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CTET 8 Feb 2026 Paper 1 English, Question 114

Topic: Writing skills

Q114

A teacher of class I asks her learners to scribble, draw and write whatever children want, on the walls. What does she encourage here ?

  1. (1) joy and humour.
  2. (2) writing skill development.
  3. (3) initiation to writing the letters of alphabets.
  4. (4) emergent literacy development.Correct answer

Solution.

CBSE answer: (4)

Answer: (4) emergent literacy development.

  1. Scribbling and drawing freely are the first steps children take towards reading and writing.
  2. This early stage, before formal writing, is called emergent literacy.
  3. The teacher is not teaching letters or formal writing skills here.

Trap: (3) the activity is free scribbling, not practice of alphabet letters.