सामान्य संदर्भ संधार: General Frame of Reference (Language, Literature, Objectives of Education)

General Frame of Reference for assessing mastery of Language & Literature, and Personality Development) was already developed in English by the Centre for Testing and Evaluation of the Institute. It contains terms representing the concepts of 'contents' needed for developing tools and scales to undertake the process of assessment in language & literature and subsequently personality development through them.

National Testing Service-India aims at developing tools and scales of measurement for determining the overall competence of learners in language & literature to start with in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu. Hence, the task of developing the terminology parallels as a pre-requisite to formulate Concept Based Continuum of Graded Syllabi (CCGS) for the courses in Indian Languages applicable to all the seven levels of general education.

As these terms are representing the common concepts available in the disciplines of linguistics, literature, and psychology, each one of this demands a consensus among experts regarding the appropriateness of their adaptability in different contexts. Therefore, the Specialists have played a decisive role in coining / creating and finalizing the terms for wider acceptability. All of them deserve our congratulations. This challenging task has been accomplished in a relatively short span of time due to the relentless efforts of the academic team headed by Prof. Pon Subbiah.

This volume would help to all those who are working in the areas of teaching, learning, evaluation, syllabus construction, and tool making. I am sure this will be a valuable addition to all those working in the field of language Pedagogy and to those working on bilingual models involving Indian language with English.

**Contents and Sample Pages**