Language Functions Prescribed in Teaching License of Primary Level

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Q.1 What are the language functions that are specified in grade/class one?

  1. Greeting
  2. Introducing and naming
  3. Giving simple commands
  4. Identifying
  5. Counting numbers 1-10
  6. Giving information with plurals
  7. Describing, asking and answering about location
  8. Describing colour and size
  9. Asking/answer about present action
  10. Describing possession
  11. Describing/asking about present action
  12. Asking/answering who question
  13. Describing immediate possession
  14.  Talking about home and family
  15. Talking about days of a week

Q.2 What are the language functions that are specified in grade/class two?

  1. Leave taking
  2. Describing/asking about occupations
  3. Discriminating (using ‘which’)
  4. Asking and answering about actions
  5. Counting 1-100
  6. Asking/answering about age
  7. Giving and obeying positive and negative commands and instructions
  8. Asking/answering about present actions or movement
  9. Discriminating persons
  10. 10. Describing: using adjectives and their opposite
  11. 11. Giving information and asking about immediate possession
  12. 12. Describing a scene or picture
  13. 13. Describing action
  14. 14. Telling the time
  15. 15. Describing immediate past actions
  16. 16. Talking about days of the week
  17. 17. Describing events in the past
  18. 18. Listening to and retelling stories
  19. 19. Responding to range of statements, questions and      commands

Q.3 Mention the language functions that are specified in grade/class three.

  1. Apologizing
  2. Interrupting or getting attention
  3. Congratulating and praising
  4. Telling the time
  5. Expressing ability
  6. Asking for permission
  7. Describing actions involving known pronouns or objects
  8. Narrating, asking and answering about past events
  9. Giving directions
  10. 10.Asking / Answering with a choice
  11. 11. Relating objects with “also”: same: and “different”
  12. 12. Describing weather
  13. 13. Using numbers 1-100
  14. 14. Describing future action
  15. 15. Using telephone

Q.4 Mention the language functions that are specified in grade/class four.

  1. Warning
  2. Expressing surprise and pleasure
  3. Talking about habits and facts
  4. Giving times of habit
  5. Describing frequency
  6. Using ordinal numbers such as first, second etc.
  7. Narrating the past
  8. Giving directions
  9. Checking and correction
  10. Expressing likes and dislikes
  11. Expressing knowledge
  12. Asking/answering about countable and uncountable noun
  13. Linking ideas
  14. Expressing obligation
  15. Asking for and giving a range of information

Q.5 What are the language functions that are specified in grade/class five?

  1. Expressing wants
  2. Asking/answering about reasons
  3. Talking about the picture
  1. plans, intentions
  2. actions
  3. Describing with possessive pronoun (e.g. mine, yours, ours, etc)
  4. Describing locations and giving direction
  5. Describing properties or possessions
  6. Talking about months and seasons
  7. Discussing prices, times, days, menus
  8. Reminding
  9. .Narrating series of events and stories
  10. Describing the time of events
  11. Describing quantities
  12. Checking and confirming
  13. Describing people

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