Bachelor of Education Special Education (Intellectual Disability) Pedagogy of Teaching English Syllabus - Mumbai University
This is the University of Mumbai syllabus for the Bachelor of Education - Special Education (Intellectual Disability), the Choice Based two-year programme in force from the academic year 2016-17. It is the scheme currently examined: the University set all four of its semesters in Winter 2025 and Summer 2026, and has published no revision of it since. The University no longer hosts the document on mu.ac.in, which is why it is mirrored here in full.
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Syllabus for Pedagogy of Teaching 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.
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.
- 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.
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Ed. Spl. Ed. (Intellectual Disability), in force from the academic year 2016-17. Wording, module numbering and the reading list are as printed in that syllabus. The PDF above is the syllabus's own page, unaltered.
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