0584-Population Education

ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD

Department of Educational Planning,

Policy Studies and Leadership

SUBJECT:      MAILING PACKAGE OF M.A EPM-584 “POPULATION EDUCATION” AUTUMN 2010, SEMESTER

Dear Students,

         Assalam-o-Alaikum,

         I feel great pleasure in welcome you to the MA EPM-584 course “Population Education” in the current semester. The course, as you would feel it, is meant for equipping the prospective planners and administrators with the skills and techniques required by them. I hope you would find this course quite interesting as well as useful in your professional development. I am sure that the successful completion of this course will be a major step towards achievement of the MA EPM degree from the University in due course of time.

       This mailing package contains:

i)              Course Book (Units 1-18)

ii)             Four Assignments

iii)           Assignment Proformas (12)

iv)           Schedule for submitting assignments

v)            Acknowledgement receipt

         You will receive your workshop assignment in due course which you would be required to present and submit in writing in the forthcoming workshop of the course towards the end of the semester.

         Towards the end I wish you a happy and enjoyable semester. My services are available as and when required.

         With best wishes.

                                                                                    Yours sincerely,

                                                                       (Dr. S. Manzoor Hussain Shah)

                                                                          Chairman/Course Coordinator

                                                                                               

ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD

(Department of EPPSL)

WARNING

1.         PLAGIARISM OR HIRING OF GHOST WRITER(S) FOR SOLVING THE ASSIGNMENT(S) WILL DEBAR THE STUDENT FROM AWARD OF DEGREE/CERTIFICATE, IF FOUND AT ANY STAGE.

2.         SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENTS BORROWED OR STOLEN FROM OTHER(S) AS ONE’S OWN WILL BE PENALIZED AS DEFINED IN “AIOU PLAGIARISM POLICY”.

Course: Population Education (584)                                 Semester: Autumn, 2010

Level: MA–EPM                                                                           Total Marks: 100

                                                                                                          Pass Marks: 40

Note: Before attempting assignments, please read the following instructions:

1.            Please write in your assignment in legible handwriting.

2.            Please submit the assignment on or before the specified date.

3.            Late assignment will not be accepted in any case.

4.            All questions carry equal marks.

ASSIGNMENT No. 1

(Units: 1-5)

Q.1    Write short notes on the following:                                                                   (20)

         (a)     Mortality

         (b)     Core Learning Kit Approach

         (c)     Objectives of Population Education at Primary Level

         (d)     Value Clarification

Q.2    What is meant by over population? Discuss the consequences of over Population in a developing country like Pakistan.                                                                                                                     (20)

        

Q.3    Compare and analyse the statistics relating to major population characteristics in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.      (20)

Q.4    Is it possible to alleviate poverty in the light of population education? Discuss.    (20)

Q.5    Define population Education. Give a brief account of historical development of population education concept.            (20)

ASSIGNMENT No. 2

(Units: 6-9)

Total Marks: 100                                                                              Pass Marks: 40

Note: All questions carry equal marks.

Q.1    Write down short notes on the following:                                                          (20)

         (a)     Difference between community development and rural development

         (b)     Role of women in our society

         (c)     Research and its types

         (d)     Coordination strategies for population education

         (e)     Constraints in population education planning

Q.2    Why do we need to integrate the concepts of population education into learning material of adult education and literacy programme?                                                                                                                                     (20)

Q.3    Is it correct to say that Asian women enjoy equal right to men? If not, explain the grounds of the equality.     (20)

Q.4    What is work plan? Bring out in detail its significance in implementing the programme of N.F.E. in the developing countries?                                                                                                      (20)

Q.5    Discuss in detail the concept of management, its nature importance and functions in the field of population education. (20)

ASSIGNMENT No. 3

(Units: 10-14)

Total Marks: 100                                                                              Pass Marks: 40

Note: All questions carry equal marks.

Q.1    Write down short notes on the following:                                                          (20)

         (a)     Product evaluation

         (b)     Eco-system

         (c)     Urbanization and problems in big cities

         (d)     Monitoring process

         (e)     Role of catalytic agent.

