Question- Discuss the specific aims of teaching of prose.

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Specific Aims of Teaching of Prose – Specific aim of teaching of prose lesson is very according to the subject matter. A prose lesson may be an essay or story or descriptive type or biography/autobiography or it may be a play/drama. The specific aims of these types of prose lessons are as follows –

(i) Specific Aims of Teaching an Essay –
• To enable the students to think freely.
• To get students receive knowledge.
• To evoke their curiosity about the subject matter.
• To enable the students to arrange their views in a systematic order.
• To acquaint them with the style of essay-writing.

(ii) Specific Aims of Teaching a Story –
• To enable the students to understand the story.
• To enable them to learn the message of the story.
• To develop their power of imagination.
• To develop the habit of story reading.
• To provide a suitable channel for the use of surplus energies of the students.
• To acquaint them with the style of story writing.
• To enable them to compose short stories.

(iii) Specific Aims of Teaching Descriptive Type Prose –
• To enable the students to understand the massage of the writer.
• To develop their power of imagination.
• To develop their love for natural objects.
• To develop the habit of free-thinking among the students.
• To develop the aesthetic sense of the students.
• To develop a love for natural objects in the students.

(iv) Specific Aims of Teaching Biography or Autobiography –
• To acquaint the students with the life of great people.
• To show the path of character building.
• To inculcate in them desirable sentiments.
• To increase their love of aspiration.
• To inspire them for reading biographies of famous persons of the world.
• To follow the teaching of great men of the world.

(v) Specific Aims of Teaching Play/Drama –
• To teach the art of conversation.
• To enable the students to speak English language with appropriate pronunciation, stress, pause etc.
• To give them opportunities for self-expression.
• To prepare them to play different role.
• To develop their confidence.
• To build their character.
• To entertain them.

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