Which of the following is not a legitimate purpose of assessment in education?
To rank the learners on the basis of marks
To find out to what extent curriculum objectives have been achieved
To identify individual and special needs of learners
To improve the teaching-learning process
A child-centered classroom is characterized by
very passive teachers and active learners
a variety of learning activities for the learners
children sitting in the center of the classroom
children teaching other children under the supervision of the teacher
A teacher uses a report from a newspaper to teach writing. The material used thus for teaching is referred to as
authentic material
external material
realistic material
natural material
When a test item expects the learners to use tense forms, voice, connectors, prepositions, and articles accurately, such an approach can be called
mixed grammar task
improper grammar testing
integrated grammar testing
asserted grammar practice
The language skills that cannot be assessed through a traditional pen-paper test are
reading and listening
listening and speaking
reading and speaking
writing and listening
When a teacher uses lessons in Science and Social Science to teach language, such an approach can be termed as
language across the curriculum
objective language teaching
pluralistic language teaching
discipline-wise language teaching
A teacher gives many sentences and asks her students to arrange them into a letter using appropriate connectors. The skill that is chiefly involved in this task is
rewriting
collecting information
expanding notes
organising
Which of the following is not a study skill?
Getting information from an encyclopedia
Writing formal reports
Note-taking
Using a dictionary
Language skills should be taught
in an integrated manner
through imitation
in isolation
through clear explanations