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Tips to UGC- NET English Examination
Tips to UGC- NET English Examination
Approaches to UGC- NET English Examination
Some of the most widely administered tests for Teaching Job in India include the UGC- NET, SET, State level teachers’ recruitment programmers like SSC etc. UGC- NET use standardized tests to assess literature achievement,
to determine lecturer placement, and to reach specific skill- oriented men. PG students wishing to prefer lectureship continue their efforts after PG generally take these tests, since most INDIAN colleges and universities require test results in applications for lectureship. The most common of these tests include the general aptitude and knowledge of a specific subject.
Now look at the syllabi first
I have omitted the general objective paper which is more like a filter. So clear it forcefully.
UGC National Eligibility Test English Syllabus
Subject: English
Note:
There will be two question papers, Paper – II and Paper – III
Paper – II
Note: It will cover 50 Objective Type Questions (Multiple choice, Matching type, True / False, Assertion – Reasoning type) carrying 100 marks.
Questions Covers:
Chaucer to Shakespeare
Jacobean to Restoration Periods
Augustan Age : 18th Century Literature
Romantic Period
Victorian Period
Modern Period
Contemporary Period
American and other non – British Literatures
Literary Theory and Criticism
Rhetoric and Prosody
Paper – III
(The Commission decided that Paper-III be converted into objective type from the ensuing examination scheduled in June 2012. Further, the Commission also recommended that the action may also be initiated for the development of question banks.There should be 75 objective questions all of which are compulsory covering all the periods of History of English Literature and critical approaches.
Literature, language skills and reading comprehension, arithmetic literary data computation and problem solving, Linguistics, and social studies.
Now as you are a literature student what you need to do is to now your studies well with a vision:
Let’s talk about some basic things:
The scope of literature
There’s enormous diversity in literature as this partial list of genres demonstrates: poetry, drama, novel, story, essay etc. They can be grouped farther. For example, in the case of fiction----- satirical, biographical, religious, romantic, the novel of manners, naturalistic, allegorical, political, utopian, historical, regional, national epic, ethnic, family saga, experimental, and proletarian or protest. Popular (mass-market) fiction genres include Western, science fiction, detective, romance, and horror/occult. List is not yet conclusive.
Why read literature?
We read for entertainment and/or instruction, to delight and/or enlighten through the various expressions of the imagination according to some critics. Few find them as the art of exploring and explaining the human experience. Popular or commercial literature may also aim to shock, amaze, or provide us with an escape from reality into another world. Now as a reader you need to explain, extract and exhibit the threads of meaning in the literary piece:
As a reader there are two approaches to reach the meaning:
Readers--> Aesthetics --> Meaning
Readers--> Society-->Writers ' Identity --> Meaning
In the first one you have to reach the aesthetic level of the created work with such spiritual acclaim as that of the author. You need to be Jogi!
In the second category it is quite cheaper and easier way of reaching the goal. It is the ladder of knowing myself--> where am I --> who are you( the character/ the author)--> The relation between you and me --> the meaning of the text.
Let’s Listen:
Figure out the point of view, or perspective, the writer is using
--> Third-person omniscient-- In third-person, the author like god like stature filters everything through a single character’s perceptions. Example: Thomas Hardy‘s novels.
-->First person-- the author lets a character tell the story. Example: Rabindranath Tegore’s Hungry Stone.
The author’s style— note author’s use of literary devices -- figures of speech, such as metaphors and similes; symbolism; major images; motifs (repetition of images), humour, innovativeness etc.
Enjoying literature
Are you reading Macbeth? Okay let’s watch the film, listen others who have read or watched, search the history of Macbeth, get an idea of Shakespeare and Elizabethan theatre, and so on. You can enjoy literary piece more if you have some knowledge of its different types, techniques, and styles.
English Study Tips
Literature is not an isolated field of studies. You have to know the historical and social context in which that piece of literature was created. Art, music, film, anthropology and philosophy who is not there!
Take a note of the author's biography for the totality of the comprehension and application.
Names, places, and dates are to be computed which I personally fear most.
