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ANNEXURE-VII

Examination Syllabus For TGT (English)

Reading Comprehension {Section - A)


Ability to comprehend, analyze and interpret an unseen text: Three/four
unseen texts of varying lengths (150-250 words) with a variety of objective
type, multiple choice questions (including questions to test vocabulary) testing
factual and global comprehension.
Writing ability (Section - B)
Testing ability to express facts views / opinions in a coherent and
logical manner in a style suitable to the task set.
8.1 One short writing task such as: notice, message or a postcard.
8.2 Writing a report of an event, process, or place.
8.3 Writing an article / debate / speech based on visual / verbal input on a
given concurrent topic for e.g. environment, education, child labour, gender
bias, drug- abuse etc presenting own views fluently.
B.4 Writing a letter (formal/informal) on the basis of verbal / visual input.
Letter types include: (a) letter to the editor; (b) letter of complaint ; (c) letter
of request ; (d) descriptive , personal letters.
Grammar and Usage (Section - C)
Ability to apply the knowledge of syntax, language/ grammatical items
and to use them accurately in context. The following grammatical
structures will be tested :

• Tenses
• Modals
• Voice
• Subject- verb concord
• Connectors
• Clauses
Parts of speech
Punctuation
• Sequencing to form a coherent sentence or a paragraph.
• Tense and time
• Article and Determiners
• Preposition
• Adjective & Adverbs
• Type of sentences

Literature (Section - D)
To test the candidate's familiarity with the works of writers of
different genres and periods of English Literature.
The candidate should have a thorough knowledge of;-

• Shakespeare's works.
• Romantic Period (e.g. Shelley, Wordsworth , Keats, Coleridge, Byron
etc.)
• 19th & 20th Century Arnerkan and English Literature (e.g. Robert Frost
Hemingway, Ted Hudges, Whitman, Hawthorne, Emily Dickinson,
Bernard Shaw etc)
Modern Indian Writing in English (e.g. Anita Desai, Vikram Seth , Nissim
Ezekiel, K.N. Daruwala, Ruskin Bond, R.K. Narayan, Mulk Raj Anand,
Khushwant Singh etc.)
• Modern Writings in English from different parts of the world.

Teaching Methodology(Section-E)

• Aspects of English language-Hist, nature & importance of English


• Problem and Principle of teaching English
• Objective of teaching English
• Approaches, methods and techniques of teaching English
• Developing Language skill - listening, speaking, reading and writing
• Teaching-learning materials-Development, preparation and
use(including use of ICT)
• Developing study and reference skills
• Remedial teaching
• Evaluation in teaching/learning process
• Lesson planning
• Curriculum and text book-development and use

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