Complete TNTET Paper II Syllabus: Language II - English (Classes 6-8)

 

TAMILNADU TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST (TNTET)

III. Language - II English (Classes 6-8)

Paper II (Compulsory)

Syllabus - English - Class - 6

Learners at the intermediate language level begin to understand and communicate academic content with more sophisticated academic vocabulary and varied grammatical forms (eg. verb tenses]. They continue to develop the four skills through meaningful tasks or activities. Learners will be able to understand spoken English in a range of familiar contexts, namely, the main points and details of messages or announcements that are not very long and follow a conversation, commentary, lecture, speech or AV presentations. They speak with appropriate pronunciation, intonation and stress. They maintain interaction and communicate what they want to express in everyday contexts fairly effectively during pair/group work and interacting with their teacher. They speak with a degree of fluency on matters of personal interest, describe experiences and events, and justify their opinions by using more complex sentences, with some elaboration of details. They read most words by sight, only decoding very long and unknown words. They are familiar with the appearance and organization of printed texts and read informational texts, short stories and poems for understanding and pleasure. They summarise, recount, predict, link cause and effect and make inferences based on understanding. They read literary texts and poems in class. They can appreciate concepts of plot, and character through guided tasks. They understand and appreciate the use of poetic devices such as imagery, rhyme and rhythm. They read longer works or stories for pleasure. They consult a dictionary independently. They can refer to books and articles. They compose a variety of short pieces like postcards and messages. They recognise different kinds of paragraph structure such as narration, description and process and write three paragraph essays by collecting ideas, drafting, revising etc. and apply the concept of paragraph structure, on simple topics using familiar sentence patterns. They punctuate sentences using comma, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks and apostrophes.

Listening

🎯 Objective

Understand spoken English in a range of familiar contexts.

💡 Learning Outcome

Can Understand main points of messages, announcements, commentaries, short conversations, mini talks /lecture/speech or AV presentations on topics of academic/general nature.

• Locate specific details for various purposes

🏫 Classroom Transactions

Listen to:

• Announcements over radio, TV, telephone, over audio visual systems or those made by the teacher
• Conversation or discussions in pairs/between small groups commentary over audio visual system and comment, mark, label, answer, discuss or respond appropriately as required

✅ Evaluation

Listen and mark T/F MCQ; label a diagram or complete sentences, tables or mind maps. Use diagrams, mind maps to recount or summarize.

Speaking

🎯 Objective

Speak with appropriate pronunciation, intonation and stress in a range of familiar contexts.

💡 Learning Outcome

Can participate in teacher led or peer group conversations in class, using a range of structures, about:

• matters of personal interest
• feelings/experiences and events
• their opinions or ideas on topics of general interest

Participate effectively in pair/group work using appropriate pronunciation, intonation, word and sentence stress.

🏫 Classroom Transactions

• Group discussions, pair and share talk
• Short talks to whole class

✅ Evaluation

Express opinions and ideas in continuous speech for half a minute. Take turns to speak on a subject or event. Suggest an alternate end to the story.

Reading (Reading Comprehension & Dictionary Skills)

🎯 Objective

Read words by sight and decoding only long and unknown words. Read texts for understanding information, short stories for pleasure and poems for enjoyment and appreciation. Refer to a dictionary independently.

💡 Learning Outcome

Learners read stories and texts with appropriate speed and expression.

Can read stories or texts and:

• Understand the flow of plot, development of character and analysis of values/themes.
• Predict events while reading
• Identify with characters and find joy in reading
• Appreciate the use of dialogues and settings
• Link story to real life and find relevance

Can read information texts and:

• Understand general meaning
• Locate details, link cause and effect
• Extract information for own purpose
• Make inferences
• Understand basic paragraph organization

Can understand the organization of elements in a dictionary, as words, phrase, sound, meaning, spelling and parts of speech.

🏫 Classroom Transactions

Read various kinds of age appropriate texts. Read information texts, discuss in groups and complete various activities like MCQ; mind maps; tables to transcode information etc.

✅ Evaluation

Read or recite aloud in class. Sequence events or information to show chronology. classify, link cause and effect, compare or contrast. Read, discuss and write about plot, character and story in brief. Activity types used in class: MCQ, true/false, table filling, labeling, matching etc.

Writing & Grammar

🎯 Objective

Write a variety of short pieces: messages, post cards and short essays of not more than three small paragraphs.

