Annexure I
Challenges in Learning English Novels by the Rural Students
Dear Respondents,
This exercise is to identify the challenges faced by the learners from rural areas (like ours) in reading
English novels which are prescribed as part of the curriculum during the under graduation days. Your
frank and free expression of opinion will help me in designing a preferred methodology which can be
brought out as part of my research work.
D.Vadivambal
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Your Name :
Regn. No. :
1. College of your under graduation (affiliated to)
:
Alagappa University
Other Universities
2. Medium of instruction in your +2 level
:
English
Tamil
3. Have you read any novel?
:
Yes
No
4. If yes, state the language of the novel
:
English
Tamil
5. If Yes to English, the type of novel read
:
Historical
Social
Psychological
Detective
Science Fiction
Others (Specify):
6. How many English novels did you study in your Under Graduation? (Write the number): ______
7. If NO, reasons for not reading ENGLISH novels ( Rank the following):
Reason
Rank
No previous practice
Reading Habit is not there
Afraid of big volume
Just because the language is English
Can’t understand
8. Methodology adopted for Teaching English Novels in your U.G.:
Lecture Method
Discussions
student Presentations
Using Electronic Media
9. During your UG days, did your teachers used the following ICT tools for teaching:
Personal Computer
LCD projector
Audio Systems
Television
:
:
:
:
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
A
No
No
No
No
Annexure I
Challenges in Learning English Novels by the Rural Students
10.Have you physically seen an English novel
:
Yes
No
11.If yes, novel is taken from
:
Library
Own Copy
12.How do you prepare for Novels for your exams ?
:
Reading Novels
Studying guides
13.Your interest towards English novels can be aroused through:
Enactment of Drama
Using Electronic Media
14. Electronic Media will facilitate Understanding of an English Novel
( Give your opinion by putting a TICK on the given 5 point scale with responses ranging from
Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree)
Facilitation
Strongly
Agree
Agree
No
Comments
Disagree
Strongly
Disagree
Easy to understand the novel
SA
A
N
DA
SDA
Comprehending the novel is fast
SA
A
N
DA
SDA
Getting insight of the novel is
facilitated
SA
A
N
DA
SDA
Understanding of the culture ,
customs are made easy
SA
A
N
DA
SDA
Time spent on completing the
novel is short
SA
A
N
DA
SDA
Will motivate me to read more
novels through Electronic Media
SA
A
N
DA
SDA
Thank you.
D.VADIVAMBAL
B
Dear Respondents,
Hope you would have enjoyed learning the novel Oliver Twist authored by Charles
Dickens. This questionnaire is to find out your level of understanding of the novel. Your
frank and open feedback will facilitate me to come out with a better method of teaching
the English novels to the students like you.
QUESTIONNAIRE
Name:
Reg. No:
PART - A
1. Oliver Twist was an___________.
a) orphan
b) destitute c) illegitimate child d) runaway boy.
2. Oliver was sent to a_________.
a) workhouseb) school
c) businessman
d) baby farm
3. Who runs the home for young orphans where Oliver lives for nine years?
a) Mr.Bumble b) Mrs.Mann c) Agnes Fleming d) Miss Hannigan
4. How does Oliver violate the rules of the workhouse?
a) By asking for more gruel
b) By taking the Lord’s name in vain
c) By running a pick pocketing ring
d) By spreading revolutionary ideology among the paupers
5. What is Mr. Gamfield’s profession?
a) Undertaker
b) Chef
c) Butler
d) Chimney Sweep
6. What is Mr. Sowerberry’s profession?
a) Undertaker
b) Chef
c) Butler
d) Chimney Sweep
7. In Mr. Sowerberry’s house, Oliver was given __________to eat.
a) bread
b) lunch
c) scraps of meat left by dog
d) meal
8. Noah Claypole spoke about Oliver’s mother in a________ manner
a) soft
b) pathetic c) normal
d) derogatory.
