Question 1
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What is the main purpose of language learning in the Direct Method?
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Communication
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Translation
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To acquire vocabulary
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The speaking resources
Question 2
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Which is NOT a feature of Cooperative learning?
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It provides chances of input and output
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It creates an effective climate
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It provides a variety of language functions
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It gives the teacher total control of the class
Question 3
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When designing activities for our students, what do we have to take into account?
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The different learning styles of the students: visual, auditory, kinesthetic, olfactory and gustatory
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The five basic competences proposed by Canale and Swain: grammatical, discourse, strategic, sociolinguistic and sociocultural
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The simulation of the two hemispheres
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No one above
Question 4
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In our lessons, what do we have to take into account?
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The different learning styles of the students: visual, auditory, kinesthetic, olfactory and gustatory
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The five basic competences proposed by Canale and Swain: grammatical, discourse, strategic, sociolinguistic and sociocultural
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The stimulation of the two hemispheres
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Present the contents with an instructional design
Question 5
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Why are scaffolds so important?
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Because they are part of the integrated curriculum
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Because CLIL cannot be understood without them
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Because it make easier for students to enlarge previous knowledge and internalize new information
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All of them
Question 6
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The main challenge Content teachers have to deal with is:
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To leave behind traditional methods in favour of new ones where students can put into practice their communicative skills
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To have a good command of L2
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To have an almost native level of L2
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No one of above
Question 7
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Which of the following statement is true?
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Younger learners are generally better at learning languages in informal and naturalistic contexts and older learners in formal contexts.
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Older learners are generally better at learning languages in informal and naturalistic contexts and younger learners in formal contexts.
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Older learners are guided by extrinsic motivation.
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Younger learners are more motivated and focused on achieving learning goals.
Question 8
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Which of the following statements is true?
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There are 2 types of motivation: instrumental/extrinsic and integrative/intrinsic
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There are three types of motivation: purpose, competence, belonging
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There are three types Achievement, affiliation and power
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No one of above
Question 9
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Which of the following statements is true?
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Introverted students are generally good at developing intralinguistic competence
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Extroverted students are generally good at developing intralinguistic competence
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The older learners are more extroverted
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No one of above
Question 10
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Which of the following statements is false?
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Adults need to be more aware of the language form they use, which, indirectly, limits their fluency. However, they are able to retain a larger vocabulary and their intellect helps them learn the language faster
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Children are effortless learners and achieve much better results than adults and they are able to retain a lot of words and they can pay attention to peripheral language forms such as structures
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The students with the best grades are the most self-regulated
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No one of above
Question 11
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Which of the following statements is false?
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Teenagers bodies and minds are changing. They have a higher intellectual capacity (they are in the operational thought stage) so they can cope with more complex problems. Their attention span is also higher due to their intellectual maturation. However, as in the case of children, their command of the language is generally constrained.
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Teenagers bodies and minds are changing. Although they have a higher intellectual capacity (they are in the critical period) they can’t cope with more complex problems. Their attention is higher due to their maturation. However, as in the case of children, their command of the language is generally constrained and they are so irritating. That is why the teacher must resort to all sort of techniques and materials for contents to be understood through the L2 and have a lot of patience
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The teacher must resort to all sort of techniques and materials for contents to be understood through the L2
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All are true
Question 12
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Students’s self-assessment can be done at:
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4 different levels: listening, reading, speaking, writing
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3 different levels: conceptual, procedural and attitudinal knowledge
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2 different levels: learning progress and satisfaction with the unit
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No one of above
Question 13
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When should mistakes be corrected and what sort of mistakes should be corrected?
Question 14
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What age do children start losing their brain plasticity?
Question 15
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What is the result of overcorrection?
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Better results
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Proficient learners
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Discouraged learners
Question 16
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Students’ self-assessment can be done at:
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Teacher totally trained
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Teacher talking time
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Teacher training time
Question 17
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What is the main goal of structuralism?
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The structural description and analysis of the language
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To describe linguistic competence
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To study language from a discursive ad tetual viewpoint
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No one of above
Question 18
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Which approach would you use with children at an early stage?
Question 19
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You have a group of kids and you want them o acquire everyday language related with schools. Which method would you use?
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Direct method: I bring a native English speaker of the same age so that they can ask them question
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Silent way: I provide them with materials such as posters, books, even I give then access to computer room so that they can search on internet
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Audiovisual method: make them watch videos (for example of the typical school day in UK) and then make them questions.
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No one of above
Question 20
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Complete: The methodological changes of CLIL are going to be positive, but teachers must be careful when selecting _____________ used in class.
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The language
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The activities
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The textbooks
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The assessment tools
Question 21
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Complete: The according to Vygotsky ZPD theory, instruction has to be _______ to be effective
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Repetitive
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Integrative
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Scaffolded
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No one of above
Question 22
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Opposed to late language learning, what is the main advantage of early language acquisition?
Question 23
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Which one is NOT recommended if students suffer anxiety in our class?
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Encourage risk-taking and tolerance of ambiguity
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Reduce competition
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Force students to speak and correct them
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Foster self-esteem and self-confidence for those students who show anxiety trails
Question 24
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Which one is NOT a feature of introverted learners?
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Good at developing basic interpersonal skills
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Look for more opportunities for interaction and develop their communication skills
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Tend to focus on fluency rather than on accuracy in the oral aspects
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Develop their academic skills and cognitive academic language abilities
Question 25
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In how many stages should lessons be structured?
