review of English book of grade eight

1. Debaraj Katuwal
Bhaktapur, Nepal

3. Bishow Raj Joshi
Narendra Raj Paneru
Dhruba Kumar Neupane
Authors
Publisher
Government of Nepal
Curriculum Development Centre
Sanothimi, Bhaktapur

4. What is in the
book?

5. The book tries its best to cover main
areas of topics in our phenomena;
memoir, biography, culture,
journalism, travelling, foods,
behaviour, country, technology etc.

6. SpeakingReading
Listening
Focused Skills
Writing

7. Some Points
 There are 18 Units
 Each unit contains 7 sections ( Reading,
Time for Grammar, Listening, Speaking,
Writing, Project work and Enjoy yourself)
 Each section contains 3 sub sections (
Engage yourself, study and Activate

8. In Each part of the sections of each unit.
Engage the students as warm-up, then they
will Study and finally they will Activate
themselves.
Reading has generally ways with words
and Comprehension activities like True
False/ Answer questions, etc…

9. Vocabulary in Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary Synonym
Antonym
Single words
Meanings
Etc.

10. Youcanmake
puzzlesor
wordsearch
http://www.puzzle-maker.com
http://worksheets.theteacherscorner.net/make-your-
own/word-search
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/CrissCr
ossSetupForm.asp

13.  Make student centered learning
 Focus on individual abilities .
 Minimize mother tongue- use gestures, pictures,
games, role plays …
 Consider that written tasks should follow listening
and speaking tasks
 Grammar is as important as punctuation.
 Try to avoid memorization by applying other ways.
 Let’s not give free writing tasks as homework.

15.  Go through the text once before the teacher.
 Participate in different English activities.
 Never hesitate to speak though it is
incorrect.
 Formulate habit of writing after discussing
with your friends.
 Always HAVE COURAGE to ATTEMPT.

16. a) Conducting classroom activities
b) Use of language games, puzzles and charts
c) Use of pictures/graphs/guidelines/clues for
production and use of multi-media
d) Opportunity for creativity and competition
e) Assign project work to enhance language
competency

17.  Answering questions orally
 Story telling/retelling
 Role play
 Demonstration
 Pair work/project work
 Group discussion/presentation

18.  Reading aloud/silent reading
 Completing sentences
 Filling the blanks in a cloze exercise
 Matching, copying into answer books
 Answering comprehension questions
 Matching meanings with words
 Dictation

19.  Finding the odd one out
 Following instructions
 Language games
 Answering questions
 Describing a given picture
 Parallel writing
 Listen and carry out different activities

20.  CD/ Cassette/ storage device
 Computer/ TV/ OHP
 Text book
 Brochure/ visiting guides
 Biography
 Newspapers
 Audio/ videos

21.  Power point
 Graphs/ Charts / Dictionary
 Maps/ Compass/ Direction info charts
 Names or pictures of New technological
tools
 Fairy tale- books
 Formats of Letters/ Essay or Grammar chart
paper
 Sports objects

22. Test
Writing
35
Reading
40
Listening
10
Speaking
15

23. Question Types: (Reading)
a. Short-answer questions
b. Ordering c. True/False d. Matching
e. Multiple choice g. Fill in the blanks
1. Two seen texts (10+10) 20 Marks
2. Two unseen texts (10+10) = 20 Marks
Note: Short-answer questions can be asked from
both seen and unseen texts. However, the other types
of questions should not be repeated. Vocabulary
items can also be asked in matching, fill in types.

24. Question Types ( Writing)
1. Guided writing 2x5 = 10 Marks
Ask any two questions:
Interpreting charts and diagrams, dialogues, biographies, news
stories, curriculum vitae, leaflet
2. Free writing 1x15=15 Marks
Personal letter or letter of apology, essay: (150 words)
3. Grammar 10 marks . ( 10 questions each carrying 1 mark.)
Tense, preposition, articles, relative clauses, voice, reflexive pronouns,
reported speech, subject verb agreement, question tag and
connectives.
Type of questions:
Fill in the gaps, Multiple choice, transformation

25. Question Types: (Listening)
1. Multiple Choice
2. Fill in the gaps
3. True/False 4. Ordering
5. Tick the correct answers
Materials:
1.Cassette/Monitors' voice
2. Pictures, maps, diagrams, etc.
Note: The monitor plays listening text and provides
any 2 types of questions mentioned above each
carrying 5 marks

26. Question Types: (Speaking)
1.Interview- 5 M
2. Describing, persons, pictures, , charts, a
sequence of events or retelling a story- 10 marks
Materials:
Questions for interview, pictures, maps,
diagrams, etc.
Note:
The monitor/ teacher requires to relate the
language functions while assessing students'
speaking performance

27.  Bring different reading comprehensions and
give the students to solve. You can make
puzzles, wordsearch, short questions, etc.
 Asses students’ ability on each skill time to
time regularly.
 Make students practice on sample questions.

29.  Curriculum Development Centre,
Sanothimi, Bhaktapur
 English Book, Grade 8 – J. E. M. C. Ltd.,
Bhaktapur

31. Presented
by
Debaraj Katuwal
Subject Expert of English
Curriculum Development
Centre
Sanothimi, Bhaktapur, Nepal