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IGNOU CTE-103 (July 2025 – January 2026) Assignment Questions
Answer any five questions while Q. 1 is compulsory. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Write short note on the following.
(i) Humanistic approach to language teaching
(ii) Practitioner research
(iii) Integration of language skills
(iv) Fluency as language skills
(v) Intensive and Extensive reading
2. Discuss the practitioner research and its significance in teaching. Also mention the ways to conduct it.
3. Discuss the approaches, the teachers of English language can imply to develop the writing ability of their learners.
4. What is the significance of ICT tools being used in modern classrooms? How can they be better used in Indian context?
5. Explain the role of language tests and assessment; and describe the five cardinal principles of assessment used to maintain the quality in it.
6. What are the alternatives of conventional assessment system and how can they be effectively used in Indian classrooms?
7. Discuss the web- b a s e d tools that can be used to improve the classroom teaching enhancing the interest among the learners of English language.
IGNOU CTE-103 (July 2024 – January 2025) Assignment Questions
1. Discuss how different methods have impacted language teaching learning in the 20th and 21st century and critically analyze the advantages and disadvantages of each method.
2. The process of learning was essentially of forming associations, i.e. speech associated with appropriate objects, actions, concepts—do you agree with the statement? Justify your answer logically.
3. Explain the main features of language learning through the structural approach.
4. Write any two main features of the Audio Lingual method of language teaching.
5. How is ‘linguistic competence’ different from ‘communicative competence’? Explain with examples.
6. Describe the salient features of the Humanistic approach to language teaching.
7. What does ICT mean? What are the implications of ICT for education and especially for teaching of English?
8. The Government of India has announced 2010-2020 as the decade of ICT and innovation. What do you understand by the term ‘innovation’?
9. Critically examine the terms Authenticity, Practicality, Reliability, Validity and Washback vis-a-vis the History of Language Tests and Assessments.
