SLA & TEFL Review

At the start of the semester, we talked about three different learning theories. What are the three learning theories we discussed?

Please check ALL THREE correct answers.

• Dual-Channel Theory

• Sociocultural Theory

• Cognitive Theories

• Behaviorism

We discussed different kinds of motivation, including intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Imagine somebody is motivated to study hard for the TOEIC test because they will get a pay raise if they get a high score. Which is that an example of, intrinsic motivation or extrinsic motivation?

• intrinsic motivation

• extrinsic motivation

Which learning theory is described below? Please choose the most appropriate learning theory for the blank space from the choices below.

_________ described learning “without reference to thinking or mental processes.” (VanPatten & Benati, 2015, p. 97) The focus of this learning theory is what people do rather than what is going on in their brains.

• Sociocultural Theory

• Cognitive Learning Theories

• Behaviorism

Which of the choices below is the best match for the blank space in this quote?

“____________ is an approach that aims to achieve communicative rather than linguistic competence through learner interaction. Born in the 1980s, this strategy to language teaching is based on the philosophy that, in order to learn a language, one must practice using that language to communicate meaning to others.” (University of Louisiana Monroe, 2021)

• Audiolingual Method (ALM)

• Total Physical Response (TPR)

• Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)

True or False:

In the Total Physical Response approach to teaching, even beginner-level students should do a lot of speaking from their first day of class. The teacher should perform whatever the students say throughout the class.

• True

• False

We have talked about the four skills in the picture. What have we called these four skills as a whole? Please choose the most appropriate term from those below.

• micro skills

• macro skills

• multimedia skills

• multimodal literacy

In class, we practice making reading activities in which the teacher removes some of the words in a text. What kind of reading activity (reading procedure, etc.) is this?

• Subjective question

• Minimal pair reading activity

• True-False reading activity

• Cloze reading activity

A person whose affective filter is high in a language class may not receive much input or learn much language. Which of the choices below could be a cause of a high affective filter, which blocks out input?

• The class is really fun and exciting.

• The student feels negative affect, such as anxiety, nervousness, or boredom.

• The student's headphones are blocking out too much sound.