Assignment -I

(Unit - I: Classroom Communication: An Introduction and Unit-II: Listening and Speaking)

Instructions

There are 10 questions from Unit I and Unit II, each question has 4 multiple answers. You have to
select one correct answer.

1. For effective classroom communication, which commandment the student need not to
follow
1 Point

a) Purpose of communication
b) Inadequate medium
c) Clarity
d) Structured Message

Answer: b

2.The purposes served by speaking in classroom are. 1 Point

a) Provide and obtain feedback

b) Ask questions and supplement information
c) Maintain Discipline
d) All of the above

Answer: d

3.As a teacher I am a person who act as a receiver who notices and attaches some meaning to
a message is called --------------------

1Point

a) Enumerate
b) Send
c) Decoder
(d) Evaluator

Answer: c

4. Once the message is encoded in a desired format, it is transferred through a medium called
______ 1 Point

a) Channel
b) Medium
c) Media

(d) Way

Answer: a

5. Which of these must of avoided while listening? 1 Point

a) To stop talking
b) Receiving
c) Misinterpreting
d) Responding

Answer: c

6. ‘I’ In HURIER model represents 1 Point

a) Involvement
b) Interpretation
c) Indulgence
d) Instigation

Answer: b

7. Which of these type of listening must be followed by the students to understand the subject
content? 1 Point

a) Focused listening

b) Appreciative listening

c) Active listening

d) Empathetic listening

Answer: c

8. Which of the following skills of communication do students spend most time engaged in if
the teacher is using lecture method?

1 Point

a) Listening
b) Speaking
c) Reading
d) Writing

Answer: a

09. Our dress code is an example of _____________ communication. 1 Point

a) Verbal
b) nonverbal
c) written
d) spoken

Answer: b

10. While speaking we must avoid 1 Point

a) Fluency
b) Verbal Virus
c) Clear voice
d) Abstract words

Answer: b
 Assignment- II

1. The competency that involves the ability to hear and utilize the sounds in spoken
words while reading, is called 1 Point

a) fluency
b) comprehension
c) phonemic awareness
d) phonics
Answer. C

2. Explicit instruction implies 1 Point

a) carefully planned sequential approach
b) presentation and imparting of reading skills in a direct way
c) clear objectives and exhaustive practice opportunities to master each new skill
d) b & c
Answer: d

3. The various purposes of reading are 1 Point

a) gaining knowledge
b) developing a perspective
c) deriving pleasure
d) all of the above
Answer: d

4. The knowledge is imparted in a classroom 1 Point

a) only through the written medium
b) only through the oral medium
c) both through the oral and written medium
d) none of the above
Answer: C

5. A technical student must possess strong reading skills to be able to 1 Point

a) conduct literature review
b) read and understand the review of her/his work
c) keep herself/himself up to date with the latest knowledge
d) all of the above
Answer: d

6. The stages of writing are 1 Point

a) pre-writing and focusing of ideas and writing
 b) reviewing and feedback
c) all of the above
d) none of the above
Answer: C

7. The pre-writing stage comprises 1 Point

a) only reading
b) only discussion
c) reading, discussion, deliberation, mind-mapping, literature review and concept
mapping
d) none of the above
Answer: C
8. Mind-maps are 1 Point
a) graphic representation of all knowledge on a subject possessed by an
individual.
b) maps for mind.
c) not useful for writing.
d) none of the above
Answer: a
9. Emotional causes of communication barriers is a student’s…………………...
1 Point
a) Anxiety
b) Score
c) friendship
d) none of the above
Answer: a
10. ……………. refers to the similarity of backgrounds between sender and receiver.
1 Point
a) Physical Context
b) Cultural Context
c) Social Context
d) Chronological Context
Answer: b
 Assignment - III

1. Active learning strategies helps to develop

a) Communication skills
b) Social skills
c) Higher order thinking skills
d) All of the above

Answer : d

2. The strategies used to teach content that is interesting and appropriately challenging to
students are………….

a) Cooperative strategies
b) Collaborative strategies
c) Individual active learning strategies
d) None of the above

Answer: b

3.For developing social skills among students, the teaching methods used by the teacher are
………..

a) Cooperative Method

b) Collaborative Method

c) Lecture method

d) None of the above

Answer: a

4. Which of the following is not an outcome of cooperative learning?

a) Academic achievement
b) Individualistic self-reliance
c) Social skills
d) Acceptance of diversity
Answer: b

5.While selecting media in classroom the faculty must consider

a) Infrastructure facilities available

b) Nature of the subject

c) Learning outcomes

d) All of the above

Answer: d
6. Written feedback is very effective way to …………. 1 Point

a) Influence the students

b) pass the information
c) provide clarity and focus
d) Judge the students

Answer: C

7. Which of the following is/are the major purposes of a teacher’s while providing feedback to
the students? 1 Point

a) To provide corrective measures to students

b) To evaluate student achievement
c) To diagnose a student’s level of understanding
d) All of the above

Answer: d

8. Corrective feedback is most useful when it is …………………………. 1 Point

a) Immediate and frequent

b) Only subjective

c) Communicated in an judgemental and unambiguous way

d) All of the above

Answer: a

Mention true / false for the statements below to use the board (whiteboard/blackboard)
effectively.
2 Points

9. Use abbreviation and technical terminology while writing on the board without defining
/explaining them. (True / False)

Answer: False

10. Erase what you have wrote on board (Whiteboard/blackboard) only after confirming it from
the students.

(True / False)

Answer: True
 MCQ
1. Written feedback is very effective way to …………. 1 Point

e) Influence the students

f) pass the information
g) provide clarity and focus
h) Judge the students

Answer: C

2. The knowledge is imparted in a classroom 1 Point

e) only through the written medium
f) only through the oral medium
g) both through the oral and written medium
h) none of the above
Answer: C
3. Emotional causes of communication barriers is a student’s…………………...
1 Point
a) Anxiety
b) Score
c) friendship
d) none of the above
Answer: a
4. Which of these must of avoided while listening? 1 Point

a) To stop talking
b) Receiving
c) Misinterpreting
d) Responding

Answer: c