9. What is Jack Dawkins’s nickname?
a) Toby Crackit
b) The Artful Dodger c) Loopy
d) The Jackal
10. Of which ethnicity is Fagin?
a) Irish
b) Italian
c) Mixed race
d) Jewish
11. Mr. Brownlow, whose pocket was picked, turns _________to Oliver.
a) harsh
b) cruel
c) Lenient & kind d) soft
12. Why is Oliver chased and taken to the police station?
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a) He’s caught killing a man
b) He attacked a policeman
c) He’s accused of theft
d) He’s recognised as a runaway
13. Mr. Brownlow notices that Oliver bears a close resemblance to whom?
a) Mrs.Bedwin
b) the woman in the portrait on his wall
c) Queen Victoria
d) Christ child
14. Fagin is a symbol of__________.
a) good
b) evil
c) virtue
d) repulsion
15. Oliver meets a _________named Fagin.
a) Christian b) old man c) priest
d) boy
16. Fagin asks Artful Dodger and Charlie Bates to play a game of _______ with him.
a) hide & seek
b) chess
c) picking pockets d) tennis
17. Young thieves answer to Fagin. Whom does Fagin answer to ?
a) Nancy
b) the local Magistrate
c) Bill Sikes d) Toby Crackit
18. Fagin felt much stress to bring _________ back because he was scared of the
probability that he would inform the police or Mr . Brownlow.
a) Nancy
b) Oliver
c) Betty
d) Charlie
19. What does Nancy pretend to be in order to drag Oliver back to Fagin?
a) A truant officer
b)Oliver’s sister
c) A workhouse official
d)Oliver’s mother
20. In the whole novel, Fagin is presented with the use of____________ imagery.
a) animal
b) Good Samaritan c) divine
d) devil
21. In chapter 13, the readers are introduced to a well- built strongman whose name
was______________
a) Fagin
b) William Sikes
c) Monks
d) Brownlow
22. To whom does the dog Bull’s eye belong?
a)Bill Sikes b)Oliver
c)Monks
d)Mr.Brownlow
23. Sikes can be called a greater villain than Fagin and in the world of________, he
is the leading figure.
a) crime
b) business
c) friend
d) villain
24. Sikes is more _______ than Fagin.
a) dominating
b) friendly c) ferocious
d) loyal
25. Sikes ________ Nancy.
a) marries b) leaves
c) murders
d) loyal
26. Mr. Brownlow took Oliver to his __________ situated in a quiet street near
Pentoville.
a) residence b) office
c) garden
d) shop
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27. Mr. Brownlow is a highly benevolent, respectable, kind, and ____________
personality.
a) stupid
b) scary
c) courageous
d) down to earth.
28. ___________ is adopted as a son by Mr. Brownlow.
a) Harry
b) Oliver
c) Bumble
d) Dr. Losborne
29. In the novel, Mr. Brownlow represents the ____________ class.
a) lower
b) lower middle
c) middle
d) upper
30. Oliver is told to work with Bill Sikes on a job to do what ?
a) rob a country home
b) steal an art museum
c) set fire to a rival’s home
d) rescue a friend from execution
31. Who is shot in the attempted burglary of the Maylie house?
a)Oliver
b)Bill Sikes
c)Bull’s eye
d) Toby Crackit
32. Which character falls deathly ill in the countryside?
a) Oliver
b)Mrs.Maylie
c)Mr.Bumble
d)Rose Maylie
33. __________ is the original name of Monks.
a) Mr. Brownlow
b) Dick
c) Edward Leeford d) Edwin Leeford
34. Monks has a ________ scar on his neck.
a) Black
b) red
c) Green
d) white
35. Monks is desperately interested in converting ______________ into a criminal.
a) Noah Claypole b) Oliver
c) Tom Chitling
d) Fagin
36. Oliver is Monk’s ____________
a) brother
b) cousin
c) half- brother
d) friend
37. Monks is a device created by Dickens with the purpose of connecting all the
__________ worlds Oliver goes through.
a) two
b) three
c) four
d) five
38. ___________ plays an important role in the development of the story.
a) Betsy
b) Sikes
c) Rose Maylie
d) Nancy
39. What did Old Sally steal from Agnes Fleming?
a)a will
b) a marriage certificate
c) an engraved watch
d) a gold locket
40. Why does Rose refuse to marry Harry Maylie ?
a)because they are related
b) because she does not want to stand in the way of his ambition
c) because she wants to marry someone
d) because she is in love with Bill Sikes.
