Module 2 Quiz

Which are examples of learning? (Check all that apply)

• Practicing a dialogue with a partner.

• Filling in the blanks with the proper form of a verb

• Studying vocabulary.

• Using your new language in a country that speaks it.

Acquisition refers to...

• the ability to learn and apply principles in the real world.

• the ability to understand another language

• the ability to remember information for long periods of time

• the ability to speak another language perfectly

Which is an example of acquisition?

• Ali studied English for four years in high school and got good grades. One day, an English-speaking tourist stops him on the street to ask for directions. He struggles to find the words to explain.

• Andrea is in a Japanese grocery store, shopping for supplies. She wants to buy salt, but she doesn’t know the Japanese word for it. She thinks she’s found a bag of salt, but it could be sugar too! She is not able to read the Japanese character for “salt”. She looks up the word for “salt” in her English-Japanese dictionary and asks a store clerk if what she has is indeed salt. It is!

Which activity represents language learning in the wide-angle or diffuse mode?

• Using computer software to study vocabulary words

• Writing paragraphs using a new grammatical structure

• Practicing scripted telephone dialogues with a partner

• Role playing a doctor's appointment

Spaced repetition refers to...

• practicing items that you haven't learned yet more frequently than those you have already memorized

• putting two unrelated ideas together to synthesize information

• spending a limited time studying material, then coming back to it later, increasing amounts of time between study sessions

• studying the same information over and over again

How is language learning like a camera?

• Like a camera, language learning is about zooming in to focus on the details of a language’s structure as well as zooming out to learn to use language in a wider context.

• Like a camera, language learning is delicate and easily broken.

• Like a camera, language learning is complex and difficult to become an expert at

• Like a camera, language learning is about a single moment in time.

Which answer BEST defines your role as a language teacher?

• You are a magnifying glass, explaining small details about the language.

• You are a photographer, sometimes helping students to focus on a specific language structure, other times providing opportunities for students to use the language and practice the new grammatical or sentence structures in a wider context.

• You are a telescope, able to bring distant concepts into view.

According to the 80/20 principle, 80% of class time should be spent on...

• instruction using spaced repetition

• vocabulary instruction

• instruction in the focused mode

• instruction in the diffuse mode

In order to scaffold correctly, a teacher needs to break down difficult concepts by...

• modeling: showing both real examples and steps of a process

  guided practice: working through a process with students so that it is "controlled"

  independent practice: giving students a chance to do the process on their own

• controlling: giving students information that is modified and simplified for their level

  adjusting: changing the input to match the students' current understanding

  timed repetition: having students learn and process information bit by bit, not all

• supporting: giving students time to process new information

  diverting: giving students information that is different from the original text

  converging: taking both the new information and the different information and placing them together to create something interesting

• guiding: showing students how to create a structure

  revising: giving students feedback based on their efforts

  practicing: allowing students to work on what they have done again so that they can get it right

Considering the following descriptions. "which language learner do you think you would be the most like if you were learning a new language? "

Siti is very particular about speaking correctly. Before speaking, she spends several minutes quietly thinking to herself, checking her dictionary, and planning how she should best phrase her sentences.

Aminah is very open and gregarious and rather indifferent to language structures and cultural conventions. She will not hesitate to speak to people in her new language.

Ali quickly considers what he is going to say, and then asks the nearest person for directions. he is only able to retain small chunks of information, so he must ask several people for help along the way.

• Siti

• Aminah

• Ali