alleryNCERT's test of acceptable English pronunciation is:
AIntelligibility
BNative-like accent
CSpeaking speed
DRegional purity
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Intelligibility
1. NCERT discusses which model of English India should teach.
2. The debate centres mostly on pronunciation.
3. It says the criterion for an acceptable pronunciation has to be intelligibility.
4. So the test is whether speech is intelligible, not how native it sounds.
**Why not the others:** A native-like accent, speed and regional purity are not the criterion given.
_Source: NCERT, Position Paper of the National Focus Group on Teaching of English (2006), section "4.2 Which English?", PDF p. 28 (ncert.nic.in/pdf/focus-group/english.pdf)_
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