alleryNCERT's "burden of incomprehension" arises when language is taught:
AThrough story reading
BUsing the mother tongue
CBy listening activities
DAs bare rules and forms
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. As bare rules and forms
1. The burden of languages is the burden of incomprehension.
2. It happens when language is taught for its own sake as a set of forms or rules.
3. The language is not introduced as the carrier of coherent textual meaning, so it becomes another subject to be passed.
4. Stories, the mother tongue and listening all give meaning.
**Why not the others:** Stories, the mother tongue and listening all give meaning, so they do not create the burden.
_Source: NCERT, Position Paper of the National Focus Group on Teaching of English (2006), section "3.1 Input-rich environments", PDF p. 14 (ncert.nic.in/pdf/focus-group/english.pdf)_
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