This file analyses Grade 9 and Grade 10 English Textbook Contents and presents the structural framework that it follows. It can be a good TPD material for ELT teachers.
1. BISHOW RAJ JOSHI
A U T H O R , T E A C H E R E D U C ATO R , R E S E A R C H E R ,
T R A N S L ATO R A N D A D VO C AT E
AGlimpse of English Textbook (Government of Nepal)
(Grade 9/10)
3. 1. Reading I (& II)
2. Grammar practice/ Grammar
3. Listening
4. Speaking
5. Writing
6. Creative task(s)/Project work
7. Fun corner
8. Listening script/ …..
Organization of Items: 9/10
4. 1-5
Test yourself 1
6-10
Test yourself 2
11-15
Test yourself 3
Glossary (with pronunciation and word class)
Units and Test Items: Grade 9
5. 19 units
Answer for riddles
Glossary (with pronunciation and word class)
Units: Grade 10
6. A. Think and act/ Engage yourself
B. Study time
C. Put into practice/ Follow-up activity
Reading
7. A. Think and act/ Engage yourself
B. Study time/ Time for grammar
C. Put into practice/ Follow-up activity
Grammar Practice
8. A. Think and act/ Engage yourself
B. Study time
C. Put into practice/ Follow-up activity
Listening
9. A. Think and act/ Engage yourself
B. Study time/ Time for speaking
C. Put into practice/ Follow-up activity
Speaking
10. A. Think and act/ Engage yourself
B. Study time/ Time for writing
C. Put into practice/ Follow-up activity
Writing
11. - Tasks
- Develop learner autonomy
- Student work
Creative Task/ Project Work
12. - To create fun in the class
- To accept the concept of multiple intelligence
Fun corner
13. - To support classroom teaching
Listening script/ …
14. - Guess:?
- Engaging students
- Introducing the main teaching item of the topic in
question
- Providing roadmap for the main task/teaching
item
- Pre-reading/pre-listening/pre-speaking/pre-
writing activities
- Signpost questions
- Describing pictures, etc.
Activities under ‘Think and act’/ Engage yourself
15. - Main part of the text
- Reading: vocabulary,
reading comprehension:
Scanning and skimming
activities
- Common exercises:
Fill in the blanks
Read and match
Read and complete
tables
True and false
Multiple choice items
Read and answer
Ordering
Vocabulary practice
Summarizing (p.96)
Read the map and trace
the route
Interpret, etc.
Activities under ‘Study time’
16. - Mostly follow-up activities
- Integrative items (test/exercise)
a. Summarizing
b. Story writing
c. Writing job application, etc.
Activities under ‘Put into practice’/ ‘Follow-up
activity’
18. L-
Func
tion
Readin
g
Gram
mar
Listen-
ing
Speak
-ing
Writ-
ing
Creativ
e Task
Fun
Corne
r
Making
plans
and
expressi
ng
intentio
ns
A Day Off,
Reading a
poem (The
Wind and
the Leaves)
Subject
verb
agreeme
nt
(concord
)
Listening
to a
telephone
conversati
on on
celebrating
a party
Asking
for and
Expressi
ng plans
and
intention
s in a
pair/grou
p
Paragra
ph
writing
on
plans,
writing
a formal
letter
expressi
ng plans
Interviewin
g a local
professional
to get to
know about
his/her
plans and
preparing a
wall
magazine
article on
the same
Guessing
what
different
class
friends
are going
to do in
the future
Unit One
21. Unit Four
L-
Func
tion
Read-
ing
Gram
mar
Listen-
ing
Speak
-ing
Writ-
ing
Creativ
e Task
Fun
Corne
r
Expressi
ng
condole
nce and
sympath
y
Condole
nce and
sympath
y
models,
One act
play ‘A
Disaster’
Causative
of have ,
get and
make
Listening
to a
conversatio
n
expressing
condolence
Expressi
ng/respo
nding to
condolen
ce and
sympath
y in pairs
Writing
public
condolence
message to
be printed
in
newspaper,
developing
dialogue
expressing
