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The document contains a series of multiple choice questions about language learning topics such as assessment types, communicative language teaching, task-based learning, and the CEFR. It tests knowledge of key concepts including the differences between learning and acquiring a language, implicit and explicit language instruction, and approaches like audiolingualism, direct method, and grammar translation. The questions cover areas like the role of the teacher, aims of lesson planning, variables that influence communication, and features of English as a lingua franca speech.

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Test Eile (Uned)

The document contains a series of multiple choice questions about language learning topics such as assessment types, communicative language teaching, task-based learning, and the CEFR. It tests knowledge of key concepts including the differences between learning and acquiring a language, implicit and explicit language instruction, and approaches like audiolingualism, direct method, and grammar translation. The questions cover areas like the role of the teacher, aims of lesson planning, variables that influence communication, and features of English as a lingua franca speech.

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According to the CEFR, the type of assessment needed to


determine the degree of proficiency of students is:
Diagnostic

Summative

Formative

who share the same language customs and norms" is... Any
group of people

...members of a discourse community


...members of a gang
...members of a special genre

Which statement is incorrect:


To achieve success in productive tasks
the language students have met for the first time is
not available for instant use.
production activities should be planned in advance to generate
students’ output.
once the new language has been supplied, students can take
part in a spoken or written activity.

Choose the statement that is incorrect:


Task-based learning is sometimes referred to as task-
based instruction or task-based language teaching.
Task-based learning is the realization of
Communicative language teaching philosophy.
Task-based learning doesn’t necessarily make the
performance of meaningful tasks central to the learning
process.

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Choose the statement which is incorrect: "The action-


based approach..."
contributes to the development of linguistic and
communication awareness.
promotes the use of metacognitive strategies to handle the
tasks.
is concerned with the ability to understand action tasks
carried out in class.

Which statement is incorrect?


Proclaiming tones are used when we refer to shared information
One of the uses of intonation is to show the grammar of what
is being said.
Stress is vital in conveying meaning in sentences.

Choose the correct answer: "One of the proposals to motivate the


students and get them involved in the learning process is to
make them..."
Think of an amusing anecdote from their lives.
Just by studying grammar and vocabulary
Make them teach to their classmates.

Which statement is correct?


Parents consciously teach their children rules of discourse

Parents speak to two- and three-year-olds in the same way


they speak to adults
Parents and adults unconsciously choose a simplified
language or an exaggerated intonation to communicate with

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children.

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Top-down and bottom-up processing interact providing:


a good understanding of details and a general picture of
the text.
lower-level students a good grammar insight.

connections between sounds and spelling

If the language can be acquired in a subconscious way,


then: a & b are correct
a) Language learning is implicit and does not demand
conscious attention, except for the monitor function.
b) There is very little need for explicit teaching of grammar
and vocabulary

Observation, tasks review, questionnaires and tests are...


types of assessment.

instruments of assessment.

techniques of assessment.

In the nineteenth century, moves were made to bring foreign-


language learning into school curriculums, and so something more was
needed. This gave rise to...
the grammar-translation method

The direct method

Audiolingualism

Choose the correct answer:


A first language can be learnt or acquired, depending on the
age and the conditions of the learning environment.
Learning and acquiring a second language reflect the
same processes, they are synonyms.
A foreign language is learned through a conscious and carefully
designed process with occurs during the school years and lasts
forever.

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Which statement is correct?


The 'get it right from the beginning' is structured around
language forms.
The 'get it right in the end' is a way to call the focus on forms.

The 'get it right from the beginning' approach focuses on

form.

Choosing a word in a language speakers know well and pronouncing


it as if it was an L2 word is called:
discarding

improvising

foreignising

When we attempt to achieve a communicative purpose:


We do not need to select the language according to the

purpose We should choose which of these language forms to

use

We have to choose which of these language forms to use

Which answer is not correct:


Predicting the topic of a listening activity:
engages their previous linguistic knowledge.

puts students at ease and in the mood for the

task is a bottom-up processing strategy.

