Question

Look at the following conversation between a teacher and the students– Teacher: Why is India called the land of festivals? Pupil: India is called the land of festivals because many festivals are celebrated here. Teacher: Give the names of different festivals celebrated in India. Pupil: Holi, Lohri, Diwali, etc. Teacher: Who is she? (by showing them a picture of goddess Lakshmi) Pupil: She is goddess Lakshmi. Teacher: When do you light the candles and worhsip to goddess Lakshmi? Pupil: On Diwali Festival. Teacher: Compose, a paragraph on ‘The Diwali Festival’. Pupil: No Response from the class. At the last question the students do not speak anything. They remain silent. Then the teacher asks them, ‘‘Please speak a few sentences on The Diwali Festival’’. One or two students try to speak one or two sentences but they are not able to continue the topic. Then the teacher says, ‘‘Well students! Today we shall learn to write a paragraph on The Diwali Festival.’’ What is this skill called?

• A. Skill of introducing a topic/lesson
• B. Skill of concluding a topic/lesson
• C. Skill of questioning
• D. A general filler

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

उपरोक्त प्रश्न के अनुसार, The statement, ''Today we shall learn to write a paragraph on the Diwali festival'' is an opening remark made by a teacher to inform the student about the day's topic. This skill of introducing a topic or lesson, which invalves preparing students for the content to be covered. अत: विकल्प अभीष्ट उत्तर होगा।