CTET (Central Teacher Eligibility Test) Language II (Pedagogy of the Second Language) Syllabus

Language II (Pedagogy of the Second Language) syllabus — full chapter and topic list

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1. 1

   Comprehension in the Second Language

   3 topics

   • Reading Unseen Prose Passages
     • Comprehension and inference
     • Vocabulary and grammar in the passage
   • Reading Discursive or Literary Passages
     • Understanding tone, theme and purpose
   • Grammar and Verbal Ability
     • Functional grammar items
     • Usage and correctness
2. 2

   Pedagogy of Second-Language Acquisition

   3 topics

   • Learning and Acquisition
     • Theories of second-language acquisition
     • Role of first language in second-language learning
   • Principles of Second-Language Teaching
     • Communicative approach
     • Role of grammar and structure
   • Language Skills Development
     • Listening, speaking, reading and writing (LSRW)
3. 3

   Resources, Remediation and Assessment

   3 topics

   • Teaching-Learning Materials
     • Textbooks and supplementary resources
     • Technology and multimedia in language teaching
   • Evaluation of Language Proficiency
     • Comprehensive and continuous evaluation in language
   • Remedial Teaching
     • Addressing errors and language disorders

Language II (Pedagogy of the Second Language) flashcards for CTET (Central Teacher Eligibility Test)

21 of 49 cards from the Language II (Pedagogy of the Second Language) deck — real questions with worked answers.

1. In a CTET Language II unseen prose passage, what does an 'inference' question require the candidate to do?

   Derive meaning that is implied but not directly stated in the passage, using clues and reasoning rather than locating an explicit line.

2. What is the difference between a 'factual/literal' comprehension question and an 'inferential' one in unseen passage reading?

   A factual question is answered by directly locating stated information in the text; an inferential question requires reading between the lines to deduce unstated meaning.

3. While answering vocabulary-in-context questions on an unseen passage, on what should the meaning of a word be based?

   On the contextual meaning as used in that passage, not the most common dictionary meaning of the word in isolation.

4. What is a 'discursive passage' as referred to in the CTET Language II syllabus?

   A passage that discusses, argues, or reasons about an idea or issue (argumentative/expository), as opposed to a narrative or descriptive literary text.

5. How does a literary passage typically differ from a discursive passage in reading comprehension?

   A literary passage uses imaginative, figurative, emotive language (stories, poems, prose with literary devices), while a discursive passage uses logical, factual, argumentative language to inform or persuade.

6. In comprehension testing, what is meant by identifying the 'tone' of a passage?

   Recognising the author's attitude or emotional stance toward the subject, e.g., ironic, sarcastic, sympathetic, critical, humorous, or objective.

7. What is the difference between the 'theme' and the 'title' suitability question in a passage?

   The theme is the central underlying idea or message; choosing a suitable title means selecting a concise label that best captures that central idea.

8. In English grammar, what is the difference between a finite and a non-finite verb?

   A finite verb changes form with tense, number, and person and can function as the main verb of a clause; a non-finite verb (infinitive, gerund, participle) does not change with subject and cannot stand alone as the main verb.

9. What is subject-verb agreement (concord)?

   The rule that a verb must agree with its subject in number and person, e.g., a singular subject takes a singular verb and a plural subject takes a plural verb.

10. In grammar, what is the difference between the active voice and the passive voice?

    In active voice the subject performs the action (She wrote the letter); in passive voice the subject receives the action and the doer becomes optional (The letter was written by her).

11. What is direct speech versus indirect (reported) speech?

    Direct speech quotes the speaker's exact words within quotation marks; indirect speech reports the meaning without exact words, often changing tense, pronouns, and time references.

12. Name the three degrees of comparison of adjectives with an example.

    Positive (tall), comparative (taller), and superlative (tallest).

13. What is the difference between a phrase and a clause?

    A phrase is a group of words without a subject-verb combination functioning as a unit; a clause contains a subject and a finite verb and may be independent or dependent.

14. What is the core distinction between language 'acquisition' and language 'learning' (Krashen)?

    Acquisition is a subconscious, natural process (like a child picking up the mother tongue through meaningful use); learning is a conscious, formal study of rules and grammar.

15. According to Krashen's Input Hypothesis, what kind of input promotes second-language acquisition?

    Comprehensible input that is slightly above the learner's current level, expressed as 'i + 1'.

16. What is Krashen's Affective Filter Hypothesis?

    It states that negative emotions such as anxiety, low motivation, and low self-confidence raise a mental 'filter' that blocks comprehensible input from being acquired.

17. What is the 'Critical Period Hypothesis' in language acquisition?

    The idea that there is a biologically determined window (roughly up to puberty) during which language is acquired most easily and naturally.

18. What did Chomsky propose with the 'Language Acquisition Device' (LAD)?

    An innate, biological mental faculty that enables children to acquire language naturally and to generate grammatical sentences from limited input (Universal Grammar).

19. What is 'interlanguage' in second-language acquisition?

    The learner's own evolving language system, intermediate between the first language and the target language, which contains features of both plus its own rules.

20. In SLA, what is the difference between an 'error' and a 'mistake'?

    An error is a systematic deviation due to lack of knowledge of the rule (competence); a mistake is an occasional slip the learner can self-correct (performance).

21. What is 'mother-tongue interference' (L1 interference) in second-language learning?

    The influence of the learner's first language on the second language, causing errors when L1 habits, sounds, or structures are transferred to L2.

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