SEC-1 Question paper Bankura University,B.A. 1st Semester Examination,2023-2024 SEC-1 Question paper Bankura University,B.A. 1st Semester Examination

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B.A. 1st Semester Examination, 2023-24

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English Language and Its Teaching
[NEP-Skill Enhancement Course]
Course ID: 10314 Time: 2 Hours Full Marks: 40
The figures in the right margin indicate marks. Answer all the questions.
1. Answer any one of the following questions: 1 × 10 = 10
a) Discuss with examples different kinds of adverbial clauses in English.
b) Discuss briefly the tense system in the English language.
2. Answer any one of the following questions: 1 × 10 = 10
a) What is the bilingual method of English language teaching? Identify its key advantages.
b) What are the basic assumptions of the grammar-translation method? Discuss its merits and demerits.
3. Answer any one of the following questions: 1 × 10 = 10
a) Write a paragraph on the popularity of mobile phones among the young generation and its many consequences.
b) Draft an application for the post of a sales manager in My Innovation (Pvt.) Co. Ltd., Hyderabad in response to their advertisement in The Times of India dated 20th December 2023 and enclose an appropriate Biodata.
4. Answer any five of the following questions: 5 × 2 = 10
a) What is a noun clause? Use a noun clause in the object position of a verb.
b) What is a coordinating conjunction? Use such a conjunction in a sentence.
c) Determine the Clause Type: "You can sit wherever you find comfortable."
d) Choose the correct verb form and explain your choice: "The soup [taste / tastes / is tasting] good."
e) What is a relative clause? Give an example.
f) What is the direct method of teaching?
g) Identify any two thrust areas of the communicative method of teaching.
h) Identify the error in the sentence and write the correct form: "She needs a good advice about choosing a career."
i) What is the functional-situational approach in language teaching?
j) What is the Audio-lingual method of language teaching?

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