Your roadmap · आपका रोडमैप
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Admission & first meetingप्रवेश और पहली मुलाकातEnquire at your nearest NDSS centre, meet the teacher, fix the batch time and get your study material.
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Part 1 of the syllabusपाठ्यक्रम भाग 1Unit-wise coaching with notes and doubt classes.
Unit 1: Developing Reading SkillsUnit 2: Grammar in ContextUnit 3: Developing Writing Skills
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Part 2 of the syllabusपाठ्यक्रम भाग 2Unit-wise coaching with notes and doubt classes.
Unit 4: Teaching Prose and PoetryUnit 5: Approaches, Aids and Assessment
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Unit tests & assignmentsयूनिट टेस्टRegular tests in the university / board pattern.
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Semester 3 exam (university / board)विश्वविद्यालय / बोर्ड परीक्षाPrevious papers and full revision before the exam.
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Online tests & resultऑनलाइन टेस्ट और रिज़ल्टTake the tests online; your marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
Syllabus · पाठ्यक्रम
1 subject · 5 chapters · 29 topics
01Unit 1: Developing Reading Skills
6 topics+
- Reading readiness and phonics
- Reading aloud and silent reading
- Skimming and scanning
- Intensive and extensive reading
- Types of comprehension questions (literal, inferential, evaluative)
- Using a children's library and story books
02Unit 2: Grammar in Context
6 topics+
- Tenses and their use
- Active and passive voice
- Direct and indirect speech
- Modals (can, may, must, should)
- Prepositions and conjunctions
- Teaching grammar inductively and deductively
03Unit 3: Developing Writing Skills
5 topics+
- Mechanics of writing: handwriting, spelling, punctuation
- Guided, controlled and free writing
- Paragraph and story writing
- Formal and informal letters, notice and diary
- Process writing: plan, draft, revise, edit
04Unit 4: Teaching Prose and Poetry
6 topics+
- Aims of teaching prose
- Steps of a prose lesson
- Aims of teaching poetry
- Steps of a poetry lesson and recitation
- Vocabulary teaching techniques
- Rhymes and songs at primary level
05Unit 5: Approaches, Aids and Assessment
6 topics+
- Grammar-translation and direct method
- Structural and situational approach
- Communicative language teaching
- Total Physical Response (TPR)
- Audio-visual aids and ICT in English teaching
- Assessment of reading and writing, CCE
About this course
You will be able to
- Use skimming, scanning, intensive and extensive reading and frame comprehension questions on a passage
- Apply tenses, active-passive voice, direct-indirect speech and modals correctly in context
- Guide children through paragraph, letter, notice, diary and story writing using process writing
- Plan and teach a prose lesson and a poem to primary and upper primary classes
- Choose a suitable approach (structural, communicative, TPR) and teaching aids for an English lesson
- Prepare simple assessment tasks for reading and writing skills
Who it is for
- D.El.Ed (BTC) trainee teachers of Semester 3 (SCERT Uttar Pradesh)
- Candidates preparing for the D.El.Ed semester examination and UPTET / CTET pedagogy sections
- Primary and upper primary teachers who want to refresh subject teaching methods
What you need
- Completion of D.El.Ed Semesters 1 and 2 (English Teaching-I and II)
- Basic English reading and writing at Class 12 level
Online tests & result
Practice and unit tests online; marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
Student login →
Questions
Which syllabus does this course follow?
It follows the SCERT Uttar Pradesh D.El.Ed (BTC) Semester 3 English Teaching syllabus. Where your institute's syllabus differs, the centre follows your own syllabus.
Is this useful for UPTET / CTET?
Yes. The pedagogy of English (approaches, skills, assessment) in this course overlaps with the English language section of UPTET and CTET.
Do I need to be fluent in English?
No. Class 12 level English is enough; grammar and writing are revised step by step.
Will lesson planning be covered?
Yes. Prose and poetry lesson steps are taught with sample plans you can use in teaching practice.
