IMPORTANCE OF TUTORIAL

(b) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end.

     In universities in the West, a large part of teacher's time is spent on tutorial work. By a tutorial we mean a regular weekly meeting of a teacher and small group of students. A tutorial is not an occasion for a lecture by a  teacher nor it is an informal conversation piece. It is, in fact, an opportunity for a teacher to get to know his students. It is further a means to discover their potential abilities, stimulate them by discussion, test their response to what they have read, and to give them individual advice on their studies. A tutorial should help a student to clarify his mind by the exchange of ideas, and should send him back to his books with a new awareness and a new interest. It should encourage him to think for himself and give him practice in formulating and expressing opinions. The usual form is that the students read original essays in turn and these are discussed, analyzed and evaluated by the group as a whole under the guidance of the teacher. A further advantage of the tutorial is that it enables the teacher to become intimately acquainted with his students, both as individual as a scholar. 

QUESTIONS

(i) What does the writer mean by a tutorial?

Ans. According to the writer, a tutorial means a regular weekly meeting of a teacher and small group of students. It is not an occasion for a lecture by a  teacher nor it is an informal conversation piece. It is, in fact, an opportunity for a teacher to get to know his students.

(ii) Why do the teacher of  the Western Universities spend his much time on tutorial work?

Ans. The teacher of the Western Universities spends his much time on toturial work because it helps him to know about the "whole child" and he can give the students individual advice on their studies. 

(iii) What do the students gain by tutorial work?

Ans.  A tutorial  helps a student to clarify his mind by the exchange of ideas, and  send him back to his books with a new awareness and a new interest. It encourages him to think for himself and give him practice in formulating and expressing opinions.

(iv) Should we adopt this system in our country? If yes why?

Ans. Yes, we should adopt this system in our country. A tutorial is a great help for the students to improve their ideas, thoughts and flourish in studies. 

(v) Suggest a suitable title for the passage.

Suitable Title

Importance of Tutorial

(vi) Make a precis of the passage.   

Precis

     In western universities a lot of tutorial work is done. A tutorial is a meeting of a teacher and small group of students. It is an opportunity for a teacher to get to know his students. It helps a student to clarify his mind by the exchange of ideas, and sends him back to his books with a new awareness and a new interest. It encourages him to think for himself and give him practice in formulating and expressing opinions. It also enables the teacher to become intimately acquinted with his students.