English Language Teaching Quiz

What is communicative competence?

• The ability to use language accurately and fluently to communicate

• The ability to memorize vocabulary

• The ability to translate texts

• The ability to understand grammar rules

Which of the following are considered receptive skills?

• Reading and listening

• Writing and speaking

• Reading and writing

• Speaking and interacting

What is the purpose of doing a crossword using previously-taught vocabulary?

• to present new vocabulary

• to check understanding of meaning

• to review false friends

• to practice writing

Following a lesson on the topic of families, the teacher asks learners to bring their family photos to class and to talk about them in small groups. Why?

• to encourage visualization

• to provide practice in using topic sentences

• to personalise an activity

• to gossip about her students' families

What should be done with the first piece of writing from a new student that is full of basic mistakes.?

• Focus on two important areas and correct only those mistakes for the student

• Say it is disappointing to see so many mistakes and ask the student to re-do it

• Underline the most serious mistakes to rewrite it for homework

• As he is new, the teacher shouldn't say anything

Following a lesson focusing on narrative tenses, the teacher gives learners different stories to read at home. Learners retell their stories in class the next day to give practice in ...

• context

• drafting

• extensive reading

• grammar in context

Following a lesson focusing on pronunciation, the teacher uses a game in which learners work in teams and match phonemic symbols with pictures ...

• to provide practice of contrastive stress

• to include interaction in the lesson

• to focus on specific sounds

• to practice listening

Following a lesson on the topic of houses, the teacher uses a recording of colleagues talking about their favourite rooms in class the next day. What is its purpose?

• to develop gist listening

• to consolidate vocabulary

• to introduce prepositions

• to develop writing

Following a lesson focusing on the topic of different places, the teacher brings in holiday brochures. The learners choose a place they want to visit and say why they like it. Why?

• to develop skimming reading skills

• to focus on text structure

• to make an activity feel authentic

• to practise listening

Which of the following are considered productive skills?

• Reading and listening

• Writing, speaking, and interacting

• Reading and writing

• Speaking and listening