Guide for Writing Papers in Net Examination:
Not much needs to be said that would distinguish writing in English literature from writing in most other college courses. Good writing is good writing, and the chief characteristic of good writing is clarity.
Warning!
Clarity does not mean wordiness. So tell what you know in short, lucid and logical sentences.
Effective argumentation is a must in your answer but it should be a mixed result of what you feel and what you know.
Demonstrate understanding of literary texts through personal and creative interpretation as well as analytical criticism
Recent, relevant, and reputable reference are also key earners of marks. So be up to date on related topic.
The present tense is generally used to describe the events within a literary work; the past tense is used to describe what the author did. So write in present tense to gain more scope of animated verbs.
Other signs
Manage your time properly
Chose your topics correctly so that boring can't be pouring in you!
In answering short questions implement your logical assertions.
Some of the most widely administered tests for Teaching Job in India include the UGC- NET, SET, State level teachers’ recruitment programmers like SSC etc. UGC- NET use standardized tests to assess literature achievement,
to determine lecturer placement, and to reach specific skill- oriented men. PG students wishing to prefer lectureship continue their efforts after PG generally take these tests, since most INDIAN colleges and universities require test results in applications for lectureship. The most common of these tests include the general aptitude and knowledge of a specific subject.
Now look at the syllabi first
I have omitted the general objective paper which is more like a filter. So clear it forcefully.
UGC National Eligibility Test English Syllabus
Subject: English
Note:
There will be two question papers, Paper – II and Paper – III
Paper – II
Note: It will cover 50 Objective Type Questions (Multiple choice, Matching type, True / False, Assertion – Reasoning type) carrying 100 marks.
Questions Covers:
Chaucer to Shakespeare
Jacobean to Restoration Periods
Augustan Age : 18th Century Literature
Romantic Period
Victorian Period
Modern Period
Contemporary Period
American and other non – British Literatures
Literary Theory and Criticism
Rhetoric and Prosody
Paper – III
(The Commission decided that Paper-III be converted into objective type from the ensuing examination scheduled in June 2012. Further, the Commission also recommended that the action may also be initiated for the development of question banks.There should be 75 objective questions all of which are compulsory covering all the periods of History of English Literature and critical approaches.
Literature, language skills and reading comprehension, arithmetic literary data computation and problem solving, Linguistics, and social studies.
Now as you are a literature student what you need to do is to now your studies well with a vision:
Let’s talk about some basic things:
The scope of literature
There’s enormous diversity in literature as this partial list of genres demonstrates: poetry, drama, novel, story, essay etc. They can be grouped farther. For example, in the case of fiction----- satirical, biographical, religious, romantic, the novel of manners, naturalistic, allegorical, political, utopian, historical, regional, national epic, ethnic, family saga, experimental, and proletarian or protest. Popular (mass-market) fiction genres include Western, science fiction, detective, romance, and horror/occult. List is not yet conclusive.
Why read literature?
We read for entertainment and/or instruction, to delight and/or enlighten through the various expressions of the imagination according to some critics. Few find them as the art of exploring and explaining the human experience. Popular or commercial literature may also aim to shock, amaze, or provide us with an escape from reality into another world. Now as a reader you need to explain, extract and exhibit the threads of meaning in the literary piece:
As a reader there are two approaches to reach the meaning:
Readers--> Aesthetics --> Meaning
Readers--> Society-->Writers ' Identity --> Meaning
In the first one you have to reach the aesthetic level of the created work with such spiritual acclaim as that of the author. You need to be Jogi!
In the second category it is quite cheaper and easier way of reaching the goal. It is the ladder of knowing myself--> where am I --> who are you( the character/ the author)--> The relation between you and me --> the meaning of the text.
Let’s Listen:
Figure out the point of view, or perspective, the writer is using
--> Third-person omniscient-- In third-person, the author like god like stature filters everything through a single character’s perceptions. Example: Thomas Hardy‘s novels.
-->First person-- the author lets a character tell the story. Example: Rabindranath Tegore’s Hungry Stone.
