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CTET 7 Feb 2026 Paper 1 English, Question 112

Topic: Pedagogy of language

Q112

You find that an English language teacher is using freely mother tongue in the class. She is using _____ method.

  1. (1) audio-lingual
  2. (2) grammar-translationCorrect answer
  3. (3) structural oral situation
  4. (4) direct

Solution.

CBSE answer: (2)

Answer: (2) grammar-translation

  1. The grammar-translation method teaches a new language by translating to and from the mother tongue.
  2. So the teacher uses the mother tongue freely in class.

Trap: (4) The direct method bans the mother tongue and teaches only through English. (1) audio-lingual also keeps teaching in the target language.