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CTET 1 Mar 2026 Paper 1 English, Question 101

Topic: Pedagogy of language

Q101

Which approach makes use of carefully selected and graded items ?

  1. (1) Structural approachCorrect answer
  2. (2) Constructivism approach
  3. (3) Skill-based approach
  4. (4) Communicative approach

Solution.

CBSE answer: (1)

Answer: (1) Structural approach

  1. The structural approach treats language as a set of structures (sentence patterns).
  2. Items are carefully selected and graded from simple to complex, then taught in that order with practice.
  3. The communicative and constructivist approaches focus on meaning and real use rather than a graded list of structures.

Trap: skill-based approach organises teaching by the four skills, not by graded language items.