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    Government of Andhra Pradesh

    Department of School Education


    State Council of Educational Research & Training
    DSC-2024
    DSC ` SCHOOL ASSISTANT SYLLABUS - ENGLISH
    1. G.K & Current Affairs - 10M
    2. Perspectives in Education – 05M
    3. Classroom implications of Educational Psychology – 05M
    4. English Content - 40M
    5. English Methodology - 20M
    Total - 80 M
    PART - I

    I. General Knowledge And Current Affairs (Marks: 10)


    PART - II
    II. Perspectives in Education (Marks: 05)

    1. History of Education :
    · The Education in Ancient India - Pre-Vedic and Post-Vedic period, Medieval
    Education.
    · Education in Pre Independent era - Woods Despatch (1854), Hunter
    Commission (1882), Hartog Committee (1929), Sargent Committee (1944).
    · Education in Post Independent era - Mudaliar Commission (1952-53), Kothari
    Commission (1964-66), Ishwarbhai Patel committee (1977), NPE-1986, POA-
    1992
    2. Teacher Empowerment:
    · Need, interventions for empowerment, Professional code of conduct for
    teachers, Teacher motivation, Professional development of Teachers and
    Teacher organizations, National / State Level Organizations for Teacher
    Education, Maintenance of Records and Registers in Schools.
    3. Educational Concerns in Contemporary India:
    · Democracy and Education, Equality, Equity, Quality in Education, Equality of
    Educational opportunities.
    · Economics of Education, Education as Human Capital, Education and Human
    Resource Development, Literacy - Saakshar Bharat Mission.
    · Population Education, Gender - Equality, Equity and Empowerment of
    Women, Urbanization and migration, Life skills.
    · Adolescence Education
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    · Value Education – Moral Value and Professional Ethics in Education.
    · Health and Physical Education
    · Inclusive Education - Classroom Management in Inclusive Education
    · Role of Education in view of Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization
    · Programmes and Projects – APPEP, DPEP, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, National
    Programme for Education of Girls at Elementary Level (NPEGEL), Rashtriya
    Madhyamika Shiksha Abhiyan(RMSA), Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan (RAA),
    KGBVs, Model Schools.
    · Incentives and special provisions – Mid Day Meals, Free Books, Scholarships,
    Awards, Welfare Hostels, Transportation.
    · Current Trends in Education
    4. Acts / Rights:
    · Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act - 2009
    · Right to Information Act - 2005
    · Child Rights
    · Human Rights.

    5. National Curriculum Framework - 2005: Perspectives, Guiding Principles,


    Learning and Knowledge, Teaching Learning Process, Assessments, Systemic
    Reforms.

    6. National Education Policy -2020

    PART - III
    III. Classroom Implications of Educational Psychology – 05m

    1. Individual differences: Inter and intra individual differences, meaning, nature and
    theories of intelligence with special emphasis to multiple intelligence, IQ, assessment
    of intelligence, EQ, Creativity. Attitude, Aptitude, Interest, Habit and its Influence on
    Intelligence – Class room implementation.
    2. Learning: Theories and approaches of learning, learning curves, Factors, Phases,
    Dimensions of learning, Types of learning, Transfer of learning. Memory, Forgetting,
    Learning and assessment– Class room implementation.
    3. Personality: Nature, characteristics and theories of personality, factors of Personality,
    Assessment of Personality, Mental health, Adjustment, Stress – nature, Symptoms
    and management. Emotional intelligence, Management of emotions – Class room
    implementation.

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    PART – IV

    IV. Content (40 Marks)

    Literature Detailed Study

    LITERATURE LEVEL OR AREA OF TESTING


    Background of English Poetical Types, Stanza forms, School and Movements, Dramatic
    Literature Types, The Essay, The Novel, The Short Story

    *Parallelism, Prologue, epilogue, setting, the character, metre,


    diction, imagery, prosody, point of view, epic, mock epic,
    choreography, narration, classic, chorus, comedy, tragedy,
    conflict, plot, criticism, discourse, empathy, sympathy, style,
    Literary Terms
    theatre, feminism, soliloquy, folklore, structure;
    *Figures of Speech - Simile, Metaphor, Apostrophe,
    Personification, Metonymy, Synecdoche, irony and alliteration;
    *Rhyme Scheme

    1. Where the Mind Is without Fear (Rabindranath Tagore)


    2. The cloud (P.B.Shelly)
    3. The Nation's Strength (R.W.Emerson)
    4. Palanquin Bearers (Sarojini Naidu)
    Poetry (Detailed Study)
    5. The Road Not Taken (Robert Frost)
    6. A Slumber did my spirit seal (William Wordsworth)
    7. Telephone Conversation (Wole Soyinka)
    8. The Night of the Scorpion (Nissim Ezekiel)

