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NAIRS COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
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B.ED English

Nairs College Of Education

B.ED English

COURSE OBJECTIVES

  • Understand the Aims and Objectives of teaching of English.
  • Comprehend the Micro-teaching and its skills.
  • Understand the different approaches of lesson planning and about lesson plan writing.
  • Define various methods in teaching of English.
  • Comprehend various instructional media in classroom teaching of English.

UNIT-I: AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF TEACHING

  • Meaning, Nature, Scope, Need and Significance, Values, Aims and Objectives: Instructional objectives and Behavioural Objectives – Need and Importance of Instructional Objectives. Bloom’s Taxonomy of Instructional Objectives: Cognitive, Affective and Psychomotor Domains, Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy 2001 (Anderson & Krathwohl) Interrelation among the domains – Correlation between subjects.

UNIT-II: TEACHING SKILLS

  • Micro-Teaching : Concept, Definition, Steps, Cycle - Micro-teaching Vs Macro-Teaching - Skill of Set Induction - Skill of Explaining , Skill of Questioning , Probing skills, Skill Stimulus Variation, Skill of Reinforcement, Skill of non-verbal clues, Skill of Closure - Link lesson – Model episode.

UNIT – III: APPROACHES OF TEACHING ENGLISH

  • Approaches of Lesson Planning - Steps - Organizing Teaching: Memory Level (Herbartian Model), Understanding Level (Morrison teaching Model), Reflective Level (Bigge and Hunt Teaching Model) – Unit Plan – Lesson Plan Writing.

UNIT - IV: METHODS OF TEACHING

  • Teacher-centred Instruction: Lecture method, Demonstrtion and Team teaching – Learnercentred Instruction: Self-learning, Forms of Self-Learning: Programmed Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Keller Plan, Project Method, Activity Based Learning (ABL), Active Learning Method (ALM)-Mind Map and Advanced Active Learning Method (AALM).

UNIT- V: INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA

  • Classification of Instructional Media in English – Use of Mass media in classroom Instruction. New Emerging Media: Tele-Conferencing, Communication Satellites, Computer Networking, Word Processors, Blended Learning, Flipped Classroom, Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality.

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES

  • Teacher talk / Invited talk on Bloom’s Taxonomy of Instructional Objectives.
  • Students’ seminar on Blended learning, Flipped classroom and Artificial Intelligence.
  • Teacher talk / Invited talk on Micro teaching Steps, Cycle, principles and on different skills like, skill of stimulus variation, skill of reinforcement and skill of questioning.
  • Teacher talk on Herbartian Model and Morrison Teaching Model.
  • Students’ Seminar on Lesson Plan Writing.