Q.2    What are the various conditions which are necessary for a successful monitoring system? Why it is important in population education projects?                                                                         (20)

Q.3    What is meant by “Pollution”? Also state the various types of environmental population. How we can over come this problem.                                                                                                        (20)

Q.4    Analyse that how the various components of a social system affect the population growth in a society?         (20)

Q.5    What are the various steps in designing the project evaluation? Discuss in detail. (20)

ASSIGNMENT No. 4

(Units: 15-18)

Total Marks: 100                                                                              Pass Marks: 40

Note: All questions carry equal marks.

Q.1    What is Eco-system and how does the population increase affect it?                  (20)

Q.2    Critically analyse the Population Policies of South Area.                                   (20)

Q.3    Discuss the role of agents and key personnel in bringing awareness about implications and population explosions in developing countries.                                                                                      (20)

Q.4    Which types of research can be most useful studies in the area of population education?       (20)

Q.5    Write short notes on the following:                                                                   (20)

         (a)     Environment and Population Education

         (b)     World Population Policy

         (c)     Role of Teachers as an agent of Population Education

         (d)     Scientific Method of Inquiry.

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0559-Modern Grammatical Theory

ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD

(Department of English Language & Applied Linguistics)

Welcome to the MA TEFL course 559 “Modern Grammatical Theory”. This is the final course in which you are required to do assignments since the last phase of the MA TEFL programme mainly involves research work. By this time you must be quite familiar with the terminology related with English language and English language teaching, including the meaning and sound system of the language, the construction of structures, the traditional grammar, the psychology and sociology of language, the language learning and teaching strategies and finally the evaluation and correction techniques. The current course is aimed at giving you an insight into the theories and application of modern grammar, as suggested by the course title. The textbook being provided is entitled ‘Reader and Guide’ since it is based on two sections, a) Reader b) Guide. This course comprises mainly six units, provided in the Guide section. The seventh unit is the summary/achievement of the course. The Reader section provides detailed information on the areas covered in the Guide.

In addition to the actual ‘Reader and Guide’ you must have received a ‘Supplementary Reader’ in your study package. Although the actual ‘Reader and Guide,’ includes some extra reading material from the latest foreign ELT books, available at the time of the production of the course,’ the Supplementary Reader further clarifies relatively complex topics/areas that require more explanation and extra reading. This Supplementary Reader has been compiled by putting together material from some useful books on the subject; keeping in view the difficulties you might encounter searching these books in the libraries.

You are strongly advised to go through the Supplementary Reader thoroughly and with the same spirit in which it has been prepared in order to have full grasp over the subject and to perform better in the examination as well as the assignments. In case you still face any difficulty in comprehending the given concepts/ideas, you may discuss these with your tutor and seek his/her guidance. We strongly hope and wish that you derive the maximum from this course and apply the knowledge for effective classroom teaching so that the desired objectives are achieved and the propose of offering the course is justified.

Best of luck,

Course Coordinator

ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD

(Department of English Language & Applied Linguistics)

WARNING

1.         PLAGIARISM OR HIRING OF GHOST WRITER(S) FOR SOLVING THE ASSIGNMENT(S) WILL DEBAR THE STUDENT FROM AWARD OF DEGREE/CERTIFICATE, IF FOUND AT ANY STAGE.

2.         SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENTS BORROWED OR STOLEN FROM OTHER(S) AS ONE’S OWN WILL BE PENALIZED AS DEFINED IN “AIOU PLAGIARISM POLICY”.

