Chapter 5

The most important deliberate learning activity is

• using word cards

• vocabulary size

• repetition

• delayed copying

Some teachers think that all vocabulary learning needs to occur in

Using ........................ word cards is a very effective deliberate learning strategy that you should use

You should do .......................................... to gain familiarity with spoken and written forms

• dictation

• transcription

• delayed copying

• oral repetition activities

• All of the choices

The way to reduce the effects of interference is to learn possibly interfering items

• at different times, not together.

• always together

• in pairs

• through word cards

For older learners, the quality of their pronunciation is likely to depend on

• their opportunities to use the language

• the amount of time and effort they spend on the deliberate study of pronunciation

• Both

the individual sounds that are difficult should be studied and practised in simple

The more we read and ....................., the more we have a chance to increase our receptive grammatical knowledge.

Deliberate study of the grammar should make up much less than .................... of your language learning time

• one quarter

• one half

• all

• one third

Meaning-focused input, meaning-focused output, language-focused learning, and fluency development constitute

• The four strands principle

• The four language skills