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The study of words and their meanings is known as

• phonetics

• syntax

• linguistics

• semantics

A good language textbook should include

• interesting stories

• attractive fonts, illustrations, and learner-friendly texts

• extracts from British and American literature

• more grammar exercises

Structural approach lays stress on

• developing linguistic competence

• selection and gradation of materials

• improving fluency

• developing accuracy

Learning to read means

• decoding the structure of a language

• decoding the meaning

• reading aloud

• decoding letters of alphabet into sounds

The National Curriculum Framework, 2005 advocates that a language learner is a

• receiver of language

• producer of language

• user of grammatical rules

• the constructor of knowledge/ language

Contrastive pairing is used for teaching-learning of

• pronunciation

• reading

• writing

• speaking

Functional grammar refers to

• learning grammar by knowing the technicalities of language

• learning grammar through the rules of language

• learning grammar in isolation

• learning grammar in a given context

'Roleplay' is an activity for promoting

• assessment

• listening

• writing

• speaking and listening

'Brainstorming' technique is useful for

• overcoming the problems of spelling

• helping students in forming new sentences

• improving students' spontaneous sensitivity

• developing learners' vocabulary

Lata, an English language teacher of Class VII, divides the class into pairs to read a sequence of pictures and then describe it to each other. What is this activity pedagogically known as?

• Teacher-facilitated reading

• Peer interaction

• Assignment

• Group work