LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034 M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE FOURTH SEMESTER – April 2009 EL 4814 - ELTT Date & Time: 23/04/2009 / 9:00 - 12:00 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks I) Write brief comments on the following. (10x2=20) 1. Algorithms and Heuristics. 2. Linguistic competence. 3. Encoding, Storage, Retrieval. 4. A fixed –action pattern. 5. Conformity. 6. Performance 7. Perceptual Prominence 8. Syntax before morphology 9. Error 10. Usage II) Answer any Three of the following (200 words) (3 x 5=15) 11. Environmental and social causes of Human Aggression. 12. Frustration and conflict of motives. 13. Memory and Forgetting. 14. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. III) Answer any Three of the following (200 words) (3 x 5=15) 15. What is Monitor theory? 16. Explain any one developmental sequence. 17. Explain any one reason for variation in language learning. 18. What is Universal Grammar? IV) Answer the following (2x15=30) 19. How would you as a trainer help your learners learn better than before by using your knowledge of learning psychology? (Or) Perceptual processes and social and interpersonal relationship. 20. Design a two hour teaching programme for a group of rural students who have finished 12th Std to practise active listening. (20 marks) ******