Teaching english prose

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1. AN O.E.R. ON TEACHING ENGLISH PROSE DR.BINITA PRAKASH PRINCIPAL P M COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ALIGARH

2. OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE 1-Student will able to define prose. 2-Student will able to know about the steps of teaching prose. 3-Student will able to prepare a lesson plan. 4- Student will able to present the lesson plan.

3. PROSE The teaching of prose includes two types of lessons ; Detailed or intensive prose lesson ; Read thoroughly, mastering the prescribed structure and vocabulary Non detailed or extensive prose lessons; aims at giving information and pleasure, to grasp the meaning of new words. According to Coleridge, ”Prose is worded in their best order.” It is a powerful medium of expressing ideas, laws, facts and principles. Therefore, it appeals to head or mind.  

4. Thompson and Wyatt said. “To aim at literature is to miss the way to language. Aim at language is to pave the way to literature” The aims of teaching prose may be divided into two; AIMS OF TEACHING PROSE

5. STEPS OF TEACHING PROSE

6. PRESENTATION MODEL READING PRONUNCIATION DRILL LOUD READING EXPOSITION OF DIFFECULT WORDS AND EXPLANATION SILENT READING COMPREHENSION QUESTION THE TEACHER WILL WRITE THE DIFFECULT WORDS ON THE BLACKBOARD AND PRONOUNCE .AFTER THEN ASK THE STUDENTS TO PRONOUNCE INDIVIDUALLY. ITS PURPOSE IS TO ENABLE THE STUDENTS TO KNOW THE EXACT WAY OF READING THE TEACHER SHOULD ASKED THE STUDENTS TO READ THE PASSAGE LOUDLY THE TEACHER SHOULD EMPLOY VARIOUS METHODS AND TECHNIQUES TO ENABLE THE STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THE PASSAGE THE TEACHER SHOULD ASKED THE STUDENT TO READ THE PASSAGE SILENTLY IT HELPS THEM IN CONCENTRATION AND ASSIMILATION TO TEST THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE STUDENTS AND TO GIVE THEM PRACTICE IN ORAL EXPRESSION THE TEACHER WILL ASK SOME QUESTIONS

7. BLACKBOARD WORK The teacher will ask the students to copy the word and meaning from the blackboard . The main aim is to enable them to write in a good hand and with adequate speed. RECAPITULATION The teacher should recapitulate the lesson. Questions should be asked to evaluate to What extent the objectives have been achieved. Questions should be descriptive. It should be based on logical thinking. ASSIGNMENT To verify that learning has taken place, exercises on different aspects of the lesson should be given such as: Fill in the blanks, Match the following, Change the noun into pronoun, Translation, Synonyms or antonyms, Make sentences, Write the summary of the lesson.

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