Course: Modern Grammatical Theory (559)                  Semester: Autumn, 2010

Level: M.A TEFL                                                                        Total Marks: 100

                                                                                                          Pass Marks: 40

ASSIGNMENT No. 1

(Units 1–3)

Q.1    Explain Chomsky’s view that grammar is generative and an infinite number of sentences can be produced with finite number of sentences present in one’s mind. Also discuss properties of TG. Support your answer with relevant examples.                                                                                                                     (20)

Q.2    What do you understand by the concept of ‘competence and performance’ as put forward by Chomsky? Discuss in detail in the light of his theory of Transformational Generative Grammar.                    (15)

Q.3    What does Chomsky mean by the terms Surface Structure and Deep Structure? Draw distinction between the two terms with the help of a least three examples explaining these concepts.                     (15)

Q.4    The constituent elements of a sentence can be explained with the help of tree diagram. Elaborate the Phrase Structure rules and the rules of tree diagram with the help of an example.                        (15)

Q.5    Draw Tree diagrams of the following sentences:                                              (20)

         i.       A man climbed up the hill without a stick.

         ii.       My car was stolen by the thieves living in the nearby village.

         iii.      In the bank, there was a huge amount of money.

         iv.      The black buck was being chased by the big cat.

Q.6    Discuss in detail how structural change occurs during the process of transformation of sentences from one structural formation to the other.                                                                                    (15)

ASSIGNMENT No. 2

(Units 4–6)

Total Marks: 100                                                                            Pass Marks: 40

Q.1    Explain the difference between ‘PS rules’ and ‘T – rules’ in detail.                   (15)

Q.2    What are ‘T – rules of passivisation’? Discuss in detail and exemplify.              (15)

Q.3    Write a detailed note on Syntax. What difference do you find between English and Urdu syntax? Elaborate with the help of examples.                                                                                                  (15)

Q.4    While defining the Universal Grammar, Chomsky says: “ [it is]…..the system of principles, conditions and rules that are elements or properties of all human language-, the essence of human language” (Chomsky, 1976: 29) elaborate.        (15)

Q.5    Head parameters vary from language to language. In the light of this comment explain the difference between the head parameter of Urdu and English.                                                                       (15)

Q.6    How would you explain the term ‘structure dependency’ as discussed in Chapter 4 & 5 of your guide?         (15)

Q.7    Is the projection principal common to all languages or does it apply to certain individual languages?    (10)

ASSIGNMENT No. 3

(Units 7–9)

Total Marks: 100                                                                            Pass Marks: 40

Q.1    Explain the difference between rules of language and principles of language.     (20)

Q.2    What is LAD (Language Acquisition Device)? Explain what you understand by the language faculty being innate in human mind.                                                                                                  (15)

Q.3    Discuss the idea that certain principles are not universal / not common in all languages and yet they create a syntactic movement. Justify your answer with examples.                                                (10)

Q.4    Explain in detail what is Plato’s theory of language acquisition and how is it different from Chomsky’s views on this topic?                                                                                                            (15)

Q.5    “The language property appears to be a separate property, common to all species and unique to it in its essentials.” Discuss the properties of Language Faculty in the light of the above statement.  (20)

Q.6    Elaborate how does Universal Grammar help you in teaching learning environment, i.e. in the class room?     (20)

ASSIGNMENT No. 4

Total Marks: 100                                                                            Pass Marks: 40

Written report: 16 out of 40                                            Presentation: 24 out of 60

The 4^th assignment is based on a research based activity / project. You are required to study the relevant area / conduct the research and prepare a brief report on the findings in the area. You will then have to submit one copy of the report to the tutor within the given date and present the report in the Assignment Presentation Workshop to be held at the end of the semester. (The schedule of this workshop will be communicated to you by the tutor / RD concerned) The fourth assignment carries 100 marks; 40 for the written report and 60 for the presentation. You have to score at least 16 in written report and 24 in the presentation failing which you will be declared fail in the course.

A few guidelines for the written report and presentation are as follows:

a)      The written report should have an introduction, body and conclusion.

b)      It should be written in clear, concise and correct English.

c)      It should be 5-8 double spaced typed or handwritten pages.

The presentation will be assessed mainly in:

i.       Contents of the assignment / report

ii.       Communication skills

iii.      Language accuracy

iv.      Language fluency

v.      Presentation style

Project:

Select any one of the following areas, in consultation with your tutor, for your written report and presentation.

