TESOL practice Second Language Acquisition

Which approach to error correction encourages students to self-correct by prompting them to reconsider their response?

• Recasting

• Elicitation

• Explicit correction

• Metalinguistic feedback

What is a primary goal of providing corrective feedback in an EFL/ESL classroom?

• To increase students' anxiety levels

• To promote fluency over accuracy

• To enhance the accuracy of language use

• To discourage risk-taking

Which of the following strategies helps balance error correction with promoting fluency?

• Correcting every mistake immediately

• Using peer feedback sessions

• Ignoring all errors to focus on fluency

• Providing feedback only at the end of activities

Which type of assessment is used to monitor student learning progress throughout a course?

• Summative assessment

• Diagnostic assessment

• Formative assessment

• Norm-referenced assessment

Which theoretical perspective on SLA emphasizes the role of social interaction in language learning?

• Behaviorism

• Cognitivism

• Sociocultural theory

• Innatism

What is the term for a learner's internal language system that evolves over time?

• Fossilization

• Interlanguage

• Language transfer

• Code-switching

Which assessment tool is best for evaluating a student's overall proficiency at the end of a course?

• Formative assessment

• Summative assessment

• Diagnostic assessment

• Peer assessment

What is the goal of diagnostic assessments in EFL/ESL instruction?

• To rank students against each other

• To determine students' grades

• To identify students' strengths and weaknesses

• To certify language proficiency

Which of the following is an example of indirect feedback?

• Underlining errors without correction

• Providing the correct answer

• Explaining the grammar rule

• Correcting the error verbally

Which theory of SLA focuses on the mental processes involved in acquiring a second language?

• Behaviorism

• Cognitivism

• Sociocultural theory

• Humanistic theory