When talking about inference in intensive reading, we are referring


to: Finding specific details that the reader is looking for

Understanding what is behind the words

Getting the general meaning of a text

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When dealing with difficult vocabulary in a text, what’s the way to


turn students’ need of understanding every single word into an
engaging cooperative learning task:
to make students cooperate to set a word limit.

to pre-teach some of the new vocabularies in groups.

to get students to reach a meaningful consensus in groups.

When students do not enjoy reading for pleasure or do not have


the reading habit, what option do teachers have to encourage
extensive reading:
create a sense of competition by asking students to keep
a record of what they read
both answers are correct.
discuss in class the books they read using words,
expressions and sentences from the text.

Which statement is false:


Focussing on the process of writing is at times not
appropriate in English lessons.
To explain the process of writing and encourage students
to plan, draft, read back and redraft quickly, can be useful
for
writing exams.
To focus on the written genre is a process approach that
values the construction of the end product.

Choose the incorrect option:


the teacher's role is central in interacting with students.

linguistic forms, meaning and functions need to be learned.

fluency is favoured over accuracy.

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According to B. Seidlhofer typical ´deviations´ features of ELF student


´s speech are:
All the above are correct.

The pluralising of nouns that are considered uncountable.


Frequent failure to use the 3rd person singular of the
Present Simple.
The use of the relative pronouns who and which
interchangeably.

Which statement is NOT CORRECT?


"When making a formal lesson
plan..."
aims are related to what the teacher will do during the

lessons. aims are the most important element of any lesson

plan.
the best classroom aims are specific and directed towards an
outcome which can be measured.

Austin’s theories gave rise to:


syllabuses of grammar

syllabuses of communicative language

syllabuses of language functions

One of the basis of communicative language teaching is...


its emphasis on what language is used for.

its focus on how language is performed.

its focus on a particular language form.

What are the variables to consider in order to achieve an


appropriate communication?
Tone, topic, channel, Gender , participants, setting

Tone, topic, channel, gender, dialect, setting


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Tone , topic, channel, sex, participants, setting

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The most important issues to consider when teaching pronunciation in


the English Language are:
Stress, sounds and spelling, and individual sounds.

Stress, sounds and spelling, individual sounds and intonation.


Stress, sounds and spelling, individual sounds, intonation
and pitch.

Which answer is not correct:


"When students are engaged in a speaking task, the teacher role
could be:"
to provide plenty of correction so we do not miss the chance
to work on language.
to encourage students and feed in words and phrases
they might need.
to become a participant in conversation ourselves.

Which one of the following statements is true?


A and B are both incorrect
B) Extensive reading suggests reading at length, often for
pleasure
A) Intensive reading frequently takes place when students
are on their own

For Ericsson, successful improvement needs:


well defined goals, motivation, feedback and opportunities for
repetition and gradual refinements.
well defined lesson plans with clear aims and evaluation criteria,
teacher's motivation and gradual refinements
well defined grammar items, correction, and drilling.

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Methodological “culture clash” is to do with...


methods researched by authors from different cultures.

getting away from methods focused on culture.

students and teachers having different cultural backgrounds.

An effective learning sequence:


needs to develop students’ ability to answer comprehension
questions.
offers skills integration and language study.

involves students in reading and writing.

Choose the right statement: "In an action-oriented approach,


tasks..." can be linguistic or non-linguistic.

are based on language proficiency.

are meant to be carried out in the classroom.

Choose the statement that is incorrect:


With the arrival of the communicative approach, drilling
began to be considered useful by many theorists.
Drilling consists of having students repeat phrases
and sentences in chorus or individually.
Language repetition should be done with deliberate attention
for it to be effective.

Which statement is incorrect? Grammatical cohesion may be


achieved through…
Anaphoric reference

The use of interrelated words and meanings

The use of linkers

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According to Krashen's "Input Hypothesis"...


...language acquired subconsciously is not available when
needed.
...acquired and learnt language are the same in character
and effect.
...the more we monitor what we say the less spontaneous
we are.

CLIL is not...
An approach that is only concerned with content and language,
but also with communication, cognition and culture
The European variant of CBLT
An approach that demands a special kind of teacher mastering
both content and language teaching.