1.      Record at least ten utterances / sentences of a child of about two to three years. Analyse these utterances / sentences in the light of Chomsky’s theory of innate language that states that “Each speaker of a language has an internalized grammar or set of rules which enables the meaning of a sentence to be extracted from its constituents and word order.” Write a detailed report based on your findings.

2.      “UG tells us that all languages have certain common grammatical principles. For example a common principle is that every language will have certain syntactic categories (Noun phrases, verb phrases, prepositional phrases and so on). All these principals have a head which is always a noun is a noun phrase, a verb in a verb phrase, etc”. Everything else in the phrase is a compliment.”

         Explain the statement in detail so that the concept of Universal Grammar that ‘all languages have common grammatical principles” becomes clear. Prepare a questionnaire based on the statements given by Chomsky regarding Universal Grammar and get it filled by at least 10 teachers / experts for their opinion on whether, and to what extent there are similarities in the syntax of more than one language. Write a report on the responses you get through the questionnaire.

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0558-English for Specific Purposes

                     ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD

(Department of English Language & Applied Linguistics)

Dear Student,

Welcome to the MA TEFL course ‘English for Specific Purposes’ (558). ESP is an emerging concept in ELT with an aim to design material for students according to their professional needs. The course aims at providing you an insight into the basic concepts of ESP, need analysis, syllabus designing, assessment, etc. The course contents will also help you to design activities for your students keeping in view of their academic and professional needs and requirements.

Following the assignment schedule, you have to submit four assignments. The first three assignments are theory based whereas the fourth assignment is a project. Each assignment carries 100 marks and you need at least 40% marks in assignments to appear in the final examination. Schedule for tutorials and assignments will be sent by the regional office concerned.

CHECKLIST FOR ESP (558)

1.      English for Specific Purposes (Textbook)

2.      Supplementary reading material

3.      Four assignments

4.      Four sets of assignment forms

In case any item is missing, please contact The Mailing Section, Allama Iqbal Open University, Sector H-8, Islamabad.

We hope you will enjoy and benefit from the course.

Good luck

Umar Farooq

Course Coordinator

Tel: 051-9057766

Email: umar.farooq@aiou.edu.pk

ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD

(Department of English Language & Applied Linguistics)

WARNING

1.         PLAGIARISM OR HIRING OF GHOST WRITER(S) FOR SOLVING THE ASSIGNMENT(S) WILL DEBAR THE STUDENT FROM AWARD OF DEGREE/CERTIFICATE, IF FOUND AT ANY STAGE.

2.         SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENTS BORROWED OR STOLEN FROM OTHER(S) AS ONE’S OWN WILL BE PENALIZED AS DEFINED IN “AIOU PLAGIARISM POLICY”.

Course: English for Specific Purposes (558)                    Semester: Autumn, 2010

Level: MA TEFL                                                                          Total Marks: 100

ASSIGNMENT No. 1

(Units 1–6)

Q.1    What do we mean by the term ‘ESP’? Also give an historical overview of the ESP. (20)

Q.2    Do the present English language textbooks at HSSC level meet the future professional needs of the students? Discuss and give your suggestion.                                                                                (20)

Q.3    What are the common constraints like time factor, learner’s age, etc. in ESP teaching/learning situation? Give examples.         (20)

Q.4    Define the term ‘need analysis’. Why is it important to do a proper need analysis before designing an ESP programme?         (20)

Q.5    Class profile is one of the important aspects in assessing the target needs and learning needs of the students. Design a profile of your students and enlist their target needs and learning needs.             (20)

ASSIGNMENT No. 2

(Units 7–12)

Total Marks: 100

Q.1    What are the different approaches to language teaching and how do they affect ESP course designing process?        (20)

Q.2    What is syllabus? Discuss various kinds of syllabus along with examples.           (20)

Q.3    What kind of ESP syllabus is suitable for an ESP course in Pakistan? Discuss with examples.           (20)

