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Question 1 of 34

1

TPR is based on the belief that learners should be encouraged to speak as soon as possible because it is important to understand more than just input

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 2 of 34

2

Which of these are effects on production due to "connected speech"?

Select one or more of the following:

  • liaison

  • assimilation

  • negation

Explanation

Question 3 of 34

1

What is the basic meaning of a perfective?

Select one of the following:

  • before and connected to a point in time

  • a continuous action

  • after and totally unconnected to a point in time

Explanation

Question 4 of 34

1

Which of these is an example of a past simple?

Select one or more of the following:

  • The train left the station.

  • She was walking her dog from the station.

  • They have been to the station

Explanation

Question 5 of 34

1

The passive makes up a system (with the active) called the voice. It is where the patient is put into the subject position.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 6 of 34

1

Which of these ISN'T a type of drilling?

Select one of the following:

  • imitation drill

  • choral repetition

  • back-chaining

  • recasting

  • substitution drill

Explanation

Question 7 of 34

1

During P-P-P a pre-selected grammatical item is first presented then practiced in a controlled way and then practiced using a freer productive activity e.g. roleplay

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 8 of 34

1

There is more of an emphasis on fluency rather than accuracy with P-P-P

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 9 of 34

3

Which statements are true? (choose the correct ones)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Primary modals include but are not limited to lexis such as will, would and might

  • Another term for secondary auxiliary verbs are modals

  • Auxiliary verbs CANNOT occur in combination

  • Auxiliary verbs CAN occur in combination

  • Primary auxiliary verbs serve to express voice only ( e.g. active or passive)

  • Primary auxiliary verbs serve to express aspect AND voice

Explanation

Question 10 of 34

1

Negation is....

Select one of the following:

  • a form of drilling...

  • ways of contradicting the meaning of a sentence...

  • a linguistic tool used to aid information retention...

Explanation

Question 11 of 34

1

Aspect is a synonym for 'tense'.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 12 of 34

1

Polysemy is used to describe a word which has more than one related meaning... e.g. wooden chip and computer chip....

Select one of the following:

  • ..it's a synonym for homonym

  • ...it's a synonym for homograph

  • ...it's not a synonym for either

Explanation

Question 13 of 34

1

C.A.L.L stands for

Select one of the following:

  • Communicative approach (to) language learning

  • computer assisted language learning

Explanation

Question 14 of 34

2

Which conditional(s) uses the present simple?

Select one or more of the following:

  • zero

  • first

  • second

  • third

Explanation

Question 15 of 34

1

Which conditional describes a situation which is always true? (usually due to scientific facts)

Select one of the following:

  • zero

  • first

  • second

  • third

Explanation

Question 16 of 34

1

Which conditional is used to talk about the future where there is a real possibility?

Select one of the following:

  • zero

  • first

  • second

  • third

Explanation

Question 17 of 34

1

Which conditional is used to talk about either an impossible situation or a highly unlikely one?

Select one of the following:

  • zero

  • first

  • second

  • third

Explanation

Question 18 of 34

1

Which conditional is used to talk about impossible situations as they are already in the past and cannot be changed?

Select one of the following:

  • zero

  • first

  • second

  • third

Explanation

Question 19 of 34

1

What is the most common way to express modality?

Select one of the following:

  • Aspect- progressive and perfectives

  • modal verbs

Explanation

Question 20 of 34

3

Which is true in relation to modal verbs? (3)

Select one or more of the following:

  • There are 9 "pure" modal verbs...

  • There are only 4 "pure" modal verbs...

  • To form a negative modal, "not" has to be inserted e.g. musn't

  • modals have a 3rd person singular -s

  • modals do not have a 3rd person singular -s

Explanation

Question 21 of 34

1

Modal verbs can express...

Select one of the following:

  • intrinsic meaning

  • extrinsic meaning

  • both

  • neither

Explanation

Question 22 of 34

3

Input...

Select one or more of the following:

  • is the spoken/written language that learners are exposed to

  • important, learners cannot learn a language without input

  • input is feedback

  • should be at the level of the learners ability

  • should be 1 level above the learners ability

  • should be 1 level below the learners ability

Explanation

Question 23 of 34

1

Connotations are the associations a word may trigger in its users.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 24 of 34

1

Assesment is a synonym for testing...

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 25 of 34

1

The present simple is used to....

Select one of the following:

  • habits in a "time-less" present and future scheduled events

  • events happening only now at the present

  • habits in a "time-less" present and events happening only now at the present.

Explanation

Question 26 of 34

2

Suggestopaedia...

Select one or more of the following:

  • is based on the principles of suggestion

  • believe "you learn a language by using it"

  • has the teacher in conspicuous control.

  • believe education can never be purely neutral and always works to either maintain or change the status quo

  • was the pre-cursor to task based learning

Explanation

Question 27 of 34

1

Suggestopaedia- humans are capable of extreme feats of learning in the right emotional state

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 28 of 34

1

Deductive learning...

Select one of the following:

  • when a rule/generalization is presented to the learners before they go on to apply it in an activity

  • where learners deduce a rule or generalization from examples prior to practising it

Explanation

Question 29 of 34

1

Leaving out elements of a sentence because they are unnecessary or implied from the immediate context is called...

Select one of the following:

  • ellipsis

  • ellision

Explanation

Question 30 of 34

1

It is essential for learners to be equipped with metalanguage e.g. knowing the grammatical terms like adjective

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 31 of 34

1

Lexical verbs have...

Select one of the following:

  • grammatical meanings

  • dictionary meaning

Explanation

Question 32 of 34

4

Task-based learning

Select one or more of the following:

  • the task is the basic unit for planning and teaching

  • learning is mediated through fidel charts colour-coded representing the sounds of language

  • believe you "learn a language by using it"

  • believe the learners should be treated as 'empty vessels'

  • class instructions involve demonstrations by the teacher and the performance then of the task by the learners

  • there was much less focus on form than other methods

Explanation

Question 33 of 34

1

a pair of words which differ in meaning when only one sound is changed is called a...

Select one of the following:

  • minimal pair

  • phonemic pair

  • homophonic pair

Explanation

Question 34 of 34

1

Coherence means...

Select one of the following:

  • it makes sense... to "make sense" you need to have logical relations e.g. linkers such as 'so' or 'to'..

  • that elements within a text are connected..

Explanation

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