Kerala SSLC Kannada BT case studies
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The Kerala SSLC Kannada BT is the second-language Kannada paper taken within the SSLC (Secondary School Leaving Certificate) examination stream administered by the Kerala Pareeksha Bhavan. It is intended for Class X candidates in Kerala who offer Kannada as their second language rather than the more common alternatives, and it is written in Kannada where standard technical terms normally remain in English. The Kerala SSLC Kannada BT case studies are 5 cases and about 3,167 words.
1Inference versus copying in a Class 10 prose passage
Sharanya teaches Kannada BT to 42 Class 10 students in Kozhikode. Her unit test uses a 190-word descriptive passage about a village temple festival (ಹಳ್ಳಿಯ ಉತ್ಸವ), written in the simple past with three difficult words glossed in the margin.
652 words, about 3 min2Grading figurative language in a four-line poem
Ravi has written a four-line Kannada poem for the class magazine and uses it for an appreciation exercise: ಬಾನಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಮಿಂಚು ಹೊಳೆದಂತೆ / ಹಸಿರು ಹೊಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಿಂಚು ಹರಿದಂತೆ / ಮಳೆಯ ಹನಿಗಳು ಮುತ್ತಿನಂತೆ / ಹಳ್ಳಿಯ ನಗುವು ಹೂವಿನಂತೆ. Three questions carry 6 marks: name the figure of speech in line 3; explain the poem's ಭಾವ; identify and name one sound effect.
649 words, about 3 min3Finalising a ಸಂಧಿ and ಸಮಾಸ key before papers go home
A Class 10 batch of 38 in Palakkad writes a 10-item grammar worksheet on ಸಂಧಿ and ಸಮಾಸ, 1 mark each. Three answers are contested.
619 words, about 3 min4A 10-mark official letter and two lopsided scripts
In a 40-minute class test, 44 Class 10 students write a 10-mark official letter in Kannada to the panchayat health officer about waste being dumped near the school gate. The rubric gives format 4, content 4 and language 2.
618 words, about 3 min5Building a defensible key for a five-item translation task
The Kannada club of a Kozhikode school must publish a bilingual notice, and the terminal exam therefore includes a 5-mark Kannada translation task. The items are: (1) Parents are requested not to park vehicles in front of the gate between 8.30 and 9.15 a.m.; (2) The principal will address the gathering; (3) Bring your own water bottle; (4) a classified, Lost: a blue umbrella; (5) the Malayalam line from the PTA notice, ക്ലാസ് മുറിയിൽ ചെരിപ്പ് ധരിക്കരുത്.
629 words, about 3 min