LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 23:6 June 2023
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An Investigation into the Tasks of V Standard English Textbook of Telangana State for the Identification of Dominant Intelligences with regard to the Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences

Thirupathi Vennum, Ph.D. Scholar and Dr. N.V.S.N. Lakshmi

Abstract

There is a need to understand the structure of a text book to make teaching pleasant and effective. Teaching requires variety of methods and techniques to implement in the classroom based on the level and the complexity of the textbook. The English teachers who are dealing V Class English must have good command over textbook as well as the level of learners to select the appropriate methodologies and techniques to deliver the language. This paper attempts to give a few insights regarding the theory of Multiple Intelligences and the serious investigation of V Standard English Textbook of Telangana State with regard to the classification of language items, tasks, test items and the dominant Intelligence hidden in the test items in each unit.

Keywords: Language, Learning, Investigation, Analysis, Tasks and Multiple Intelligences, V Standard English Textbook, Telangana State.

Howard Gardner’s theory of Multiple Intelligences proposed in his book The Frames of Mind in 1983 has been model for the past three decades in education field across the globe. This Theory primarily focuses on individual’s interest in learning and related methodology to make teaching and learning more effective.

There is a great need of understanding the textbook for any teacher before venturing in to class to make his teaching fruitful. The understanding of the text book includes understanding the units, topics, test items, language items.

However, the understanding of the textbook gives an idea of the theory of multiple Intelligences as there is a dominant intelligence in each language item and test item in each of the unit.

In order to prepare additional tasks to make learners understand the language and usage the understanding of textbook is needed for any language teacher to teach effectively.

Teaching English to primary level students is a big task because they are very young and innocent in terms of intelligence and cannot understand if the teaching is done in a traditional lecture method and students become inactive and show aversion towards English learning.

This is only the beginning part of the article. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE IN PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION.

Thirupathi Vennum, Ph.D. Scholar, and
Dr. N.V.S.N. Lakshmi
Associate Professor
Department of English, JNTUH, Hyderabad
vennumthirupathi@gmail.com
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