alleryNCERT says the structural approach broke language into:
APoems and stories
BStructures and skills
CLetters and syllables
DSounds and gestures
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Structures and skills
1. The structural approach tried to systematise language teaching by planning inputs.
2. In hindsight it led to a fragmentation of thought in the classroom.
3. It broke language up in two ways: into structures and into skills.
4. So the answer is structures and skills.
**Why not the others:** Poems and stories are whole texts, and letters, syllables, sounds and gestures are not the two named divisions.
_Source: NCERT, Position Paper of the National Focus Group on Teaching of English (2006), section "1.2.3 ELT (English Language Teaching) in India", PDF p. 12 (ncert.nic.in/pdf/focus-group/english.pdf)_
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