Didactics II - Exam 1

Linguistic competence:

• It describes how language is defined within a community of speakers.

• It is possessed native speakers.

• It masters the grammar of a language.

Listening strategies are techniques or activities that contribute directly to the comprehension and recall of listening input.

• true

• false

“Figure out the purpose for listening” is one of the basic steps that students need to follow to extract meaning from a listening text.

• true

• false

How many steps do students need to follow to extract meaning from a listening text?

• 2

• 4

• 5

Listening strategies are techniques or activities that contribute directly to the comprehension and recall of listening output.

• true

• false

Language learners need to recognize that speaking involves three areas of knowledge:

• mechanics, functions, social and cultural rules and norms.

• grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation.

• previous knowledge, fluency, grammar.

The goal of teaching speaking skills is communicative efficiency.

• true

• false

Form-oriented input doesn’t focus on ways of using the language: guidance from the teacher or

another source on vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar.

• true

• false

Structured output focuses on correct form. In structured output, students may have options

for responses, but all of the options require them to use the specific form or structure that the

teacher has just introduced.

• true

• false

Structured output is designed to make learners feel les comfortable producing specific language items recently introduced, sometimes in combination with previously learned items.

• true

• false