of English books.

When you read English books all the time, the grammar of yours gets improved. When you participate in any essay writing activity or when you tell a story to anybody, you tend to remember where to use English tenses properly. You should know the difference between past and present tense so that you can form sentences correctly.

Try out the grammar rules yourself to learn them if you don't like to be taught by somebody or practice English grammar exercises. You can write a few sentences to improve your grammar. Grammar consists of adverbs, nouns, adjectives, tenses etc so he or she needs a lot of time to concentrate on these rules to form a new sentence.

Tuesday, 6 March 2012

NET SYLLABUS ENGLISH

PAPER-II

1. Chaucer to Shakespeare

2. Jacobean to Restoration Periods

3. Augustan Age : 18th Century Literature

4. Romantic Period

5. Victorian Period

6. Modern Period

7. Contemporary Period

8. American and other non-British Literatures

9. Literary Theory and Criticism

10. Rhetoric and Prosody

(CORE GROUP)

1. British Literature from Chaucer to the present day

2. Criticism and Literary Theory.

Literary Comprehension (with internal choice of poetry stanza and prose passage; four comprehension questions will be asked carrying 4 marks each).

Up to the Renaissance

Jacobean to Restoration Periods

Augustan Age: 18th Century Literature

Romantic Period

Victorian and Pre-Raphaelites

Modern British Literature

Contemporary British Literature

Literary Theory and Criticism up to T. S. Eliot

Contemporary Theory


Sunday, 4 March 2012

SET GENERAL PAPER NOTES

Models of teaching
A pattern or plan which can be taken up with a view to shape a curriculum or course, select
appropriate instructional material and to guide the teachers action.
According to Bruce Joyce and Marsha Weil "teaching models are just instructional designs.
They describe the process of specifying and producing particular environmental situations
which cause the student to interact in such a way that specific change ocures in his behaviour"
Families of teaching models
1. Information processing family (intellectual capacity)
1. Concept attainment model- Jerome s Bruner
2. Inductive thinking model- Hilda Taba
3. Inquiry training model- J Richard Suchman
4. Advance organizer model- David Ausubel
5. Synectics model- Bill Gordon
6. Mnemonics model- Pressley, Lewin, Anderson
7. Cognitive development model- Jean Piaget, Kohlberg, Siegal
8. Scientific inquiry model- Joseph Schwab
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Thursday, 16 February 2012

What is eg and ie

The Latin abbreviations e.g. and i.e. are commonly used in English, and nearly as commonly mixed up. If this sounds like you, i.e., you are never sure whether to use e.g. or i.e., read through this lesson to learn the difference.

e.g.

stands for exempli gratia, which means “for example.” Use e.g. to introduce one or more possibilities among many.

i.e.

i.e. stands for id est which means “hat is.” Use i.e. when what you are introducing is equivalent to or an explanation of what comes before it in the sentence.

NB:-

e.g. and i.e. are both Latin abbreviations. Both introduce additional information, but e.g. offers an example while i.e. explains or rewords. If you can replace the abbreviation with "for example," use e.g. If you can replace it with "in other words" or "that is," use i.e.

Wednesday, 15 February 2012

unit test qn papers hse english


unit test

1. Write a short description on women's problems in the light of Susheela's Story.

2. Prepare two placards for the rally conducting against the negligence of authority towards women victims of Bhopal tragedy.

3. Compare and contrast between Computer and Man.

4. Substantiate 'A Fable for Tomorrow' is a reality of today.

5. Draft a letter to your friend about the town in A Fable for Tomorrow. Describe the changes in the environment.

6. Imagine that you are the convener of Action Council against BOT Road. You intended to conduct a speech programme under the council. The eminent environmentalist CR Neela Kandan is the chief guest. Prepare a welcome speech for the programme.