Use a range of grammatical structures accurately to communicate meaning. Use the appropriate structure and form for communicative purposes. Use the following Sentence types: imperative, statements, questions, exclamations, simple compound sentences using and, or, but, yet; simple complex sentences e.g. using who, which, that, because. Verb forms: present and past (simple and continuous); Used to -for description, narration. Future time: will & going to; common Modals: can, could, would. Use a range of frequently occurring nouns in sentences of their own. Articles; basic determiners (e.g. any, some, a lot of); basic intensifiers: very, really. Comparative and Superlative adjectives. Simple adverbs of place, manner and time. Prepositional phrases (place, time and movement). Items listed below will not be tested in formal terms but only in use.

💡 Learning Outcome

Can:

• write short messages and design relevant post cards based on familiar themes.
• Plan, gather ideas with coherent information, draft, finally write and revise small coherent paragraphs using appropriate linking devices.
• recognize different kinds of paragraph structures such as narration, description, and process
• use appropriate punctuation devices, as, full stops, comma, exclamation marks, and apostrophes.

Can:

• connect grammar forms with meaning and function
• use grammatical structures accurately appropriately in speech and writing
• recognize and indicate accurate or inaccurate use

🏫 Classroom Transactions

Participate in process writing activities of various kinds to practice and improve writing skills. Editing tasks of various types: correction, deletion, omission, transformation etc. based on grammar items highlighted in class or text.

✅ Evaluation

Integrated grammar tasks.

Vocabulary & Literary Appreciation

🎯 Objective

Gather ideas/knowledge of passive vocabulary while they use active vocabulary in every day contexts, classroom situations. Use a range of commonly used words aptly in speech or writing. Use dictionary to enhance the knowledge of word meaning and pronunciation.

Domains and themes: School; home environment; Personal: relationships, feelings, opinions. Food: eating and cooking; likes and dislikes. Sports and entertainment. Environment: local; nature: landscape, animals, plants and biodiversity; protection, conservation. Culture: local, national, history, festivals. Technology: communication, gadgets. Travel.

Reads magazines and books from the school library or outside. Read supplementary reader silently and with an intention to enjoy the theme.

💡 Learning Outcome

Can Use words presented through texts in various classroom activities including word maze/puzzles/crosswords etc. Use words through understating and knowledge of forms and families, prefix/suffix, simple idioms, figures of speech like simile and metaphor, collocation as well as meaningful phrases. Consult dictionary to learn and clarify knowledge and use of words.

Can talk about books with enjoyment and interest. base assembly programs, skits, plays etc. based on books read. Can speak or write about events, plots and characters in stories read. convert stories into comic strips, plays etc. review stories and books suggested for extensive reading.

🏫 Classroom Transactions

Tasks and word games such as word maze/puzzles/crosswords etc. pair/group activities that reinforce the use of chosen words in appropriate contexts. language games to review knowledge of word meaning/word sound and word spelling.

Take part in book clubs in school. Talk about books in class, assemblies etc. Group discussions, class discussions. Reviews, wall magazine, articles.

✅ Evaluation

Use of words in context. Maintain a notebook with a variety of responses to the stories in the reader.

Syllabus - English - Class - 7

Learners will be able to understand clear, spoken English in everyday conversation, straightforward factual information in talks on common everyday topics, identifying the gist, main points and some details. They understand clearly organized presentations and information content of recorded material about familiar subjects. They can speak in longer turns with pauses to reformulate or self-correct. They speak more accurately and fluently. They can give or seek personal views and opinions in informal discussion. They can participate in pair or group work in class. They can link simple sentences together to communicate short messages or talk about people and events. They understand the organization of texts and read silently for understanding, using a range of strategies. They summarise, predict, link cause and effect, make inferences, and distinguish between fact and opinion based on their understanding. They recognise different kinds of paragraph structure such as narration, description, discursive and process. They consult a dictionary and other reference books independently. They develop academic study and reference skills. They read literary texts and poems in class can understand concepts like plots or characters. They understand and appreciate the use of poetic devices such as imagery, rhyme and rhythm. They read longer texts or stories for pleasure. They compose and write a variety of short pieces like diary entries, messages and notices and by collecting ideas, drafting, revising etc. using appropriate paragraph structure. They write three or four paragraph essays using more complex sentence patterns on familiar topics and apply the concepts of paragraph structure. They punctuate sentences using comma, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks and apostrophes. They use a variety of grammatical structures, sentence patterns and words to express themselves.

