alleryIn the whole-language view, stories are best:
ATaught as texts to memorise
BRead aloud and retold
CUsed only for grammar
DSkipped in early classes
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Read aloud and retold
1. NCERT supports story reading within a Whole Language perspective.
2. This is story reading as opposed to teaching stories as texts.
3. Reading aloud, repeated reading, choral reading and retelling are the activities.
4. Memorising texts, grammar-only use or skipping stories are not recommended.
**Why not the others:** Memorising stories as texts is the approach NCERT contrasts with story reading. Grammar-only use and skipping stories ignore their value.
_Source: NCERT, Position Paper of the National Focus Group on Teaching of English (2006), section "3.2.1 English at the initial level", PDF p. 16 (ncert.nic.in/pdf/focus-group/english.pdf)_
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