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CTET 8 Feb 2026 Paper 1 English, Question 140

Topic: Pedagogy of language

Q140

Which of the following is an incorrect assumption in language teaching ?

  1. (1) Learner’s first language plays an important role in learning.
  2. (2) Language teaching should have a focus in communicative activities.
  3. (3) Language teaching should give importance to writing rather than to speech.Correct answer
  4. (4) Learners acquire language by trying to use it in real situations.

Solution.

CBSE answer: (3)

Answer: (3) Language teaching should give importance to writing rather than to speech.

  1. Children learn to listen and speak before they read and write, and speech is the base for later literacy.
  2. Good language teaching values all four skills and does not place writing above speech.
  3. The other options (first language as a resource, communicative activities, use in real situations) are sound assumptions.