Listening

🎯 Objective

Learners understand spoken English in a range of familiar contexts with fair degree of comprehension. Comprehend straightforward factual information in talks on common everyday topics.

💡 Learning Outcome

Can understand clear spoken English of everyday conversation.

• identify the gist, main points and some details of messages over radio, TV, telephone etc.
• understand clearly organised presentations and information content of recorded materials about familiar subjects
• enjoy mini talks /lecture/speech or AV presentations on topics of academic/general nature

Speaking

🎯 Objective

Learners speak in longer turns with pauses to reformulate or self-correct. They participate in informal discussions fluently and accurately. Participate effectively in pair/group work using appropriate pronunciation, intonation. Use appropriate word and sentence stress to communicate effectively.

💡 Learning Outcome

Can participate in teacher led or peer group informal discussions in class on,

• matters of current/general interest
• feelings/experiences and events

several issues using complex structures (give & seek personal views and opinions).

Reading (Reading Comprehension & Dictionary Skills)

🎯 Objective

Learners read texts for understanding information using a range of strategies. Read short stories for pleasure and poems for enjoyment and appreciation. Dictionary Skills: Refer to a dictionary independently.

💡 Learning Outcome

Can interact with the text to -

• understand the organisation of texts
• predict content
• recount details
• summarize text
• make inferences
• link cause and effect
• distinguish between fact and opinion

Can understand and appreciate the theme/emotions in poems, the poetic devices used e.g. imagery, rhyme & rhythm. Can compose/create short poems on the same theme/sentiment. Can understand the flow of plot development of character and analyse value/theme in stories, predict events, appreciate the use of dialogues and settings in the story, derive pleasure from understanding / associating similarity of the story to real life.

Can understand the organisation of elements in a dictionary - words, phrase, sound, meaning, spelling and parts of speech.

🏫 Classroom Transactions

Use of different kinds of activities to engage with a variety of texts. Some examples: Rearranging sentences; paragraphs. Jigsaw reading. KWL. Tabulation of content; cause and effect; comparisons. Mind maps. Framing questions.

Age appropriate poems and stories for responding and retelling or reciting. Activities to engage with the poems and stories to understand theme, attitude, characters, plot etc. Uses head words to locate items. Looks up information about words.

✅ Evaluation

Predict story end midway while reading and/or suggest an alternate end to the story. Use a table or mind map to reconstruct content. Identifies and gives a personal response to the emotion and language in the poem.

Writing & Grammar

🎯 Objective

Compose and write a variety of short pieces as diary entries, messages and notices. Attempt short essays of not more than three to four paragraphs.

Learners use simple to complex grammatical structures. Use a variety of frequently occurring nouns accurately and appropriately. In addition to consolidating the items learnt earlier, the following will be introduced and recycled: Advanced determiners, linking words, adverbs (place and types), tense forms, passivation, adjectives (comparative and superlative forms), reported speech. (grammar items above are to be taught for use and will not be tested in formal terms).

💡 Learning Outcome

Can:

• recognize different kinds of paragraph structures such as narration, description, discursive and process.
• plan, collect ideas, draft and finally revise short essays of 3-4 paragraphs using appropriate linking devices.
• use more complex sentence patterns and apply the concept of paragraph structure to their writing.
• use appropriate punctuation devices, as, full stops, commas, question marks exclamation marks, and apostrophes.

Can use grammatical structures accurately appropriately in speech and writing, connect grammar forms with meaning and function, recognize and indicate accurate or inaccurate use.

🏫 Classroom Transactions

Editing tasks of various types: correction, deletion, omission, transformation etc. based on grammar items highlighted in class or text.

✅ Evaluation

Integrated grammar tasks.

Vocabulary & Reading for Pleasure

🎯 Objective

Gather ideas/knowledge of passive vocabulary while using active vocabulary in every day contexts and classroom situations. Use a range of commonly used words aptly in speech or writing.

Domains and themes: School; home environment; Personal: relationships, feelings, opinions. Food: eating and cooking; likes and dislikes. Sports and entertainment. Environment: local; nature: landscape, animals, plants and biodiversity; protection, conservation. Culture: local, national, history, festivals. Technology: communication, gadgets. Travel.

Reads magazines and books from the school library or outside. Read supplementary reader silently.

💡 Learning Outcome

Can use vocabulary and words presented through texts in various classroom activities. Participate in pair/group activities that reinforce the use of chosen words in appropriate contexts. Use dictionary to enhance the knowledge of word meaning and pronunciation. Participate in language games to review knowledge of word meaning/word sound and word spelling.

