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Center for Material production, Testing and Evalution
Material
Production: This research group under the center was esatablished to fulfill the
ojectives of devolping teaching texts in Indian Languages as well as for production
of additional reading materials. This group produces basic, advanced and intensive
instructional materials to teach major Indian Languages to mother tounge learners
as well as second language learners. Books are produced for both adults and school
going childern. In the process, it also develops innovative techniques for material
preparation. Most teaching materials are prepared in workshops where teachers
and researchers work in close collaboration. The texts thus produced are then
field tested before they are brought out in published form.
Materials
Production group has so far produced nearly 240 teaching and learning materials,
besides creating supplementary teaching materials like Nursery Rhymes, Pictorial
Glossaries, Language Games, Cultural Vocabulary, Recall Vocabulary, and Common
Vocabulary in various Indian Languages.
The Group also conducts Orientation Programs to key resource persons and language teachers. It also extends consultancy in matters of curriculum development and material preparation for language education. |
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recent publication:
Learn Tamil through Hindi
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Testing and Evaluation: This group under the center conducts fundamental research on proficiency testing, learning evaluation, performance measurements, education techniques, etc., with reference to language and literature of all Indian languages. The group has been engaged in developing basic reference materials on terminology, bibliography and approaches to different kinds of evaluation. To meet different requirements in Indian languages, the group has created database on test contents, test methods, test purposes which includes a variety of item types in language and literature with quality indices for different purposes and levels in different contexts. The group has also developed tools for specific requirements for examinations and recruitment tests conducted by different agencies such as SSCs, State PSCs, UPSC, etc., and Government
Departments.
The group is also involved in evaluation of language related programs and schemes both for in-house and external agencies; evaluation of language primers, production of textbooks meant for different stages of education both in the context of mother tongue and second language, restructuring of syllabi and abstraction of objectives for both undergraduate and post-graduate courses in various Indian languages. It also provides guidance to indivi.dual researchers, research groups of various educational institutions and Universities, and imparts training through orientation programs for various government organizations, NGOs, and foreign agencies. |
