A teacher is planning to give a free writing task to learners in Class V.…
2023
A teacher is planning to give a free writing task to learners in Class V. Which one of the following should be focused on most by the teacher ?
- A.
The handwriting of the learner
- B.
Accuracy of the content
- C.
Fluency of the content
- D.
Both fluency and accuracy of the content
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Correct answer: C
In the process-writing approach used in early language teaching, a writing task is treated in stages: an initial generation (drafting) stage focused on getting ideas onto the page, followed by a later revision and editing stage focused on grammatical and mechanical correctness. During the generation stage — which includes free writing tasks — the teaching objective is to build fluency: the learner's ability to express ideas continuously and confidently, without being interrupted for correction.
A free writing task for Class V learners is designed to let students put their thoughts into words freely. Interrupting this process to correct grammar, spelling, or handwriting shifts the learner's attention away from generating ideas and can discourage them from writing further. The teacher's focus during this specific task should therefore be on the fluency of content — the smooth, uninterrupted flow of the learner's ideas.
Checking this against the other choices offered:
Handwriting is a motor/mechanical skill related to letter formation, not to the generation of ideas, and is normally assessed separately from content.
Accuracy of content (grammar, spelling, factual correctness) belongs to the later revision and editing stage of the writing process, not the initial free-writing stage.
Giving equal weight to fluency and accuracy at this stage would reintroduce the very interruption for correction that a free writing task is designed to avoid.
Hence, for a free writing task, the teacher's primary focus should be the fluency of content — this matches the CTET August 2023 Paper 1 official final answer key.