Can talk about books with enjoyment and interest, base assembly programs, skits, plays etc. based on books read. Can review stories and books suggested for extensive reading, speak or write about events, plots and characters in stories read, convert stories into comic strips, plays etc.

🏫 Classroom Transactions

Word forms and families, prefix/suffix, simple idioms, figures of speech like simile and metaphor, collocation as well as meaningful phrases are practised and imbibed through tasks and word games such as word maze/puzzles/crosswords etc.

Take part in book clubs in school. Talk about books in class, assemblies etc. Group discussions, class discussions. Reviews, wall magazine articles.

✅ Evaluation

Maintain a notebook with a variety of responses to the stories in the reader.

Syllabus - English - Class - 8

Learners at this level consolidate their language skills to communicate confidently with fluency and accuracy, in real-life situations. Learners will be able to understand spoken language encountered in different contexts, follow clear speech in everyday conversation. They understand factual information about common topics, identifying the gist, main points and most details. They understand clearly organized, longer presentations and information content of recorded material about familiar and some unfamiliar subjects. They join in informal and formal interactions with spontaneity, expressing themselves fluently. They speak extensively and exploit a wide range of simple language to express much of what they want to communicate and participate effectively in pair or group work. They start, maintain, or end a short conversation on familiar themes, with some pauses to reformulate or self-correct. They link and express a connected, linear sequence of points using common connectors to link simple sentences in order to tell a story or describe an event or a process. Learners at this stage engage with the text to extract meaning. They understand factual / informational, in textbooks on subjects related to their interests/study. They recognize significant points in newspaper articles on familiar subjects and can understand the description of events, feelings and wishes and distinguish fact from opinion. They apply higher order thinking skills like analyzing, inferring, and linking ideas through reading texts of various kinds and understand how texts are structured. They read literary texts with understanding through the completion of interactive, guided tasks and appreciate the significance of dialogue and setting in stories. They talk or write briefly about characters, enjoy poems and express their personal response to the theme, emotion and appreciate the use of rhyme, rhythm and other poetic devices. They develop study and reference skills like collecting and organizing information by summarizing, recounting, taking/making simple notes while listening or reading. They write short and longer pieces for a wide range of purposes. They take messages of enquiry or information, write notes or messages or formal letters giving or asking for information and state reasons for action or need. They write personal letters describing experiences, feelings and events in detail. They describe details of anecdotes or events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and write creatively. They describe the plot of a book or film and describe their reactions to it. They use a variety of grammatical structures, sentence patterns and words to express themselves in speech or writing.

Listening

🎯 Objective

Understand spoken language encountered in different real life contexts. Understand factual information about common topics in a simple talk or text read aloud. Understand clearly organized, longer presentations and information content of recorded material about familiar and some unfamiliar subjects.

💡 Learning Outcome

Can understand:

• the main idea or gist
• the main points
• details that support main points

Can identify and understand:

• general intent and purpose
• the key points
• important details

🏫 Classroom Transactions

• Conversation within class groups
• Announcements and messages on audio-visual systems or made by teacher.
• Short interviews in audio-visual format.
• The English news on familiar TV channels

Listen and respond in various ways to short speeches by students, teachers, Audio materials or presentations.

✅ Evaluation

Listen and respond to / take notes/summarize Group discussions, Audio announcements, Interviews, TV/radio news. Can respond to Class discussion Messages. Can summarize and take notes.

Speaking

🎯 Objective

Join in informal interactions or conversation with spontaneity. Participate actively in formal discussions on familiar themes. Participate effectively in pair or group work. Can narrate or describe coherently.

💡 Learning Outcome

Can participate in teacher led or peer group conversations in class about activities or events by:

• using physical strategies like nodding, showing interest
• contributing own thoughts, opinions or ideas
• agreeing or disagreeing politely
• taking turns
• make a point clearly
• ask relevant questions

Can intervene, question or answer politely, take turns without interrupting. Can keep to task in pair and group work, give others a hearing, contribute own ideas in a group discussion. Can arrange a sequence of points of events logically and use linkers appropriately to Tell a story, Describe an event or a process.

🏫 Classroom Transactions

Group discussions, Class discussions, Panel discussions. Group work. Pair and share ideas for talks. Participate in story telling, debates and other such activities.

✅ Evaluation

Participate actively in discussions in class, assemblies etc.

