Describing Language
What does this set of words have in common?
"table, chair, sofa, bed, bookcase, chest of drawers, desk"
(A) Denotations
(B) Collocations
(C) Lexical Sets
(D) Word Families
(C) Lexical sets
What kind of reading skill does the learner apply?
"I already read the headline of an article to help myself decide whether to read it further or not."
(A) reading for detail
(B) intensive reading
(C) deducting meaning from the context
(D) predicting
(D) predicting
Which of the following activities does NOT match the goal for "promoting learner autonomy" to motivate learners in the class.
(A) Give learners advice on how to use study resources
(B) Point out the purpose and steps of every task
(C) Give learners a set of goals to choose from
(D) Encourage questions and other contributions from students
(B) Point out the purpose and usefulness of every task.
Which classroom activity is about "contextualisation
(A) The teacher gives the students a history quiz then uses this to introduce the past tense
(B) The teacher explains to students that you use "should" to give someone advice
(C) The teacher asks the students to discuss their favorite sport and then corrects their mistakes
(D) The teacher asks the students to present their groups' ideas to the class
(A) The teacher gives the students a history quiz then uses this to introduce the past tense.
The language we use to express a function is called ________.
(A) formality
(B) context
(C) exponent
(D) register
(C) exponent
Re-drafting does NOT require us to:
(A) include different ideas
(B) write a clearer version
(C) note down ideas
(D) use appropriate vocabulary
(A) include different ideas.
Which type of error does the learner have?
An advanced student says, "The clouds were sick and it was raining a lot", but he quickly corrected himself and said "thick" instead of "sick".
(A) lexical slip
(B) pronunciation slip
(C) fossilized grammatical error
(B) pronunciation slip
Which activity does NOT develop interactive speaking skills?
(A) role plays
(B) substitution drill
(C) group discussion
(C) substitution drills
Which word contains a schwa sound in connected speech?
(A) fantastic
(B) expert
(C) Wenzao
(D) photograph
(D) photograph
"The first listening task I give my students is usually one in which they have to decide on the general meaning of the text."
What aspect of listening skills does this activity focus on?
(A) listening for details
(B) listening for gist
(C) working with authentic texts
(D) activating students' knowledge of the world
(B) listening for gist.
L1 learners' long silent period helps them:
(A) avoid making mistake
(B) produce complex grammatical structures
(C) become familiar with language pattern
(D) reformulate the learners' mistakes
(C) become familiar with language patterns.
Which statement is NOT describing a "portfolio"?
(A) The learners carry out a project over several weeks then give their survey results, videos, and a commentary to the teacher to grad
(B) The learners do a piece of homework each week, and give it in to the teacher to grad
(C) The learners put into a folder examples of their work throughout the term for the teacher to grade.
(B) The learners do a piece of homework each week, and give it in to the teacher to grade.
"He stopped driving as he was worried about pollution."
Here, the word "as" is used to:
(A) introduce a reason
(B) introduce an effect
(C) introduce a comparison
(D) introduce a time period
(A) introduce a reason.
What aspect of speaking skill problems does the learner have?
"I am afraid I couldn't understand what he was saying. I didn't know if he was saying /p/ or /b/, /l/ or /r/"
(A) accuracy
(B) fluency
(C) interaction
(D) appropiacy
(A) accuracy
Which is NOT the characteristic for Task-based Learning (TBL)?
(A) Tasks must be done after students have practiced target language
(B) The teacher does not control the language that students use in task
(C) Tasks aim to show students what language they need to learn
(D) Classroom activities are based around a series of problem-solving tasks
(A) Tasks must be done after students have practiced target language.
What kind of assessment task is more subjectiv
(A) gap-fil
(B) multiple choice
(C) odd-one-out
(D) interview
(D) interview
What does this set of words have in common?
"bear-bare" / "flower-flour" / "see-sea" / "right-write"
(A) synonyms
(B) antonyms
(C) homophones
(D) homonyms
(C) homophones
"In some way, the student gave an excellent presentation but he'll need to speak more formally when he presents it to all the teachers."
What kind of speaking aspect problems does the learner have?
(A) fluency
(B) interaction
(C) accuracy
(D) appropriacy
(D) appropriacy
The teacher always asks us to work with what she calls "authentic materials" like magazines, newspapers and articles from the internet. We use them to find collocations and idioms.
What teaching approach does the teacher apply?
(A) Task-based learning
(B) Structural approach
(C) Lexical approach
(D) Presentation, Practice and Produce
(C) Lexical approach
What type of test helps the teacher decide what to teach and which learners may need help in ceartain areas of language?
(A) proficiency test
(B) placement test
(C) progress test
(D) diagnostic test
(D) diagnostic test