B.Ed. (Learning Disability) (LD) Pedagogy of Teaching English Syllabus - Mumbai University

Introduction

• This course will enable the student-teachers to gain a strong knowledge base in nature of English language & literature, instructional planning and evaluation. It will help in applying theory to practice to design your own materials and plan lessons in preparation for teaching real classes. The course offers you the opportunity to explore in-depth aspects of English and to find out about the approaches and current practices of language teaching in relation to Indian and international contexts. The course also equips you with analytical and investigative skills and provides a foundation in issues related to English language teaching,second language pedagogy and language acquisition.

Objectives

After completing the course the learners will be able to:

• Explain the principles of language teaching, and evolution and trends in English literature.
• Prepare an instructional plan in English
• Adapt various approaches and methods to teach English language.
• Use various techniques to evaluate the achievement of the learner in English.

Module 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 English as second language and challenges faced by Indian teachers

Module 2: Instructional Planning

• 2.1 Aims and objectives of Teaching English at different stages of schooling
• 2.2 Instructional Planning: Need and Importance
• 2.3 Unit and lesson plan: Need and Importance
• 2.4 Procedure of Unit and Lesson Planning
• 2.5 Planning and adapting units and lessons for children with disabilities

Module 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 Constructiveapproach
• 3.3 Methods Teaching English (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

Module 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, Language games, reading cards, Worksheets, Handouts, and Audio Visual Aids (Tape-recorders, Radio, Television, Films and Filmstrips, Overhead Projector, Language Laboratory, and Powerpoint etc)
• 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

Module 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.

Transaction

• This course should be taught through a series of workshops, seminars and presentations. Lectures, demonstrations and discussions for theory based topics. Students should be encouraged to use instructional material in their practice of teaching lessons. Adaptations in pedagogy, material and evaluation should be taught through workshops and specific case studies

Hands on Experience for notional hours: (ANY TWO) 30 Hrs 10 Marks

• 1 Design teaching programme based on error analysis and submit.
• 2 Develop a strategy to rectify any common error in the use of English.
• 3 Develop a language game to teach any language element.
• 4 Prepare worksheets to enrich vocabulary among secondary students with disabilities and submit.
• 5 Critically analyze any one poem or essay of a well known poet or writer and submit the report.

Essential Readings

• Allen, H., & Cambell, R. (1972). Teaching English as second Language, McGraw Hill, New York.
• Bharthi, T., & Hariprasad, M. (2004). Communicative English, Neelkamal Publications, Hyderabad.
• Bhatia, K.K. (2006). Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language. Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi.
• Grellet, F.(1980). Developing Reading Skills, Cambridge University Press, New York.
• IGNOU CTE – 02 Certificate in Teaching of English (1989). The Structure of English, IGNOU, New Delhi.
• IGNOU EEG – 02 Elective Course in English (1989). The Structure of Modern English Blocks (1 to 7), IGNOU, New Delhi.

Suggested Readings

• Agnihotri, R.K. and Khanna A.L. (Ed.) 1996, English Grammar in context, Ratnasagar, Delhi.
• Bhatia, K.K. (2006). Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language. New Delhi: Kalyani Publishers.
• Bhatia, K.K. and Kaur, Navneet (2011). Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language. Ludhiana :Kalyani Publishers.
• Bindra, R. (2005). Teaching of English. Jammu: Radha Krishan Anand and Co.
• Brumfit, C.J and Johnson (Ed.) 1979, The communicative Approach to Language Teaching, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
• Donn Bryne (1988), Teaching Writing Skills, Longman, England.
• Francoise Grellet (1980), Developing Reading Skills, Cambridge University Press.
• Hari Prasad, M. & Prakashan, V. (2004), Communicative English, Neelkamal Publications, Hyderabad.
• IGNOU EEG – 02 Elective Course in English (1989), The structure of modern English Blocks (1 to 7), IGNOU, New Delhi.
• Krashen, D. (1992), Principles and Practice in second Language Acquisition, Pergamum Press Oxford.
• Krishna Swamy (2003), Teaching English: Approaches, Methods and Techniques, Macmillan Publication New Delhi
• Sachdeva, M. S. (2007). Teaching of English. Patiala: Twenty First Century Publications.
• Sahu, B. K. (2004). Teaching of English. Ludhiana: Kalyani Publishers.
• Shaik, M & Gosh, R. N (2005), Techniques of Teaching English, Neelkamal Publications, Hyderabad.
• Sharma, P. (2011). Teaching of English: Skill and Methods. Delhi: Shipra Publication.