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41. What is Nancy’s profession?
a) Flower-seller
b) Nurse
c) Prostitute
d) Con artist
42. Nancy ardently ___________ Sikes.
a) hates
b) loves
c) fears
d) listens to
43. Nancy feels _____________ is responsible for destroying her life.
a) Sikes
b) Bates
c) Monks
d) Fagin
44. Nancy’s resolve to save Oliver’s life is a good example of her ____________.
a) humility
b) courage c) meekness d) timid nature
45. Nancy’s murder by __________ marks the height of horror in the novel.
a) Sikes
b) Bull’s eye c) Fagin
d) the Police
46. Which three characters are all related to Oliver ?
a) Harry Maylie ,Mrs. Maylie, Rose Maylie
b) Rose Maylie, Monks, Agnes Fleming
c) Agne s Fleming, Old Sally, Dr. Losborne
d) Monks, Bill Sikes, Agnes Fleming
47. Where does Oliver last see Fagin ?
a) courtroom b) West Indies
c) London Bridge d) jail cell
48. Which character is subject to violent spasmodic fits ?
a) Monks
b) Fagin
c) Bull’s eye
d) Mr.Grimwig.
49. Dickens wrote Oliver Twist in response to what piece of legislation?
a) The Law of Estates and Inheritance b) The Poor Law of 1834
c) The institution of death penalty
d) The Decency Act
50. The Artful Dodger offers Oliver a place to stay in what city ?
a) Paris
b) Cairo
c) Bath
d)London
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PART - B
51. Pedagogical Factors influence the teaching of English Novel using Electronic
Media (Rank them from 1 to 6 )
Pedagogical Factors
Rank
Visuals rather than lecture method
Feel like leisure time activity
Group influence while watching through e-media
Visualising the personalities is made easy
Dialogue in native accent
Influence of actors on the novel characters
52. individual Learning Factors that influence the teaching of English Novel using
Electronic Media ( Rank them from 1 to 10 )
Individual Learning Factors
Rank
Seeing is believing
Interesting ( Non-Monotonous)
Reduces the reading habit
Self Imagination is limited in e-media
Learning intensity is high
Serious involvement in learning
Comprehension at one stroke
Loss of Vocabulary addition
Character remembrance is easy
Improvement in listening skill
53. Learning English novels through Electronic Media
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( Give your opinion by putting a TICK on the given 5 point scale with
responses ranging from Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree)
Strongly
Agree
Agree
No
Comments
Disagree
Strongly
Disagree
Easy to understand the novel
SA
A
N
DA
SDA
Comprehending the novel is
fast
SA
A
N
DA
SDA
Getting insight of the novel is
facilitated
SA
A
N
DA
SDA
Understanding of the culture
, customs are made easy
SA
A
N
DA
SDA
Time spent on completing
the novel is short
SA
A
N
DA
SDA
Will motivate me to read
more novels through
Electronic Media
SA
A
N
DA
SDA
Highly
Satisfied
Satisfied
No
Comments
Dissatisfied
Highly
Dissatisfied
Comment on the pedagogy
(methodology adopted for
teaching)
Thank You.
D.Vadivambal
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KEY
QUESTION
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CORRECT
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QUESTION
NO.
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B
28
B
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29
C
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D
30
A
6
A
31
A
7
C
32
D
8
D
33
C
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B
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B
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D
35
B
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C
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C
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C
37
B
13
B
38
D
14
D
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B
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C
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C
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C
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B
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B
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A
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D
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48
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