    1. Of studies (Francis Bacon)


    Prose / Essay (Detailed 2. Self-reliance (R.W.Emerson)
    Study) 3. On Shaking Hands (A.G.Gardiner)
    4. What Makes a Nation (C. Rajagopalachari)
    1. Animal Farm (George Orwell)
    Novels (Detailed Study)
    2. Swami and Friends (R.K.Narayan)
    Drama (Detailed 1. Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
    Study) 2.The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
    1. The Bet (Anton Chekhov)
    Short Story (Detailed 2. Engine Trouble (R. K. Narayan)
    Study) 3. After Twenty Years (O' Henry)
    4. The Thief (Ruskin Bond)

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    (Class VI to Intermediate level syllabus)

    VOCABULARY LEVEL OF TESTING

    Synonyms Identification of Shades of Meaning


    Antonyms Identifying Antonyms in a Context
    Homophones Identification & Usage
    Homonyms Identification & Usage
    Hypernyms &
    Identification & Usage
    Hyponyms
    Spelling Spelling

    One-word Substitutes Referring to Persons / Professions, Places, Collections

    Phrasal Verbs Identification of Meaning and usage

    Idiomatic Expressions Identification, Usage


    Proverbs Proverbs
    Word Formation Suffixes, Prefixes and other forms
    Short Forms - Full
    Common Short Forms - Full Forms
    Forms
    Abbreviations - Full
    Common Abbreviations - Full Forms
    Forms
    Word Collocations Word Collocations
    Foreign Phrases Used
    Standard and common Foreign Phrases Used in English
    in English

    GRAMMAR LEVEL OF TESTING


    Helping Verbs Form, Function & Contractions
    Modal Auxiliaries Form, Function & Contractions
    Ordinary Verbs Form, Function & Contractions

    Articles Use of Articles Including Omissions

    Simple, Compound Prepositions Including Prepositions


    Prepositions
    following Certain Words and Prepositional Phrases

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    Main Clauses, sub-ordinate Clauses, Adjectival Clauses,
    Clauses Noun Clauses, Adverbial Clauses, Relative Clauses, Finite
    and Non-finite Clauses

    Sentence Structures Sentence Structures

    Degrees of Comparison Form, Function, Construction, Transformation

    Language Functions Language Functions with social norms (formal and informal)

    Imperatives and Statements with semi negatives and


    Question Tags
    indefinites subjects
    Types of Sentences Types of Sentences
    Sentence Improvement Sentence Improvement
    Direct Speech & Statements, Questions, Imperatives and Exclamatory
    Indirect Speech Sentences
    Active Voice & Passive
    Active Voice & Passive Voice
    Voice
    Use of tenses and framing including ‘IF’ conditionals Type 1,
    Tenses
    2 &3
    Agreement between
    Agreement between subject & Verb
    subject & Verb
    Word Order Word Order In a phrase or a sentence
    Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, Adverbs, Conjunctions,
    Parts of Speech
    Interjections - Types and functions
    Linkers Linkers
    Transformation of
    Simple. Compound and Complex Sentences
    Sentences

    Common Errors Based on all Vocabulary and Grammar Topics

    MECHANICS OF
    LEVEL OF TESTING
    WRITING
    Punctuation and Use of capital letters, comma, full stop, question mark,
    Capitalization exclamation mark and inverted commas

    COMPOSITION LEVEL OF TESTING


    Letter Writing, News Report, Diary Entry, Conversation,
    Writing of Discourses Description, Diary Entry, Biographical Sketch, Story, Script
    for a speech

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    DICTIONARY
    LEVEL OF TESTING
    SKILLS
    DICTIONARY
    DICTIONARY SKILLS
    SKILLS

    PRONUNCIATION LEVEL OF TESTING


    Phonetics, Stress & Phonetic Transcription and stress marking including
    Intonation intonation in context

    READING
    LEVEL OF TESTING
    COMPREHENSION
    Prose Prose (GENERAL)

    V. Methodology (20 Marks)

    1. Aspects of language (English Language History, Nature, Importance, Principles of


    English as Second language and problems of Teaching / learning English)
    2. Objectives of Teaching English
    3. Development of language Skills (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing;
    Communicative Skills and Imparting values through Communication
    4. Approaches, Methods and Techniques of Teaching English (Introduction,
    Definition, Types of Approaches, Methods and Techniques of Teaching including
    Remedial Teaching)
    5. Teaching of Structures, Vocabulary and Grammar
    6. Teaching Learning Materials in English
    7. Lesson Planning
    8. Curriculum and Textbooks - Importance and need
    9. Evaluation in English Language
    10. Pronunciation, Phonetics and Phonetic Transcription

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