Quiz on Lexico-Grammar Approach

What is the main function of grammar according to traditional foreign language teaching?

• Creating vocabulary lists

• Constructing new phrases and sentences

• Using dictionaries

• Learning words

What is the term used to describe the habitual co-occurrence of words to form multi-word units?

• Lexical items

• Collocations

• Colligations

• Lexical chunks

According to the lexical approach, what should be placed at the center of teaching methodology?

• Lexical chunks

• Vocabulary lists

• Vocabulary

• Grammar rules

What is the main emphasis of the lexical approach in teaching and learning?

• Focusing on single words

• Teaching grammatical rules

• Lexical chunks made up of lexico-grammatical patterns

• Learning idioms and proverbs

What is the mental archive commonly referred to as in language communication?

• Grammar database

• Lexical memory

• Vocabulary storage

• Mental lexicon

What is the percentage of formulaic language in ordinary English usages according to some estimates?

• 20%

• 40%

• 60%

• 80%

What is the main idea of a lexico-grammar approach in language teaching?

• Teaching vocabulary without grammar

• Teaching grammar and vocabulary separately

• Integrating focus on form into task-based language learning

• Focusing only on grammar rules

What is the concept that is more comprehensive than vocabulary and includes single words, collocations, and fixed combinations of words?

• Lexical chunks

• Lexis

• Vocabulary

• Grammar

What is the term used to describe how words form specific grammatical patterns with other words?

• Lexical items

• Collocations

• Colligations

• Lexical chunks

What is the main reason for the interaction between grammar and lexis in English?

• Both A and B

• Words have specific gramatical relationships with others

• Every word has its own grammar

• None of the above