CTET English Pedagogy Questions 2020

CTET English Pedagogy Questions July 2020- You can find here Important Questions for Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) English Pedagogy (Paper I & Paper II) Examination will be held on 7th July, 2020.

Examination Body : Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)

Examination : Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET)

Entrance Exam Date : 16.09.2018

Contact Number : 011-22235774, 22240104

Contact E-Mail : ctet@cbse.gov.in

Contact Address : Central Board of Secondary Education, P.S. 1-2, I.P. Extension, Institutional Area, Patparganj, Delhi-110092

Official Website : http://ctet.nic.in
☞ ‘Brain storming’ means

a) To collect all kinds of ideas on a topic
b) To do some mental exercise
c) To make efforts to understand something
d) To give some kind of stimulus to the brain

☞ FCA is in opposition to

a) Structural Approach
b) Comprehensive Approach
c) Translation and Grammar Method
d) Functional Approach

☞ Communicative Language Teaching replaced basically …

a) Natural Language Processing
b) Structural Teaching
c) Situational Language Teaching
d) Motivational Teaching

☞ Direct Method is also known as

a) Natural Method
b) Indirect Approach
c) Inductive Approach
d) All the above

☞ Grammar-Translation Method stresses on

a) Accuracy
b) Fluency
c) Appropriateness
d) Listening skill

☞ Grammar-Translation Method is basically used to teach


a) Grammar
b) Foreign language
c) Rules of any language usage
d) Classical language

☞ The objective of Direct Method is

a) To increase power of comprehension
b) To increase communicative power
c) To develop a command over the target language
d) To develop personality

☞ Grammar-Translation Method does not

a) Encourage learning through mother tongue
b) Give importance to grammar
c) Enhance a student’s communicative skill
d) Enable the student too use the language fluently

☞ Traditional method goes against the

a) Prescriptive grammar
b) Simulation
c) Pedagogic principles
d) Generalization

☞ The incidental or Correlative Method is known as

a) Inductive
b) Deductive
c) Structural
d) Reference method

☞ Journey from example to generalization is

a) Inductive
b) Deductive
c) incidental
d) All the above

☞ Inductive method proceeds from

a) Heavy materials to light ones
b) Known to unknown
c) Simple to complex
d) Both b) & c)

☞ Deductive method proceeds from

a) Law and rule to observation
b) Observation
c) Generalization to specification
d) Examples and illustrations

☞ One of the principles of materials preparation for language learning is that

a) Complex material should be chosen
b) Grading of materials should be done
c) Any kind of material can be chosen
d) A small amount of material should be introduced

☞ Correct pronunciation of individual sound is related to

a) Accuracy
b) Fluency
c) Both accuracy and fluency
d) Neither accuracy nor fluency

☞ Language accusation occurs only when

a) The child is taught the rules of grammar
b) The child is given a reward
c) The child has exposure to the language
d) The child absorbs the language without conscious attention

☞ When a child is asked to recite a poem, it can help the teacher to test

a) Knowledge of literature
b) Proficiency of speaking
c) Acting talent
d) Comprehension

☞ The structure ‘he goes to school’ is often produced by learners due to

a) Failure of intelligence
b) Mother tongue interference
c) Overgeneralization of rules
d) Wrong teaching

☞ For teaching grammar, the best grammar that a teacher can use is

a) Traditional grammar
b) Modern grammar
c) Pedagogic grammar
d) No grammar is needed

☞ Reading skill can be developed best by

a) Writing answers to questions on text
b) Focusing on the use of words from context in the text
c) Doing vocabulary exercises
d) Doing quizzes and playing word games

☞ Mother tongue influence can be effectively minimized in the classroom by

a) Using the mother tongue more often
b) Giving examples from the mother tongue
c) Giving a lot of exposure in the target language
d) Giving inputs from the target language in a simple, graded manner

☞ A test of listening comprehension is a test of


a) Receptive skill
b) Productive skill
c) Hearing skill
d) Phonology

☞ Organization of arguments and ideas in paragraphs is an important aspect of

a) Writing essays
b) Writing memos
c) Writing stories
d) Writing personal letters

☞ ‘Interactive’ listening is

a) Listening and responding
b) Listening for mood and tone
c) Listening for word stress and emphasis
d) Listening for finding out speaker’s attitude

☞ Which of the following is an incorrect assumption in language teaching

a) Learners acquire language by trying to use it in real situations
b) Learners’ first language plays an important role in learning
c) Language teaching should have a focus in communicative activities
d) Language teaching should give importance to writing rather than speech

☞ Practice of grammatical structures in a controlled manner can be done by

a) Correcting wrong sentences produced by learners
b) Gap-filling grammar exercises
c) Writing paragraphs and essays
d) Explaining the use of particular structures

☞ A test which is administered at the end of a language course is

a) Diagnostic test
b) Placement test
c) Achievement test
d) Memory test

☞ Study of meaning in a language is known as

a) Syntax
b) Semantics
c) Morphology
d) Linguistics

☞ Teaching and learning is a journey from

a) Concrete to abstract
b) Simple to complex
c) Known to unknown
d) All the above

☞ The method of teaching English adopted at present in school curriculum is

a) Formative Correlational Approach
b) Functional Communicative Approach
c) Function Corrective Approach
d) Figurative Comprehensive Approach

☞ One of the principles of materials preparation for language learning is that
  Complex material should be chosen
  Grading of materials should be done
  Any kind of material can be chosen
  A small amount of material should be introduced
☞ Correct pronunciation of individual sound is related to
  Accuracy
  Fluency
  Both accuracy and fluency
  Neither accuracy nor fluency
☞ When a child is asked to recite a poem, it can help the teacher to test
  Knowledge of literature
  Proficiency of speaking
  Acting talent
  Comprehension
☞ The structure ‘he goes to school’ is often produced by learners due to
  Failure of intelligence
  Mother tongue interference
  Overgeneralization of rules
  Wrong teaching
☞ Language accusation occurs only when
  The child is taught the rules of grammar
  The child is given a reward
  The child has exposure to the language
  The child absorbs the language without conscious attention
☞ For teaching grammar, the best grammar that a teacher can use is
  Traditional grammar
  Modern grammar
  Pedagogic grammar
  No grammar is needed
☞ A test of listening comprehension is a test of
  Receptive skill
  Productive skill
  Hearing skill
  Phonology
☞ ‘Brain storming’ means
  To collect all kinds of ideas on a topic
  To do some mental exercise
  To make efforts to understand something
  To give some kind of stimulus to the brain
☞ ‘Interactive’ listening is
  Listening and responding
  Listening for mood and tone
  Listening for word stress and emphasis
  Listening for finding out speaker’s attitude
☞ Organization of arguments and ideas in paragraphs is an important aspect of
  Writing essays
  Writing memos
  Writing stories
  Writing personal letters

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