Ph.D.

Entrance Examination
ELT / Applied Linguistics
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Attempt any two questions.
All questions carry equal marks.

1. Evaluate the following statement using your knowledge about theories of second
language acquisition and/or experience as a language teacher:
Language teaching methodologies hinder effective teaching of language skills in the
classroom.
2. Explain with examples how knowledge of linguistics empowers a teacher and helps
him/her teaching and assessment of language skills.
3. Create task/s for teaching the use of passive voice in oral communication to class X
CBSE students in an urban public school. It should take around 30 minutes for students to
complete the task/s. The task/s should include the following components:
Learning objectives
Teachers role
What students are expected to do in each stage of the class
A plan to assess students learning in that class (of 30 minutes)
4. Discuss multilingual education and its relevance to ELT classrooms in India.