Homework helps the children to develop their reading and
writing ability and their habits. Teacher provides homework for further
practices about the lesson and some works and assignments. So that homework is
one of the important parts of teaching learning activities.
Students are assigned some extra tasks related to lesson to
be performed at their home. It is usually extension activity of what has been
taught or learnt in the classroom. Homework should be appropriate in length and
purposeful to achieve the objectives of lesson. Here, the teacher writes school
assignments to be completed out of regular hours at the residence of pupil. There
are several kinds of homework which are appropriate to the teaching items.
Homework can be in
the form of:
1.
Solution of question and problems which depend
on the application of the principles learnt in the school.
2.
Written exercises in language function, grammar
composition and translation with a view of giving practices done in the class.
3.
Practical work, for example preparation and
drawing of organs of speech, chart of articulation, flash cards, model etc.
4.
Advance preparation for the coming lessons.
These days some trainers minimize the value of homework and
do not suggest providing homework to the students. They omit this point from
the lesson plan too. This view can cause problem in learning. Whether or not homework
should be given to the students are controversial points extreme views have
been expressed regarding the usefulness of homework.
An average guardian also feels that some works should be given to the students that he should do at home. In any respect we cannot reject the role of homework in the learning. The following purposes can be put forward in the support of this view.
1. To provide students an opportunity to practices what he learnt in the school?
2. To provide opportunities to the students to work independently and thereby to develop reliance initiative in themselves.
3. To develop habits of reading and writing as well as other skills regularly.
4. To serve as a link in the parent and teacher cooperation.
5. To provide opportunities to utilize their leisure time.
6. To enable them to revise their previous lesson and prepare the next one.
7. To provide opportunities to make progress to the poor students.
8. To complete the course in time.
9. To make them obedient, diligent and responsible.
10. To provide learners with opportunities to use target language to achieve communicative purpose.
However, while providing homework the teacher should keep the following points in his/her mind. These points encourage teacher to make good question for homework.
1. The question should be clear in simple language. It should not be ambiguous, lengthy and vague.
2. It should not be set as punishment.
3. It should be relevant to the topic.
4. It should be neither too easy nor too difficult, because they will not take any interest in too easy question and will get discouraged in too difficult question.
5. A question once asked should not be repeated unless the teacher is sure that class has not followed it.
6. Teacher should try to verify the form of his question.
7. Adequate time should be allowed to answer.
An average guardian also feels that some works should be given to the students that he should do at home. In any respect we cannot reject the role of homework in the learning. The following purposes can be put forward in the support of this view.
1. To provide students an opportunity to practices what he learnt in the school?
2. To provide opportunities to the students to work independently and thereby to develop reliance initiative in themselves.
3. To develop habits of reading and writing as well as other skills regularly.
4. To serve as a link in the parent and teacher cooperation.
5. To provide opportunities to utilize their leisure time.
6. To enable them to revise their previous lesson and prepare the next one.
7. To provide opportunities to make progress to the poor students.
8. To complete the course in time.
9. To make them obedient, diligent and responsible.
10. To provide learners with opportunities to use target language to achieve communicative purpose.
However, while providing homework the teacher should keep the following points in his/her mind. These points encourage teacher to make good question for homework.
1. The question should be clear in simple language. It should not be ambiguous, lengthy and vague.
2. It should not be set as punishment.
3. It should be relevant to the topic.
4. It should be neither too easy nor too difficult, because they will not take any interest in too easy question and will get discouraged in too difficult question.
5. A question once asked should not be repeated unless the teacher is sure that class has not followed it.
6. Teacher should try to verify the form of his question.
7. Adequate time should be allowed to answer.
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