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Three
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Four
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Three or four
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Two
Question 26
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When you reach the practice stage with the students, they are supposed to make use of their cognitive abilities. You are in 5 primary education, what do you do to make your students put into practice what they have acquired?
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I ask them to write a summary of the lesson
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I encourage them to tell to the rest of the class what they have learnt
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I divide the class into groups and they have to talk to their mates about what they have learnt. Then, they have to make a summary all together
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I try to make up a game in which they can participate divided into groups
Question 27
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As a guideline, TTT should be short, never speaking for more than ___ minutes at a time
Question 28
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Working with peers in groups ranging from ______ is probably the best option for the kind of teaching that concerns us here
Question 29
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Contents are grouped into
Question 30
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What are the four stages of a well structure lesson?
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Warm up, presentation, practice, production
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Listening, reading, speaking, writing
Question 31
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How many aspects must be taken into account before putting the didactic unit into practice?
Question 32
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Booms taxonomy. Choose the missing ones. Evaluation, Synthesis, Analysis, Application
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Comprehension. Knowledge
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Understanding. Doing
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Repeating. Practice
Question 33
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What is the main advantage when adults are learning a FL?
Question 34
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Which one is better realted with the integrated Curriculum?
Question 35
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What does CLIL stand for?
Question 36
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Who developed the theory of Constructivism?
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A British builder
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Noam Chomsky
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Jean Piaget
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Vygotsky
Question 37
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According to Halbach how don´t _____ acquire knowledge better
Question 38
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When designing activities for our students, what do we have to take into account?
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The different learning styles of the students
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The simulation of the two hemispheres
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The five basic competences proposed by Canale and Swain
Question 39
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The main characteristic of the direct method is that:
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Children are awarded whenever they achieve something
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Intensive reading activities
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Learning starts through oral interaction
Question 40
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The different between language acquisition and language learning leads in that:
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Language acquisition is good, language learning is boring
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Acquisition is only possible with a native teacher
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Acquisition is natural, learning is conscious
Question 41
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What hypothesis does the sensitive period support?
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Adults are not able to learn a FL properly
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Adults can be proficient in L2
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Children can learn a FL at natives
Question 42
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Which one is NOT a feature of the Grammar Translation Method?
Question 43
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Which definition matches with methodology
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Principles underlying a particular set of teaching practices
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Specific procedure for carrying out teaching activity
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Practices and procedures used in teaching
Question 44
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According to Saussure, language can be studied in two different point of view
Question 45
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What is the linguistic competence?
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The use of language in different situations
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The knowledge of the language
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The use of language for specific purposes
Question 46
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In order students can learn better, teachers must
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Repeat and repeat concepts
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Force students to speak in FL, even at the early stages
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Present the contents with a large amount of visual materials
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Give them homework
Question 47
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According to Cummins, Common Underlying Proficiency, provides the base for the development of
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FL acquisition
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L1 and L2
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FL learning
Question 48
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Which one of the following statements is true?
Question 49
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What does the critical period hypothesis support?
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Adults are not able to learn a FL properly
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Children can learn a FL as natives
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Adults can reach a native level with a lot of effort
Question 50
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How many types of motivation are there?
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TWO: Instrumental & integrative
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THREE: purpose, competence, belonging
Question 51
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Which are the primary factors to lead the class in FL?
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Instrumental/extrinsic and Integrative/intrinsic
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Audibility, attention, recognition, perception, acceptance
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Purpose, competence , belonging
Question 52
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Assumed knowledge is…
Question 53
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The first method that appeared in USA due to the poor success of GTM was:
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The direct method
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The TPR
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The audiovisual method
Question 54
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What is a key area for Spanish speakers to learn?
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Grammar
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Pronunciation
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Vocabulary
Question 55
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TTT should be limited to ____ of the lesson, never speaking for more than ____ minutes at a time
Question 56
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Overcorrection may lead us to a motivation
Question 57
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The goal of Generativism is
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To analyze language found in masterpieces
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To study language from a discursive point of view
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To describe linguistic competence
Question 58
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What is the ZPD?
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Zapatero’s government was Depressing
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Difference between what students can do alone & with help
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Zone of Peripheral development
Question 59
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Aspects to take into account when planning?
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Listening, reading, speaking, writing
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Be nice to kids
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Warm-up, presentation, practice, production
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Varied activities, logical sequence, properly paced & timed
Question 60
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Knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis & evaluation are:
Question 61
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Content teachers must
Question 62
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In cooperative learning, the teacher is…
Question 63
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____ take place when learners know a ____ but make a mistake when ____ language
Question 64
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Extroverted students are generally good at developing intralinguistic competence
Question 65
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What is the method?
Question 66
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What is the most common way to teach English nowadays?
Question 67
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The constructivism is based on the idea that children learn better through
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Imitation
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Repetition
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By taking part
Question 68
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Children who learn a FL with a global way pay more attention to details and
Question 69
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ZDP stands for Zone of Peripheral Knowledge
Question 70
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According to Saussure, language can be studied in two different points of view
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Synchronic: taking as a starting point a specific moment in time and Diachronic: from a historical perspective.
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Diachronic: taking as a starting point a specific moment in time and Synchronic: from a historical perspective
Question 71
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Introverted students are generally good at developing intralinguistic competence
Question 72
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Which was the first method that appeared in USA as a consequence of the poor results obtained in students who had studied a FL with the GTM?