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A teacher of class V gives lots of sentences using words like 'good' 'beautiful' 'bad' 'colourful' 'old' 'young' and when learners have noticed these words which she named them as 'describing words'. Later she gives more sentences in which the learners are asked to supply these describing words. At the end she draws the attention of learners that these words are known as 'adjectives'. What is this strategy known as?

A teacher of class V gives lots of sentences using words like 'good' 'beautiful' 'bad' 'colourful' 'old' 'young' and when learners have noticed these words which she named them as 'describing words'. Later she gives more sentences in which the learners are asked to supply these describing words. At the end she draws the attention of learners that these words are known as 'adjectives'. What is this strategy known as? Correct Answer <span style="">Consciousness raising</span>

Language learning is the process of learning to speak and understand a foreign language. It helps children to acquire practical commands of language. It is a result of deliberate and conscious effort for a better understanding of foundational skills of language learning

  • Language strategies and activities ensure the growth of learners' knowledge and assess their level of understanding. It is an authentic source to determine that the classroom teaching is resulting in actual knowledge enhancement of the learners.

Key Points

  • The above-mentioned strategy is known as Consciousness-raising which refers to raise something to consciousness which means to make learners aware of something.
  • Consciousness-raising activities are designed to raise the learners’ language awareness. The learners are required to solve the problems interactively in order to formulate both the explicit and the implicit knowledge.
  • Explicit knowledge involves a conscious and analytical awareness of formal properties in language. Meanwhile, implicit knowledge shows intuitive feelings for what may be correct and acceptable.
  • The consciousness-raising activities can help learners build their conscious knowledge and understanding of how the language works grammatically. These activities make the learners aware of language so they can achieve an accurate use of the tenses in an appropriate context for communication. 

Hence we can conclude that the above-mentioned strategy is known as Consciousness-raising.

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