Maharashtra State Board Of Secondary And Higher Secondary Education Pune.
ORAL EXAMINATION
Sub - English
Class - XI & XII
Marks - 20
🟣 Testing Listening ( 10 Marks )
( Any Two Activities )
🗨️ Activity no. 1: Listen to a short sentence (05)
🗨️ Activity no. 2: Listen to a short poem (05)
🗨️ Activity no. 3: Listen to a short story (05)
Activity no.1 - Listen to a short sentence
🗨️ The teacher will read out a sentence loudly
🗨️ Students will listen carefully and write the sentence correctly
🗨️ Words and spellings are focused in this activity
🗨️ Based on accuracy and recognition of the words
Sample sentences
🟣 Then I'am sure she sells seashore shells.
🟣 we will meet whether weather remains good.
🟣 Let her solve her problem later.
🟣 I don't know why I scream on seeing ice- cream.
🟣 He was wandering to find some wonderful things.
Activity no. 2 - Listen to a short poem
🗨️ The teacher will read out a short poem loudly
🗨️ Students will listen the poem carefully and write the short summary / Gist / Theme / Central idea
🗨️ Students will also write the figures of speech,rhyming words and rhyme scheme
🗨️ Poetic appreciation is focused in this activity
Sample poem
Down in a green and shady bed,
A modest violet grew,
Its stalk was bent, it hung its head,
As if to hide from view.
And yet it was a lovely flower,
Its colours bright and fair;
It might have graced a rosy bower,
Instead of hiding there,
🟣 Gist / Theme /Central idea - This poem reveals the modesty and obedience of the violet
🟣 Figures of speech - personification Alliteration
🟣 Rhyming words - bed - head, grew -view, flower - bower, fair - there
🟣 Rhyme Scheme - abab
Activity no. 3 - Listen to a short story
🗨️ The teacher will read out a short to loudly
🗨️ Student will listen the story carefully and write the theme and moral of the story
🗨️ Students will also write their own opinion regarding the story
🗨️ Students comprehension and analytical skills are focused here
Sample story
Ram and Shyam were friends. They lived in a village. Once they made a plan to go to a nearby city.They passed through a forest. Wild animals lived in that forest. On the way they saw a bear. Shyam was selfish. He climbed up a tree. Ram could not climb up the tree. He lay down on the ground. He held his breath.The bear smelt him and took him for a dead. He went away.Shyam came down and asked Ram, “What was the bear saying in your ears ?”Ram replied, “He advised me to beware of friends who run away in danger."
🟣 Theme - A false friend
🟣 Moral - A friend in need is a friend indeed
🟣 My opinion - ---------------------------------
🟣 Speaking skill - 10 Marks
Activity no. 4 - Testing speaking skill
🗨️ Teacher will enable the student to speak by giving any task or activity
🗨️ Student's comprehension, confidence & preparation will be tested
🗨️ Fluency, Grammar, Vocabulary, Body Language & Communicative approach will be tested
Sample Activities
🟣 Sample Activity 1-
Give a speech on any one of the following topics
Internet, Online education, Social media, Covid -19, Chemical fertilizers, Importance of education, science, Today's politics, Plastic & environment, Wildlife protection etc.
🟣 Sample Activity no. 2
Introduce Yourself :
Family background, education, hobbies, memorable event, future plans & goals etc.
🟣 Sample Activity no. 3
Narrate :
Narrate a memorable or unforgettable moment in your life or Narrate a story that you have recently read etc.
🟣 Sample Activity no. 4-
Imagine :
If I were the prime minister of india.....
If I will be an Astrologer...
If I will be a bus conductor..... etc.
🟣 Sample Activity no. 5 -
Role playing , using proper dialogues
Perform a role of a doctor, bus conductor, bank manager, teacher, politician, beggar, businessman etc.
🟣 Sample Activity no. 6
Arrange a group discussion by forming groups of 2-3 students. Give them any topic. Observe individually.
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