Classroom Management - Class Progress 2

Mistakes of appropriacy can often cause _______________ in communication.

• misunderstanding
• using interlanguage
• L1 interference
• losing confidence

Mistakes result in problems of ______________.

• intonation and inauthenticity
• motivation and confidence
• interaction and fluency
• accuracy and appropriacy

Which is the best definition of over-generalization or over-application of rules?

• relying too much on rules
• applying a rule too widely
• applying rules from L1 and L2
• using too many rules from L1

Which of the following is NOT a category of mistakes?

• Punctuation inaccuracy
• Pronunciation accuracy
• Natural development
• Grammatical inaccuracy

Which of the following is NOT the main reasons why learners make errors?

• The complexity of the target language (L2)
• Learners’ L1 interference
• Learners’ overgeneralization
• The stage of learners’ development

Read each description of learner’s mistake and choose the cause of the learner’s mistake.

After a grammar lesson on forming plural nouns, many learners made the same mistake- said “there are three mans.”

• L1 interference
• Fossilization
• Over-generalization
• Interlanguage

Read each description of learner’s mistake and choose the cause of the learner’s mistake.

All beginners are confused with the verb tenses in English.

• L1 interference
• Fossilization
• Over-generalization
• Developmental errors

Read each description of learner’s mistake and choose the cause of the learner’s mistake.

This learner kept using vocabulary based on her own language.

• L1 interference
• Lexical slips
• Over-application
• Interlanguage slips

Read each description of learner’s mistake and choose the cause of the learner’s mistake.

This learner was extremely tired, which made her get a lot grammar mistakes.

• Grammatical slips
• Fossilized errors
• Over-generalized errors
• Interlanguage slips

Read each description of learner’s mistake and choose the cause of the learner’s mistake.

This upper-intermediate learner always makes mistakes related to stress patterns such as active, habit, develop although he speaks fluently.

• L1 interference
• Fossilized errors
• Pronunciation slips
• Developmental errors