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Reading Reader Authentic Materials Scanning Information Transfer Dictionary Reading Aloud Regional Institute of English, South India Jnanabharathi Campus, Bengaluru – 560 056 (PGDELT – COURSE 16 – FINAL EXAM] MAY– 2014 R EADING Time: 2½ hrs Max. Marks: 70 P A R T - ‘ A ’ I. Explain ANY FIVE of the following in 2 – 3 sentences each [5 X 1 = 5 M] Readability Task based reading Reader Authentic Materials Scanning Information transfer Dictionary Reading Aloud II. Read the text given below and frame questions as instructed below. You may choose question words given in bracket. [5 M] (What / Where / When / Why / Which / How / How much / How long / How far / How many) “My name is Rubina Ali. I don't know when my birthday is, and nor does my father, but I do know that I am nine years old.” Rubina came from one of the slums of Mumbai, living in the Garib Nagar slum near Bandra station. She lives with her father Rafiq, her sister Sana, her brother Abbas and her stepmother Munni. Rubina's biological mother, Khurshid (alias Khushi), after divorcing Rafiq, married Monish, a Hindu. Her father married Munni and Rubina was raised by her father and stepmother. Munni has four children from her past marriage - Suraiya, Sanjida, Babu and Irfan. Following the success of Slumdog Millionaire at the 2009 Academy Awards, the Maharashtra Housing Area Development Authority recommended the children be rehoused, with an official saying the children had "brought laurels to the country" and deserved to be rewarded. On 25 February 2009, the Maharashtra Housing and Development Authority announced that Azharuddin as well as Rubina would be given "free houses" so that they would no longer have to live in the Mumbai slum of Garib Nagar. However Ali remained in a shanty in Garib Nagar until it burned down in March 2011. After taking temporary refuge in rental, Rubina and her family were eventually rehoused in her own flat in the Bandra West suburb of Mumbai, bought for her by the Jai Ho Trust set up by British director Danny Boyle. 1 | P a g e Now, answer the following questions: a) Frame TWO questions on the above text to test SCANNING. 1. 2. b) Frame TWO questions on the above text to test SKIMMING. 3. 4. c) Frame ONE question on the above text to test INTENSIVE READING. 5. III. Read the text given below and answer the questions that follow. Story 1: Everyone has a Story in Life A 24 year old boy seeing out from the train’s window shouted, “Dad, look the trees are going behind!” Dad smiled and a young couple sitting nearby, looked at the 24 year old’s childish behavior with pity, suddenly he again exclaimed, “Dad, look the clouds are running with us!” The couple couldn’t resist and said to the old man, “Why don’t you take your son to a good doctor?” The old man smiled and said, “I did and we are just coming from the hospital, my son was blind from birth, he just got his eyes today. Every single person on the planet has a story. Don’t judge people before you truly know them. The truth might surprise you. * * * Story 2: Shake off your problems A man's favorite donkey falls into a deep precipice; He can't pull it out no matter how hard he tries; He therefore decides to bury it alive. Soil is poured onto the donkey from above. The donkey feels the load, shakes it off, and steps on it; More soil is poured. It shakes it off and steps up; The more the load was poured, the higher it rose; By noon, the donkey was grazing in green pastures. After much shaking off (of problems) And stepping up (learning from them), One will graze in GREEN PASTURES. 2 | P a g e Story 3: Potatoes, eggs, and coffee beans Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she was going to make it. She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon followed. Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Once the three pots began to boil, he placed potatoes in one pot, eggs in the second pot, and ground coffee beans in the third pot. He then let them sit and boil, without saying a word to his daughter. The daughter, moaned and impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing. After twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He took the potatoes out of the pot and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. He then ladled the coffee out and placed it in a cup. Turning to her he asked. “Daughter, what do you see?” “Potatoes, eggs, and coffee,” she hastily replied. “Look closer,” he said, “and touch the potatoes.” She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard- boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee. Its rich aroma brought a smile to her face. “Father, what does this mean?” she asked. He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and coffee beans had each faced the same adversity– the boiling water. However, each one reacted differently. The potato went in strong, hard, and unrelenting, but in boiling water, it became soft and weak. The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid interior until it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard. However, the ground coffee beans were unique. After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new. “Which are you,” he asked his daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a potato, an egg, or a coffee bean? “ Moral: In life, things happen around us, things happen to us, but the only thing that truly matters is what happens within us. Which one are you? * * * 3 | P a g e Now, answer the following questions: A) Give an outline of each story in about 3 – 4 sentences. [3 M] B) Out of three stories, which one do you like the most and why?. [3 M] C) The man decided to bury his donkey alive, why? Was he right in thinking so? [3 M] D) Write a dialogue between any TWO characters in story 1. (3 exchanges) [3 M] E) Design an interesting pre-reading activity to introduce story 3 in VIII standard. [3 M] IV. Mention the techniques involved in READING. Define any ONE in a paragraph [2 M] V. While reading in the most important stage of reading class. What are the other stages of reading? Explain them in brief (3 – 4 sentences each). [4 M] VI. Mention any THREE problems you might face in developing reading skill among secondary school learners? Suggest the ways to solve them. [4 M] P A R T - ‘B’ I. State whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F) [10 X ½ = 5 M] 1. A Discourse is an extended expression of thought 2. Conceptual meaning deals with the sentential level of comprehension. 3. 'But' 'and' 'infact' are examples of cohesion. 4. Comprehension focuses on search for meaning. 5. Schema is an activity done in the beginning of a lesson. 6. One of the purposes of questioning is to make learners aware of the language used. 7. Role play can be used only as a post reading activity. 8. Text types are the activities done while teaching reading. 9. Approaches to reading refer to different techniques of teaching Reading. 10. Cloze test is a testing pattern in which every Nth word is removed. 4 | P a g e II. Given below is a poem. If you were to teach the Conceptual meaning of the poem, how would you? [2 M] A Proud Old Man (Grandpa) by Paul Chidyausiku They say they are healthier than me, Though they can’t walk to the end of a mile. At their age I walked forty at night to wage battle at dawn. They think they are healthier than me. If their socks get wet they catch cold, When my sockless feet got wet, I never sneezed, But they still think that they are healthier than me. On a soft mattress over a spring bed They still have to take a sleeping pill. But I, with reeds cutting into my ribs My head resting on a piece of wood, I sleep like a baby and snore. III. Read the examples of different kinds of cohesion. Identify it and write on the space provided. [5 M] 1. Invading that country was an utterly stupid thing to do. __________________________ 2. If ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise. ______________________________________ 3. He agreed to help her if she gives him some money in return.______________________ 4. He was happy with her so was she. ___________________________________________ 5. She screamed so loud that her screech was heard at a far distance. _________________ IV. Read the story and identify the Reading Skill involved in the comprehension of the ideas listed below. Write the Reading Skill in the space given. [½ X 6 = 3 M] Reading Skills: i. Reading the lines ii. Reading between the lines iii. Reading beyond the lines 5 | P a g e A friend of a former colleague told me about an incident that recently happened to his boss on a train.
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