Reading & Literature

🎯 Objective

Engage with the text on familiar subjects to extract meaning. Apply higher order thinking skills like analyzing, inferring, and linking ideas and understand how texts are structured. Develop study and reference skills. Read and understand literary texts. Read and enjoy poems.

💡 Learning Outcome

Can Understand information in texts on subjects of interest and study, extract significant points in newspaper articles, understand description of events, feelings and wishes, Distinguish fact from opinion.

Can Perceive and understand the grouping or classification of information or ideas, understand the organization of ideas or information on the basis of classification, chronology, contrast and comparison and cause and effect.

Can collect and organize information, summarize and recount, make simple notes while reading.

Appreciate the significance of dialogue and setting in stories. Understand motivation, role etc. of characters. Express personal response to the theme and emotion. Appreciate the use of rhyme, rhythm and other poetic devices.

🏫 Classroom Transactions

Comprehension tasks focusing on extracting significant details, text organization. Reading texts to understand paragraph organization principles like classifying, chronological arrangements, comparing, contrasting etc. Activities: Rearranging sentences; paragraphs, Jigsaw reading, KWL, Tabulation of content; cause and effect; comparisons, Mind maps, Framing questions. Read reference books like encyclopedias, material on the Internet to collect information for a project.

Read, discuss and write about literary works of appropriate level.

✅ Evaluation

Reads and demonstrates understanding of gist, details, and organization through various tasks. Make and use notes to speak or write. Oral or written presentations on understanding and appreciation of the texts or poems.

Writing & Grammar

🎯 Objective

Write short pieces (40-50 words). Write longer pieces for a wide range of purposes keeping purpose, audience and format in mind.

Use a variety of grammatical structures and sentence patterns. Uses a range of nouns with ease. In addition to consolidating the items learnt earlier, the following will be introduced and recycled through the upper primary stage: determiners, linking words; sentence modifiers, adverbs (place and types), perfect tense forms, clauses, modal auxiliaries, word order in sentence types.

💡 Learning Outcome

Can take messages of enquiry or information. Can write notes, notices, messages or emails. Can Plan and collect information/ideas, Select ideas/information relevant to purpose. Write formal letters giving or asking for information and state reasons for action or need. Write personal letters describing experiences, feelings and events in detail. Write descriptive pieces with details of anecdotes or events, dreams, hopes and ambitions. Write reviews describing their reactions to the plot and characters of a book or film.

Can use the continuous and perfect tenses appropriately in basic sentence patterns and in the passive and reported speech. use structure words like pronouns, adverbs and linkers appropriately in various kinds of sentences and in writing to create coherence. use most sentence patterns accurately.

🏫 Classroom Transactions

Context based activities with inputs for writing notes, notices, messages or emails. Activities for each stage of the writing process. Visual or verbal inputs and cues for writing. Special group or pair work for drafting, editing and writing. Creation of a class board magazine or other publishing outlets for giving genuine purpose for the writing.

Integrated exercise to practice acquired grammar. Using a range of grammar structures accurately and appropriately while speaking or writing.

✅ Evaluation

Writes messages, notices, emails of appropriate length and content. Writes informatively and creatively on various topics in different formats. Integrated grammar tasks like editing, transcoding etc.

Vocabulary & Reading for Pleasure

🎯 Objective

Gather ideas/knowledge of passive vocabulary while using active vocabulary in every day contexts and classroom situations. Use a range of commonly used words aptly in speech or writing. Domains and themes: School; home environment; Personal: relationships, feelings, opinions. Food: eating and cooking; likes and dislikes. Sports and entertainment. Environment: local; nature: landscape, animals, plants and biodiversity; protection, conservation, Culture: local, national, history, festivals. Technology: communication, gadgets. Travel.

Reads magazines and books from the school library or outside. Read supplementary reader silently.

💡 Learning Outcome

Can use words relating to familiar topics or subjects, make out meaning in context through knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, roots and word forms. spell most common words accurately.

Can talk about books with enjoyment and interest, base assembly programs, skits, plays etc. based on books read. Can review stories and books suggested for extensive reading. speak or write about events, plots and characters in stories read. convert stories into comic strips, plays etc.

🏫 Classroom Transactions

Vocabulary extension activities based on word roots, collocation, prefixes and suffixes. Take part in book clubs in school. Talk about books in class, assemblies etc. Group discussions, class discussions. Reviews, wall magazine articles.

✅ Evaluation

Integrated or context based tasks for use of words. Maintain a notebook with a variety of responses to the stories in the reader.

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