Q.4    a)      Select an article from a newspaper and apply the four-fold approach to evaluate its effectiveness as ESP material.                                                                                                            (20)

         b)      Discuss how you can use the selected article for a specific group of student. (20)

ASSIGNMENT No. 3

(Units 13–18)

Total Marks: 100

Q.1    What are the characteristics of good learning materials? Select at least two texts and analyze them in detail. (25)

Q.2    Define the following terms:                                                                             (25)

         a.      Discourse                           b.      Recycling of learning

         c.      Textual connections             d.      Anaphoric and cataphoric reference

         e.      Cohesive devices

Q.3    Each profession has got specific vocabulary and its uses. Make a list of at least 20 words relating to any profession and design two activities to teach selected vocabulary.                                            (25)

Q.4    Explain the ‘what’, ‘who’, ‘how’ and ‘when’ of ESP course evaluation.            (25)

ASSIGNMENT No. 4

(Project)

Total Marks: 100

This assignment is based on a research-oriented activity. You are required to carry out a research and prepare a brief report on their findings in one of the areas given below. Submit the report to the tutor within the scheduled period. After getting feedback from your tutor, present the same in the course/assignment presentation workshop (schedule to be communicated by the tutor concerned or the Regional Office). The compulsory presentation carries 100 marks; 40 marks for the written report/assignment and 60 for the presentation. You need to score 40% marks in both component to pass the course.

A few guidelines for writing and presenting the report:

a.      the written report should have an introduction, body and conclusion. It should be written in clear, concise and correct English.

b.      it should be 5–8 double-spaced typed/handwritten pages.

c.      The presentation will be assessed and evaluated mainly in:

         i.       Contents of the assignment/report

         ii.      Communication skills

         iii.     Language accuracy

         iv.     Language fluency

         v.      Presentation style

d.      You may use transparencies, charts or any other material for good presentation with the permission of the tutor (if possible).

Select any one of the following topics in consultation with your tutor for project:

1.      Design and conduct questionnaires among the students (40) of HSSC level regarding their needs. Analyse the data and make recommendations for introducing separate ESP courses for medical, engineering, commerce and computer science students. Attach filled in questionnaire with your report.

2.      Select a group of professionals (in consultation with your tutor), conduct a need analysis design objectives and course outline. Outline a course keeping in view their needs and prepare at least two lesson plans. Execute these lesson plans and record the feedback. Attach need analysis and lesson plans with your report.

3.             Find out an ESP book and critically analyze its content, presentation, activities, assessment, etc. Write a review of the book with appropriate examples from the book. Attach printouts of the title and relevant pages of the book with your report.

4.             Design outline of a teacher training module (10hours) focusing on teaching ESP. Execute a chunk of the same in your own institution and record the feedback on its effectiveness. Attach outline of the module and feedback forms with your report.

5.             Select an area and collect a list of 50 words related to one specific area of ESP. Design two lesson plans based on the vocabulary. Teach and get feedback from the students. Write a project report and attach the list of vocabulary, lesson plans and feedback from the students with your assignments.

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0554-EFL in the Classroom

ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD

(Department of English Language & Applied Linguistics)

WARNING

1.         PLAGIARISM OR HIRING OF GHOST WRITER(S) FOR SOLVING THE ASSIGNMENT(S) WILL DEBAR THE STUDENT FROM AWARD OF DEGREE/CERTIFICATE, IF FOUND AT ANY STAGE.

2.         SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENTS BORROWED OR STOLEN FROM OTHER(S) AS ONE’S OWN WILL BE PENALIZED AS DEFINED IN “AIOU PLAGIARISM POLICY”.

