Syllabus

Course Code: BSE-202 & 203 - Group-C    Course Name: II. Pedagogy of teaching English to students with visual impairment

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 Nature of English Language & Literature
1.1 Principles of Language Teaching
1.2 Language Proficiency: Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) and Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP)
1.3 English Language in the school context: An Evolutionary Perspective
1.4 Current Trends in Modern English Literature in Indian context
1.5 Teaching as second language in Indian context.
2 Instructional Planning
2.1 Aims and objectives of Teaching English at different stages of schooling, Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives and Writing Objectives in Behavioural Terms
2.2 Instructional Planning: Need and Importance
2.3 Micro Teaching Skills (Skill of Intoducing lesson, Skill of Illustration with Examples, Skill of Explanation, skill of Probing Questions, Skill of Stimulus Vaiation, Skill of reinforcement)
2.4 Pedagogical Analysis: Meaning and Need. Procedure for Conducting Pedagogical Analysis
2.3 Unit and lesson plan: Need and Importance, Procedure of Unit and Lesson Planning
2.5 Planning and adapting units and lessons for children with disabilities
3 Approaches and Methods of Teaching English
3.1 Difference between an approach and a method
3.2 Task based approach, co-operative learning, language across curriculum, communicative language teaching, Bilingual, Eclectic and Constructive approach
3.3 Method Teaching of Prose, Poetry, Drama, Grammar and Vocabulary- i) Translation method. ii) Structural – Situational method. iii) Direct method
3.4 Development of four basic language skills: Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing
3.5 Accommodation in approaches and techniques in teaching children with disabilities
4 Instructional Materials
4.1 Importance of instructional material and their effective use
4.2 The use of the instructional aids for effective teaching of English: Smart boards, Chalk Board, Flannel Board, Pictures/ Picture-cut-outs, Charts, Tape-records, Radio, Television, Films & Filmstrips, Overhead Projector, Language Laboratory, Language games, reading cards, Worksheets, Handouts, and Power Point Presentation
4.3 Construction of a teacher made test for English proficiency
4.4 Teaching portfolio
4.5 Adaptations of teaching material for children with disabilities
5 Evaluation
5.1 Evaluation - Concept and Need
5.2 Testing Language skills and Language elements (Vocabulary, Grammar and Phonology)
5.3 Adaptation of Evaluation Tools for Children with Disabilities
5.4 Individualized assessment for Children with Disabilities
5.5 Error analysis, Diagnostic tests and Enrichment measures
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