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Task-Based And Activity Based Language Teaching: The Pedagogy Of Learner Centeredness

Task based language teaching and Activity based language teaching is an innovative option in language teaching pedagogy compared to the traditional methods of teaching. This paper shows how TBLT and ABLT  represents a paradigm shift from traditional teacher fronted methods of language teaching, thereby giving learners an opportunity to be more active in the language classroom. The role of the teacher is not diminished in TBLT and ABLT; however the teacher becomes a ‘friend and guide’ and not a ‘sage on the stage’.

Re-examining The Mahabharata In Present Indian Context: A Critical Study Of Gurcharan Das's The Difficulty Of Being Good

The Mahabharata has always been a book of invaluable relevance and prime importance. It defines the essentials of Indian value system and culture. It revolves around the struggle for the throne of the kingdom of Hastinapura. It describes the struggle between two branches of the same family, the Kauravas and the Pandavas. The Pandavas represents dharma and the Kauravas represents adharma.

Revitalization Of Historic Urban Center In The Indian Context: A Case Of Jaipur

Cities have been serving as centers of trade and commerce for centuries. As time passes, these city cores transform themselves into historic urban centers or into inner city region. The inner city is stained by several problems like inadequate and obsolete infrastructure facilities, inadequate use of buildings, lack of open spaces, traffic congestion, a mix of conflicting non-conforming land uses, poor dwellings and unhygienic conditions, environmental dispossession, social malice, unemployment and poverty are due to high density of population.

Morphological And Anatomical Studies Of The Seedlings Of Enicostema Axillare Lam. And Raynal

Seedling is the juvenile stage of a plant after germination. Juvenile stage differ greatly from the adult stage. Therefore, it is difficult to recognize the plants at this stage with help of existing knowledge. The word seedling is used for the stage of plants from the beginning of germination where it is up to a stage where it is 29 to 50 cm high.

The Time Of Marriage: An Astrological Point Of View

From the Ancient era, or from the day on which the man and women exist on the earth, the bonding and attraction between two genders were natural phenomenon. The same bonding was recognized as social bonding, to keep constant generation in ref to progeny and continuity in terms of Human Population.

Environmental Accounting And Role Of Accounting Professionals

The article brings forth the fact that the declining state of our environment has become a global epidemic and environment accounting can be used as one of the tools for making the corporations around the world comprehend (becomes conscious) their accountability and thus help to maintain the environment.

The article lays emphasis on the need for regulatory environment disclosures, preventive strategies that can be adopted by the companies, role of accounting professionals and the practices adopted presently in Japan & Europe.

Riverfront Development: An Approach To Urban Renewal, A Case For The Tapti River At Surat City, Gujarat, India.

At present the rivers in India lie neglected and characterized by unimaginative and unplanned development. It's potential to provide city level social infrastructure and recreation facilities lie untapped. Though it is a major source of water for the city and despite the building of a major barrage to retain water, except for a few months during the monsoon the river is always dry during the year. Sewage contaminated storm water out-falls and the dumping of industrial waste pose a major health and environmental hazard.

Extension Work For The Development Of Teaching Profession

The teaching profession is having four components (1) Learning (2) Teaching (3) Extension and (4) Research. Out of these four, Extension work can contribute a lot for teaching and research work. It is not essential that a teacher devotes his / her time and energy for all these four. He / She can either select extension work or research work over and above learning and teaching. However extension work may help in undertaking meaningful and relevant research. Many universities have started doing this.

A Study Of The Problems Faced By B.Ed. Students In Vallabh Vidyanagar

Preparing a teacher is a time consuming task, which requires a lot of time. Due to shortage of time a lot of academic problems are created. Academic problems are there because students are unable to adjust themselves in the changing situations. There arises the need to be Social, Emotional, Educational, Health, and Home adjustment to make the student stress free and understand them very well. Adjustment gives us the ability and strength to adapt desirable changes. In this paper an attempt has been made to study academic as well as adjustment problems of the B.Ed. students.