NCERT wants a textbook seen as a "dynamic" text, so learners meet:
ANew, comparable language daily
BOne text mastered by heart
CA set of fixed model answers
DThe same text each week
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. New, comparable language daily
1. NCERT says curricular freedom cannot exist with a single prescribed text.
2. A textbook should be seen as a dynamic text.
3. Exposure should be to new occurrences of comparable language samples every day.
4. It should not be repeated exposure to a single text that is mastered.
5. The comparison is made to learning a raga in Indian classical music.
6. So learners should meet new, comparable language daily.
**Why the other options fail:**
- Mastering one text by heart is the very practice rejected.
- Fixed model answers encourage rote work.
- A text repeated each week is still a single text.
_Source: NCERT, Position Paper of the National Focus Group on Teaching of English (2006), section "3.5 Textbooks", PDF p. 22 (ncert.nic.in/pdf/focus-group/english.pdf)_
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