UDP Language Syllabus

 

Understanding Discipline and Pedagogy: Languages

Objectives

Student-Teacher will be able to:

1. Understand the meaning of language and its components.

2. Understand the language as a medium of instruction respective English.

3. Understand the Language and Literacy in the Context of School and language acquisition.

4. Understand the Language as a process with respect to classroom context.

5. Differentiate the Curriculum, Syllabus and Text book.

 

Unit 1: General Introduction on Language, Policies and Politics

1.1 Concept of Language, Various components of language; Functions of language;

1.2 How different are different languages? Critical analysis of the following terms: Dialect, Standard and Non-standard language, classical; Characterizing mother tongue, first language, and second language, bilingual and multi-lingual.

1.3 Power, identity, and politics of language; Language as a medium of instruction and debates about English as a medium of instruction; the recommendations of NCF-2005 on language education

 

Unit 2: Language and Literacy in the Context of School

2.1 Language environment of school and the varied nature of Indian classrooms;

2.2 Language Learner’s profile: language environment at home;

2.3 Characterizing bilingualism and multilingualism; Notions about interference or bridge;

2.4 School’s Expectations: Views relating to child’s home language and literacy practices.

 

Unit 3: Language Processes and the Classroom Context

3.1 Oral language in the classrooms; Participation in the classroom;

3.2 Facilitating language interaction and independence.

3.3 Creating secure classroom environment for language use; Space for “risk taking”; Reading: Engaging with books of different Types; Comprehension of stories and non-fiction (content area texts); Response to literature: Aesthetic and emotive aspect of reading;

3.4 Writing as a composing process: Problem solving, developing a sense of audience, purpose, and understanding the process of writing.

 

Unit 4: Transactional Strategies.

4.1. Lesson planning: - Concept and construction

4.2. Constructivism- Meaning, Definition, Characteristics, Nature and Importance

4.3. Secondary Constructivist approach to teach language in Secondary and Higher Levels.

4.4. 5E based Model Lesson - Steps -Engage, Explore, Explain, and Elaborate & Evaluation.

4.5. Unit plan & Unit test concept construction & administration.

4.6. Resource Unit.

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