CTET PAPER II 2021 · PYQ · Grammar Pedagogy · medium
A teacher of class VIII discussed 'determiners' in her classroom through a short text in which determiners occur many times and learners were made to notice them in use. This was followed by learners using the same in their own language for particular purposes. Teacher then brought to the notice of the learners, the uses of determiners in contexts. What strategy did the teacher employ in her classroom?
A.Structured teaching
B.Consciousness raising✓ Correct
C.Task based language teaching
D.Communical language teaching
Explanation
Consciousness raising (CR) is a pedagogical strategy in which learners' attention is drawn to specific language features through exposure and noticing, rather than direct rule presentation. The teacher's approach — using a text where determiners occur frequently, helping learners NOTICE them, then encouraging use, then highlighting contextual uses — is the classic Consciousness Raising approach to grammar teaching, contrasted with traditional rule-presentation methods.
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