Course: EFL in the Classroom (554)                               Semester: Autumn, 2010

Level: Dip. TEFL                                                                         Total Marks: 100

                                                                                                          Pass Marks: 40

ASSIGNMENT No. 1

(Units 1–6)

Q.1    What are the main differences between a teacher-centered and a student centered teaching style and how students react to these two teaching styles in the language classroom? Discuss.              (20)

Q.2    What is classroom management? What are the various ways to manage the language class?        (20)

Q.3    To design a syllabus is a very sensitive job? What are the different steps involved in designing and implementing syllabus? Discuss in detail.                                                                            (20)

Q.4    Explain these terms:                                                                                        (20)

         a.      Exploratory Talk

         b.      Pre-teaching

         c.      Graded Activities

         d.      Teaching Plan

Q.5    What do you mean by individualization in language teaching? Highlight the importance of individualization in comparison with group work in a language classroom. Explain it in detail.                            (20)

ASSIGNMENT No. 2

(Units 7–12)                                                                                  Total Marks: 100

Q.1    What is a communicative approach? Write about three important considerations for a teacher while using a communicative approach in the classroom?                                                      (20)

Q.2    Differentiate between a mechanical drill and a meaningful drill and how each of these is helpful in EFL classroom. Write at least two examples to support your answer.                                        (20)

Q.3    Motivation plays a very important role in language classroom. How a teacher can keep up to motivational level high at the production stage? Explain it with three examples from a real language class atmosphere.            (20)

Q.4    How newspaper can be exploited in the classroom to teach narrative writing to students. Devise two activities based on news items.                                                                                                    (20)

Q.5    Explain these terms:                                                                                        (20)

         a.      Norm-referenced

         b.      Criterion-referenced

         c.      Continuous assessment

         d.      Reliability

ASSIGNMENT No. 3

(Units 13–18)                                                                                Total Marks: 100

Q.1    Teaching aids, assist teachers to teach language, how? Explain it with at least two examples.         (20)

Q.2    Define the term flash card. How flash cards can be used among different groups to teach vocabulary? Explain with at least two examples.                                                                                        (20)

Q.3    Do progress tests really test the progress of the students? How far this claim is true in the context of our own testing and assessment system to judge the progress of students in language learning? Discuss.       (20)

Q.4    Games play an important role in teaching language. How can games be used to teach past tense to students? Devise two activities to support the claim.                                                                          (20)

Q.5    What is a weak class? What strategies you would adopt to teach a weak class? (20)

ASSIGNMENT No. 4

Total Marks: 100

This assignment is project based on research oriented activities given below. Choose any of the research activities in consultation with your tutor and write a report.

You are required to study the relevant material, conduct research and prepare a brief report on what you have done. Submit the report to your tutor whose feedback will be useful to you. Always keep the copy of it for your record before submitting it to the tutor.

You have to present the report in one of the tutorial (the schedule/plan of the tutorial of the presentations will be intimated by the tutor or the Regional Director concerned).

This assignment carries 100 marks: 40 marks are the allocated for the written report and 60 for presentation. To pass this course you have to secure at least 40% marks in each of the components. If you fail to obtain the required marks you would be unfortunately declared fail even if you have passed the written exam and other three assignments of the course.

1.      Role of a teacher is very important in teaching-learning process. Prepare an observation sheet keeping in view various roles of a teacher. Now observe at least five teachers in their classrooms. Share you observation with them and get feedback. Write a brief report on their roles/teaching styles and propose suggestions for improvement. Attach observation sheets and feedback with your assignment.

2.      Syllabus is a roadmap for teachers and students. Select or design and evaluation criterion and evaluate the present syllabus of English of the level you are teaching at keeping in view the needs of the students. Share your evaluation and suggestions in the form of a brief report. Attach evaluation criteria and content list of the book with the assignment.

3.      Through language games we can motivate our students in learning English. Design two language games for teaching language skills to your students. Execute the games in your classroom and get students’ feedback. Write a report on the effectiveness of using a language games. Attach the language games and students’ feedback with your assignment.

4.      We have problem students in every class. Design a remedial programme for dealing with the problem students. Execute the programme and observe the students by maintaining a daily diary. Record your observations for at least 15 days and then assess the effectiveness of the programme. Write a brief report on the effectiveness of the remedial programme. Attach remedial programme and diary with your assignment.

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