LEARN TEFL COURSE CHAPTER 2

What was the overall aim of learning and teaching English as a foreign language in 1964?

• To promote text and media competence

• To focus on form and linguistic correctness

• To develop intercultural competence

• To enhance methodological competence

What major shift occurred in language teaching approaches in the late 1970s?

• Shift towards communicative competence

• Introduction of grammar-translation method

• Emphasis on vocabulary learning

• Focus on linguistic correctness

What is one of the main objectives of EFL classrooms today?

• Development of communicative competence

• Promotion of grammatical rule learning

• Focus on error correction

• Enhancement of vocabulary learning

What is the Common European Framework of References for Languages designed to provide?

• A shift towards teacher-centered approaches

• An emphasis on vocabulary learning

• A focus on grammar translation method

• A basis for the elaboration of language syllabuses

What is the main objective of EFL classes in vocational schools?

• To enhance intercultural competence

• To focus on text and media competence

• To train students for their future professions

• To develop communicative competence

What is the purpose of inclusive EFL classrooms?

• To promote grammar-translation method

• To emphasize vocabulary learning

• To cater to individual learner needs

• To focus on teacher-centered approaches

What are CLIL and immersion programmes primarily focused on?

• Promotion of grammatical rule learning

• Integration of different languages

• Enhancement of vocabulary learning

• Development of communicative competence

What is the main objective of EFL classrooms according to the text?

• To promote error correction

• To enhance vocabulary learning

• To develop intercultural, communicative, and methodological competences

• To focus on linguistic correctness

What is the focus of the communicative turn in language teaching?

• Emphasis on linguistic correctness

• Shift towards communicative competence

• Introduction of grammar-translation method

• Promotion of vocabulary learning

What is the role of TEFL in vocational schools?

• To promote text and media competence

• To enhance intercultural competence

• To focus on grammatical rule learning

• To train students for their future professions