The author’s style— note author’s use of literary devices -- figures of speech, such as metaphors and similes; symbolism; major images; motifs (repetition of images), humour, innovativeness etc.
Enjoying literature
Are you reading Macbeth? Okay let’s watch the film, listen others who have read or watched, search the history of Macbeth, get an idea of Shakespeare and Elizabethan theatre, and so on. You can enjoy literary piece more if you have some knowledge of its different types, techniques, and styles.
English Study Tips
Literature is not an isolated field of studies. You have to know the historical and social context in which that piece of literature was created. Art, music, film, anthropology and philosophy who is not there!
Take a note of the author's biography for the totality of the comprehension and application.
Names, places, and dates are to be computed which I personally fear most.
Guide for Writing Papers in Net Examination:
Not much needs to be said that would distinguish writing in English literature from writing in most other college courses. Good writing is good writing, and the chief characteristic of good writing is clarity.
Warning!
Clarity does not mean wordiness. So tell what you know in short, lucid and logical sentences.
Effective argumentation is a must in your answer but it should be a mixed result of what you feel and what you know.
Demonstrate understanding of literary texts through personal and creative interpretation as well as analytical criticism
Recent, relevant, and reputable reference are also key earners of marks. So be up to date on related topic.
The present tense is generally used to describe the events within a literary work; the past tense is used to describe what the author did. So write in present tense to gain more scope of animated verbs.
Other signs
Manage your time properly
Chose your topics correctly so that boring can't be pouring in you!
In answering short questions implement your logical assertions.
(copied from http://literatureworms.blogspot.in)
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Can you explain anything in 6 sentences?
Let me get this straight: all we’ve got are sights, sounds, feelings, tastes, and smells? There has to be more than that. No? Just those five? And we’re absolutely certain that we know things... merely because of various combinations of those five? To be perfectly honest, I’m not convinced.
by Chris Wasil
Want to learn? Just click below
http://sixsentences.blogspot.in
by Chris Wasil
Want to learn? Just click below
http://sixsentences.blogspot.in
Monday, 4 March 2013
Teaching English via Facebook
The Voice of America (VOA) continues to reach out to new audiences in innovative ways. Now, VOA is using Facebook to teach English language lessons as part of its popular online learning program, The Classroom.
Here’s how it works: Four times a day, the icon on VOA’s Learning English Facebook page changes to indicate a live, online class is “in session.”
Students can submit questions and be part of a free, hour-long, interactive language learning experience that uses materials and lessons from The Classroom, which is now averaging more than 180,000 users a month.
One of The Classroom’s Facebook teachers calls herself “The English Doctor.” When her class is “in session,” users learn from Nina Weinstein, the author of dozens of books on teaching English as a foreign language. Another VOA Facebook teacher, “The English Traveler,” also has classes twice a day. There are plans to add more instructors to the line-up.
Since The Classroom gave its first lesson on Facebook in February this year, the response has been positive, with about 16,000 views in the first 24-hour period. Thousands sign on for each lesson.
Many of VOA’s Facebook friends have written in to say how much they like the new program. “We have the best teacher ever in grammar. You are so good!” said a fan.
Voice of America Director Danforth W. Austin says, “VOA’s pioneering use of Facebook to teach language is yet another example of how social media can bring people together to share common interests, and VOA is leading the way in the use of these innovative new online platforms.”
You can get to the Facebook class at http://www.facebook.com/voalearningenglish.
VOA editors came up with the idea to teach English on Facebook when they noticed they were getting hundreds of questions from VOA’s more than 76,000 Learning English Facebook fans who often ask about grammar, pronunciation, capitalization and other English usage rules.
In addition to Facebook lessons, The Classroom also has a new Business Wordbook with hundreds of business terms, pictures and sample dialogues to help users learn American business English.
Under the activities tab of The Classroom, there are new “English survival” activities, including how to order breakfast and how to count money. Plans are also underway for a Interactive Health Wordbook, with pictures, definitions and sample dialogues relating to health, fitness and well being.
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
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