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Module 7 Eng 107 Teaching and Assessment of Lit
Module 7 Eng 107 Teaching and Assessment of Lit
Module 7 Eng 107 Teaching and Assessment of Lit
Module Introduction/Rationale
This module introduces the teaching of prose which enables the students to understand
the passage, to read fluently, to enrich their vocabulary and to enjoy reading and writing. It
enables the learners to extend their knowledge of vocabulary and structures and to become
more proficient in the four language skills. It develops students’ ability of speaking English
correctly and fluently.
Module Outcomes
This module aims to acquaint the learners with the knowledge about Prose, Lesson design
emphasizing the strategies to be used and other concepts about prose.
Lesson Title
LESSON DESIGN IN TEACHING PROSE
Learning Outcomes: At the end of the course, the students must have:
1. demonstrated appropriate skills on how to design a lesson in teaching prose;
2. discussed thoroughly important concepts concerning prose;
3. enumerated examples of prose; and
4. recorded a video showcasing a demonstrating teaching about prose or any literary
type.
Activate:
Ponder on the questions:
What are some examples of prose that you could remember? What are some of the qualities of
the prose which made them pass the test of time?
ACQUIRE
What is a prose?
Etymologically the word "prose" is derived from the Old French "prose" which in turn
originated in the Latin expression “prosa oratio” which means "literally straight forward or direct
speech."
Prose is the written in words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs and chapters. It utilizes
punctuation, grammar and vocabulary to develop its message. Prose is made up of fiction and
nonfiction. Fiction includes novels, Mystery stories, detective stories, romance, short stories,
historical fiction etc. whereas Nonfiction writing includes essays, autobiographies, speeches,
journals and articles.
Teaching Prose
The main aim of teaching prose is to develop the language ability of the learners. It is the
intensive study of a language. The language ability helps the learners to use the English
language without any problem. Prose is meant for learning a language. Teaching prose means
teaching reading with comprehension. The learners are taught the skill of reading. The next step
is to teach them reading with comprehension. Reading with comprehension helps the learners
to acquire new vocabulary and content words. The power of comprehension can be promoted
through reading and listening.
Types of Prose
Prose includes fiction and non-fiction items. Fiction includes novels, mystery, detective,
romance, short stories, historical fiction, and narratives. Nonfiction writing includes essays,
autobiographies, speeches, journals and articles. We can divide the prose into the following
types according to function. Narrative: Narration is generally called as story-telling. It is narrated
in chronological order of events. Narrative questions like what happened, how did it happen?
Who did it? Where was it done? Personal experiences, accidents, reports etc. belong to this
category. Argumentative: It persuades to believe something. It examines different facts and
opinions and arrives at a conclusion. Descriptive: It describes prose, and focuses on
significant details. This description could be related to persons, places, processes, and objects.
Informative: It communicates information; generally, it is seen in newspapers, reports,
textbooks, etc
The specific aims of prose change according to the subject matter like biography, play, story
and essay.
SPECIFIC AIMS OF A STORY:
1. The learners learn a few facts through the story.
2. To teach morals.
3. To mold one’s character.
4. Exposure to the style of story writing.
2.Teaching structures:
A new structural item is presented by the teacher to enable the students to identify the new
structures. In introducing structures, substitution table is of great help. It highlights the elements
of the pattern and their order and nature.
Secondly, the teacher presents the structure in readily understandable
situations. It helps the students to cleat its meaning and use. This helps them not only to
understand the meaning of the new item but also its use in different contexts. Opportunities are
provided to the students to use the structures themselves.
4.Teaching vocabulary:
The teacher uses an object, a model or a picture to give clear ideas about new words and their
meaning.
The meaning may be explained through ‘real situation’.
5.Model Reading by the Teacher:
The teacher reads the selected passage aloud. He should be careful about pronunciation,
words, phrases & intonation in his reading before the students. His reading is observed by the
learners and imitated. This model reading by the teachers helps the students for aural
comprehension. The teacher gives instructions regarding postures and attention. The teacher
should not be completely absorbed in his reading.
8.Testing application:
The aim of application test is to evaluate the achievement of the learners. The questions may be
of oral or written type. After teaching of structure or vocabulary, the teacher normally asks the
students to do the exercises given at the end of the lesson.
2. Presentation. This is the main and the lengthiest part of lesson plan. The teacher has to
present the lesson keeping in view the attention, retention and grasp of the students. It should
neither be very short nor too lengthy. Presentation part includes following subdivisions. a. Model
reading by the Teacher. In case of a prose lesson, the teacher should read out the material
loudly being sure that his voice is audible. He should be very clear about the pronunciation,
intonation, stress, rhythm, style etc. The teacher has to expose clear and explain the new
words, difficult words, structures, idioms, phrases and other grammatical items.
. 3. Recapitulation. The teacher may again sum up what was taught in the day’s lesson. The
teacher may clarify the student’s doubts, if any, and may explain few words or sentences again
and which he thinks need more repetitive and elaboration. Then the teacher proceeds on to the
last step of the lesson.
4. Evaluation. The main objective of evaluation is to test whether the set objective has been
achieved or not. At the end of each lesson, the teacher should put some application questions
to evaluate the success of the lesson plan in achieving the predetermined objectives. The
evaluation can be carried out by means of questions, assignments, blackboard work,
dramatization etc.
Some examples of evaluation are: a. Explain the passage either orally of in writing. b. Fill
in the blanks. c. Some simple and important questions from the prose lesson. d. Writing some
difficult words on the blackboard and asking individual students to read, explain, give meaning,
or frame sentences. e. Framing structures using substitution table. f. Dramatizing the prose
lesson. g. Some assignment given to student.
Assess
FINAL PROJECT FOR THE SUBJECT
Assume that you are a teacher of high school students in a literature class. Come up with a
5-minute self-recorded teaching demonstration on any topic in the Teaching of Literature. The
lesson motivation, presentation, activity/ ies and assessment strategy/ ies utilized should be
clearly shown in the recorded video. The choice of the resource materials strategies and
evaluation or assessment strategies in the teaching demonstration may be applicable for either
face to face or virtual class. Proper attire and over-all look is a consideration as well as the
general quality of the video.
Note: Date of submission of the teaching Demonstration video will be announced later.