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Maharashtra Board HS Examination syllabus


(A) Compulsory Subjects

English (01)

Introduction
The curriculum for the subject of English
at Std. XI and Std. XII has been prepared
bearing in mind the curriculum of English for
the classes I to X in Maharashtra, the National
Curriculum Framework & State Curriculum
Framework, the curriculums of English in the
other states of India, current thinking in
curriculum development and curriculum
implementation, and the views/opinions
expressed by teachers on the existing curriculum
frame work.
Characteristic Features of the new
curriculum
1. In pursuance of the existing policy of the
State Government, a common course in
the subject of English has been designed
for the learners from the English medium
and the Non-English medium schools.
2. The course offers opportunities for
remediation, consolidation and extension
of the language skills already learnt.
3. The course endeavors to meet the
functional (communicative), literary
(aesthetic) and cultural (integrative) needs
of the learner.
4. The course provides opportunities for
meeting the linguistic needs of the
vocational as well as the academic stream.
It aims at preparing the learner
linguistically to undertake different
professional courses like Medicine,
Engineering and to pursue different types
of undergraduate courses in various streams
such as Science, Law, Commerce,
Humanities, Agriculture, etc. It also aims
at helping the learner to face the wider
world of work.
5. The National Curriculum Framework, the
State Curriculum Framework and the policy
of the State Government underscore the
need of making education learner-centered
and adopting the constructivist model of
education. The role of the learner is that of
an active participant and the role of the
teacher is that of a facilitator of learning.
The focus is on the process of learning.
The learner is expected to discover and
construct’ his/her learning.
6. The major thrust of this curriculum is on
the development of communication skills.
Along with the basic language skills of
Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing,
the skills such as narrating, describing,
reporting, summarizing, persuading, notetaking, note-making, etc. have also been
focused.
7. The course makes a conscious effort of
helping the learner to sharpen his/her
literary sensibility, by offering him/her
opportunities to read and discuss a variety
of literary texts.
8. In view of the developments in the field
of Information and Communication
Technology, the Board recommends
increasing use of technology for effective
implementation of the curriculum of
English
General Objectives
To enable the student to
1. develop his/her language skills to a fair
degree of proficiency.
2. acquire communication skills in English
useful in real life situations.
3. enrich his/her vocabulary.
4. use English in appropriate grammatical
forms.
5. develop reference skills and inculcate
self-study habits.
6. use English not only as a library language
but also as an important language of
communication.
7. cultivate a broad human and cultural
outlook.
Specific Objectives
Listening Skill
To enable the student to
1. enjoy and appreciate the rhythmic beauty
of various types of poems read out by the
teacher in the class.
2. listen with fair comprehension to spoken
English dealing with ordinary or
specialized topics in known and unknown
vocabulary.
3. acquire a global understanding of a variety
of texts of a reasonable length read out/
played on a cassette/C.D.
4. listen to passages of a reasonable length
read out/recorded for getting specific
information and to answer questions based
on them.
5. listen to speeches or passages for the
purpose of taking notes.
6. listen to oral instructions in order to
perform a given task.
7. understand read out or recorded stories,
narrations, descriptions, pieces of
information of a reasonable length so as to
ask pertinent questions on them.
8. identify relevant/irrelevant points in the
passages, speeches after listening to them.
9. infer a speaker s attitude/intention and
grasp the message given in the speech.
10. listen to, comprehend and enjoy live as
well as recorded presentations like skits
and plays and notice the sequence of
incidents in them.
11. understand oral communication without
face to face interaction (e.g. telephonic
conversation or messages).
12. listen with comprehension to lectures,
talks, conversation, news-bulletins and
interviews.
13. understand nuances conveyed through
stress and intonation.
14. enjoy and appreciate various literary forms
to get sensitized to literary language and
experiences.
15. identify the genre and register of a text
after listening to it.
16. apply listening skill to other activities
like discussions, debates, reading and
writing.
Speaking Skill
To enable the student to
1. enjoy reciting poems with proper accent,
rhythm and intonation.
2. speak in syntactically acceptable forms/
patterns.
3. speak with acceptable pronunciation and
play variety of roles in different contexts.
4. speak coherently, fluently, confidently and
intelligibly on a given topic for a
reasonable period of time with appropriate
body language

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