TN SET English Literature

The TN SET exam syllabus for Paper I covers 10 modules. Five questions from each module will be asked from the TN SET exam syllabus for Paper I, carrying two marks each.

Unit-I Teaching Aptitude

• Teaching: Concept, Objectives, Levels of teaching (Memory, Understanding and Reflective), Characteristics and basic requirements.
• Learner’s characteristics: Characteristics of adolescent and adult learners (Academic, Social, Emotional and Cognitive), Individual differences.
• Factors affecting teaching related to: Teacher, Learner, Support material,
• Instructional facilities, Learning environment and Institution.
• Methods of teaching in Institutions of higher learning: Teacher centred vs.
• Learner centred methods; Off-line vs. On-line methods (Swayam, Swayamprabha, MOOCs etc.).
• Teaching Support System: Traditional, Modern and ICT based.
• Evaluation Systems: Elements and Types of evaluation, Evaluation in Choice
• Based Credit System in Higher education, Computer based testing,
• Innovations in evaluation systems.

Unit-II Research Aptitude

• Research: Meaning, Types, and Characteristics, Positivism and Postpositivistic approach to research
• Methods of Research: Experimental, Descriptive, Historical, Qualitative and
• Quantitative methods
• Steps of Research
• Thesis and Article writing: Format and styles of referencing
• Application of ICT in research
• Research ethics

Unit-III Comprehension

• A passage of text be given. Questions be asked from the passage to be answered.

Unit-IV Communication

• Communication: Meaning, types and characteristics of communication
• Effective communication: Verbal and Non-verbal, Inter-Cultural and group
• communications, Classroom communication
• Barriers to effective communication
• Mass-Media and Society

Unit-V Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude

• Types of reasoning.
• Number series, Letter series, Codes and Relationships.
• Mathematical Aptitude (Fraction, Time & Distance, Ratio, Proportion and Percentage, Profit and Loss, Interest and Discounting, Averages etc.).

Unit-VI Logical Reasoning

• Understanding the structure of arguments: argument forms, structure of categorical propositions, Mood and Figure, Formal and Informal fallacies, Uses of language, Connotations and denotations of terms, Classical square of opposition
• Evaluating and distinguishing deductive and inductive reasoning
• Analogies
• Venn diagram: Simple and multiple use for establishing validity of arguments
• Indian Logic: Means of knowledge
• Pramanas: Pratyaksha (Perception), Anumana (Inference), Upamana (Comparison), Shabda (Verbal testimony), Arthapatti (Implication) and Anupalabddhi (Non-apprehension).
• Structure and kinds of Anumana (inference), Vyapti (invariable relation), Hetvabhasas (fallacies of inference).

Unit-VII Data Interpretation

• Sources, acquisition and classification of Data
• Quantitative and Qualitative Data
• Graphical representation (Bar-chart, Histograms, Pie-chart, Table-chart and Line-chart) and mapping of Data
• Data Interpretation
• Data and Governance

Unit-VIII Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

• ICT: General abbreviations and terminology.
• Basics of Internet, Intranet, E-mail, Audio and Video-conferencing.
• Digital initiatives in higher education.
• ICT and Governance.

Unit-IX People, Development and Environment

• Development and environment: Millennium development and Sustainable development goals.
• Human and environment interaction: Anthropogenic activities and their impacts on environment.
• Environmental issues: Local, Regional and Global; Air pollution, Water pollution, Soil pollution, Noise pollution, Waste (solid, liquid, biomedical, hazardous, electronic), Climate change and its Socio-Economic and Political dimensions.
• Impacts of pollutants on human health.
• Natural and energy resources: Solar, Wind, Soil, Hydro, Geothermal, Biomass,
• Nuclear and Forests.
• Natural hazards and disasters: Mitigation strategies.
• Environmental Protection Act (1986), National Action Plan on Climate Change,
• International agreements/efforts -Montreal Protocol, Rio Summit, Convention on Biodiversity, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement, International Solar Alliance.

Unit-X Higher Education System

• Institutions of higher learning and education in ancient India
• Evolution of higher learning and research in Post Independence India
• Oriental, Conventional and Non-conventional learning programmes in India
• Professional, Technical and Skill Based education
• Value education and environmental education
• Policies, Governance, and Administration

The TN SET exam syllabus for English includes the following topics:

Unit –I : Drama

Unit –II : Poetry

Unit –III : Fiction, short story

Unit –IV : Non-Fictional Prose

Unit –V : Language: Basic concepts, theories and pedagogy. English in Use.

Unit –VI : English in India: history, evolution and futures

Unit –VII : Cultural Studies

Unit –VIII : Literary Criticism

Unit –IX : Literary Theory post-World War II

Unit –X : Research Methods and Materials in English