sympathy
Preparing
a
condolenc
e notice to
be
published
Naming
different
place
where
one can
have
different
things
done
22. Unit Five
L-
Func
tion
Readin
g
Gram
mar
Listen-
ing
Speak
-ing
Writ-
ing
Creativ
e Task
Fun
Corne
r
Criticizi
ng and
expressi
ng
degrees
of
probabil
ity
A Debate;
A
Discussion,
Opening a
Cinema-
Local
People’s
Views
Short
dialogue
s with
correct
structure
s of
criticizin
g
different
situation
s
Describing
pictures
Practicin
g
criticizin
g in
groups
and pairs
Writing
a debate
includin
g the
ideas of
any
three
speaker
s
Preparing a
paragraph
criticizing
the local
activities
Fun with
pre-fixes
24. Unit Seven
L-
funct
ion
Readin
g
Gra
mm
ar
Listen-
ing
Speak
-ing
Writ-
ing
Creativ
e task
Fun
corner
Giving
instructi
ons and
describi
ng
purpose
Emails;
some useful
gadgets and
implements
Tag
questi
ons
Telephone
conversation
on enquiry
about hotel
reservation
Instructin
g people
to
perform
activities
Writing
instructi
ons and
converti
ng them
into
paragra
ph
Preparing a
set of
questionnai
res; taking
interview
about
places of
cultural
importance
Describin
g latest
technolog
ical
gadgets;
instructin
g people
to handle
them
33. Genre: Poetry (2), One-act play, Fiction, Non-fiction
Letter (Formal and nonformal)
Dialogue
Interview
Condolences and sympathy
Debate
Reading a dictionary
Story
Essay
Reviews
Advertisement
Newspaper article (Climate change/global warming)
Health related text
Para-orthographic texts, etc.
Reading
34. Telephone conversation (celebrating a party; Enquiry about
hotel reservation)
Face to face conversation (world peace and fraternity)
Health and nutrition
Condolences
Picture/ painting description
Consonant sounds
Sings and Symbols
Directions
Experience on target culture and the consequence of cultural
misunderstanding, etc.
Listening
35. Writing
Paragraphs
Letter (Business, official
and personal)
Emails
Preparing poster
Condolences/sympathy
Debate
CV/Bio data
Instructions
Narrative stories/events
Essays (descriptive,
Story
News stories/Articles
Notices
Postcards
Dialogues
Para-orthographic text
(Non-verbal Texts)
Book review/Film
review
36. Scanning:
Matching Tasks
Completion Tasks
Locating dates, events, words,
etc.
Skimming:
Compare values, events
Select/ Create a title
Draw inferences
T/F
MCQ
Matching
Replacement words
Comprehension Questions
Intensive reading tasks:
Reordering
sentences/paragraphs
Make summaries
Split/combine
sentences
Complete tables and
graphs
Character sketch
Sense relations (antonyms,
synonyms, ....)
Reading
40. Genre: Poetry -5, One-act play-1, Fiction, Non-fiction
Letter (Formal and informal)
Dialogue
Interview
Debate
Story
Essay
Reviews
Advertisement
Newspaper article
Newspaper stories
Health related text
Tourism related texts
National and international values related texts
Religious and cultural texts
Para-orthographic texts, etc.
Reading
41. Telephone conversation
Face to face conversation
Weather forecast
Picture/ painting description
Announcements
Minimal pairs
Sings and symbols
Short narratives
Bibliography
News
Directions
Poem
Experience on target culture and the consequence of cultural
misunderstanding, etc.
Listening
42. Writing
Paragraphs
Letter (Business, official and personal)
Paragraph
Emails
Preparing poster
Debate
CV/Bio data
Instructions
Narrative stories/events
Essays (descriptive, narrative, cause and effect)
Story (skeleton and free)
News stories/Articles
Notices
Invitation
Postcards
Dialogues
Para-orthographic text (Non-verbal Texts)
Book review/Film review, etc.