Examination Syllabus For TGT (English)
Reading
Comprehension (Section - A)
Ability to
comprehend, analyze and interpret an unseen text: Three/four unseen texts
of varying lengths (150-250 words) with a variety of objective type, multiple
choice questions (including questions to test vocabulary) testing factual and
global comprehension.
Writing ability
(Section – B)
Testing ability to
express facts views / opinions in a coherent and logical manner in a style
suitable to the task set.
B.1 One short
writing task such as: notice, message or a postcard. B.2 Writing a report of an event, process, or place.
B.3 Writing an
article / debate / speech based on visual / verbal input on a given concurrent
topic for e.g. environment, education, child labour, gender bias, drug- abuse
etc presenting own views fluently.
B.4 Writing a
letter (formal/informal) on the basis of verbal / visual input. Letter types
include: (a) letter to the editor; (b) letter of complaint ; (c) letter of
request ; (d) descriptive , personal letters.
Grammar and Usage
(Section – C)
Ability to apply the
knowledge of syntax, language/ grammatical items and to use them accurately in
context. The following grammatical structures will be tested :
• Tenses
• Modals
• Voice
• Subject-
verb concord
• Connectors
• Clauses
• Parts
of speech
• Punctuation
• Sequencing
to form a coherent sentence or a paragraph.
• Tense
and time
• Article
and Determiners
• Preposition
• Adjective
& Adverbs
• Type
of sentences
Literature (Section
– D)
To test the
candidate’s familiarity with the works of writers of different genres and
periods of English Literature .
The candidate should
have a thorough knowledge of :-
• Shakespeare’s
works.
• Romantic
Period (e.g. Shelley, Wordsworth , Keats, Coleridge, Byron etc.)
• 19th
& 20th Century American and English Literature (e.g. Robert Frost
Hemingway, Ted Hudges, Whitman, Hawthorne, Emily Dickinson, Bernard Shaw etc)
• Modern
Indian Writing in English (e.g. Anita Desai, Vikram Seth , Nissim Ezekiel, K.N.
Daruwala, Ruskin Bond, R.K. Narayan, Mulk Raj Anand, Khushwant Singh etc.)
• Modern
Writings in English from different parts of the world.
Teaching
Methodology(Section-E)
• Aspects
of English language-Hist, nature & importance of English
• Problem
and Principle of teaching English
• Objective
of teaching English
• Approaches,
methods and techniques of teaching English
• Developing
Language skill – listening, speaking, reading and writing
• Teaching-learning
materials-Development, preparation and use(including use of ICT)
• Developing
study and reference skills
• Remedial
teaching
• Evaluation
in teaching/learning process
• Lesson
planning
• Curriculum
and text book-development and use
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