Basic procedure for the teaching of productive skills are:


Feedback and follow-up.

Lead-in, task, monitoring and feedback and follow-up.

Task and monitoring.

Some disadvantages of the PPP procedure are...


that it is highly teacher-centred and assumes students learn in
“straight lines”.
that it reflects the nature of language and learning.
that it is highly student-centred and leads to immediate
production.

Which statement is incorrect according to Kachru.


The ‘inner circle’ comprises countries such as India and
Singapore.
The ‘expanding circle’ includes countries where English is
a dominant foreign language.
In the ‘outer circle’ countries where local varieties of the
language have developed are included.

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Which answer is not correct:


Watching films provides paralinguistic information,
cultural features and unspoken rules of behaviour.
Before watching a film in class, teachers need to plan listening
comprehension tasks to keep students engaged and focused
on
the language.
Watching films in English with English subtitles leads to
students losing interest as they do not understand most words
when
seeing and hearing the same thing.

Which statement is not correct: "In a task-based


approach..." students learn about the language.
enabling tasks provide the formal knowledge while final tasks
provide the working knowledge.
final tasks integrate the four skills.

Words that tend to co-occur more often than just by chance


are… Fixed expressions

Collocations

Functional phrases

Larsen-Freeman, in his work Techniques and Principles in


Language Teaching (1986) states that:
A method of language teaching is a multifactor process where
we have to take into account the teacher, the students, the
teaching and learning process and the culture to be taught
together with the language.
A method of language teaching is a set of specific procedures,
that is, a system that spells out rather precisely how to teach
a
language.
A method of language teaching integrates three
elements: approach, design and procedure.

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What could the exercises that accompany reading material


make students feel?
a) As if the aim of the exercise is to better understand
the reading
b) As if the aim of these exercises is to test their ability to

read a & b are correct

Focus on form
is predetermined by the syllabus.

is incidental and opportunistic.


denies the importance of natural language that emerges
naturally.

In its description, Dogme ELT, has the following features.


it is drills-driven, it is intentionally materials-light and it focuses
on emergent language.
It is conversational-driven, it is intentionally materials-
heavy and it focuses on emergent language.
It is conversational-driven, It is intentionally materials-light
and it focuses on emergent language.

Select the correct definition of 'space-out' repetition according to the


material studied:
there are spaces in-between language reappearances

students repeat after the teacher

both are correct

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According to Kachru:
The outer circle doesn’t include countries such as Singapore,
where there is a long history of English use.
The inner circle also includes countries where English is a
dominant foreign language.
The expanding circle consists of countries where English
is considered a foreign language.

At lower levels, where students are preoccupied with bottom-up


processing, we need to concentrate on:
The connections between sounds and

spelling Word and sound recognition

Both are correct

Which of the following is a strategy that speakers of a foreign


language should avoid when confronted with an unknown word?
Paraphrasing

Improvising

Foreignising

Which statement is incorrect? Humanistic methods


emerge in the 1st half of the 20th century

help students to feel positive and learn

better give the central role to students’

feelings

Unplugged teaching refers to:


a product based method where we plan a lesson so that
some end point will be achieved.
a programme of study where students use hardly any materials
and rely instead on conversation-based interaction.
a digital environment where computers can track what
students do and tailor the material they subsequently receive.
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Comprehensible input is important in ELT because…


… the more we see and listen to, the more English we
acquire, notice or learn.
… comprehensible input can become effective feedback.

… the teacher is the main source of comprehensible

input.

A way of focusing on form described by Richard Schmidt


is repeating

drilling

noticing

Repetition in language learning


gives students opportunities to try language out, refine
what they say and feel confident.
should be avoided as students may get bored.
doesn’t allow students to think quickly about what they are
saying.

Language functions
have one linguistic realisation for each function expressed.

affect the choice of syllabus items and teaching techniques.

are not relevant in language teaching.

Writing for writing tasks:


helps students learn about language.

aims at improving students’ handwriting.

values students’ ability to write.

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