QUIZ 1 Unit 2 - Practical 2

What is the most effective way to help secondary students differentiate between similar sounds like /ɪ/ and /iː/?

• Exposing students to natural speech without explicit focus on phonemes

• Using minimal pairs in listening and speaking activities

• Encouraging students to rely on spelling patterns to infer pronunciation

A student consistently pronounces “think” as “tink.” What is the most effective intervention?

• Explicitly teaching tongue placement and providing controlled oral practice

• Encouraging students to self-correct by listening to native speakers

• Correcting them each time they mispronounce the word until they adjust

Which technique would best help students improve English intonation in a communicative context?

• Having students practice phonetic transcriptions before speaking

• Using dialogue-based activities with varied emotional contexts

• Asking students to repeat sentences mechanically until they match a model

What is the most practical way to address stress placement in English words?

• Teaching stress rules in isolation before applying them in speech

• Using kinesthetic methods such as clapping, tapping, or stepping

• Encouraging students to infer stress patterns by reading aloud individually

Why might secondary students struggle with connected speech in English?

• Their L1 does not feature linked speech, so they do not perceive it clearly

• They are unfamiliar with the IPA, which prevents them from recognizing phonetic reductions

• They do not understand the meaning of contractions and reduced forms

What is the most effective way to introduce new vocabulary in a secondary classroom?

• Presenting new words in meaningful contexts and engaging students in active use

• Providing students with a word list and asking them to memorize definitions

• Asking students to look up words in a dictionary and write sentences with them

When teaching collocations, which approach is most effective?

• Explicitly teaching common collocations and reinforcing them through exposure

• Asking students to create their own collocations without prior examples

• Teaching individual words separately and allowing students to combine them naturally

A teacher wants to improve students’ ability to infer the meaning of unknown words while reading. What would be the best strategy?

• Encouraging students to skip unfamiliar words and focus on global comprehension

• Teaching students to use context clues and morphological analysis

• Having students translate every unknown word before proceeding with the text

What is the main advantage of teaching vocabulary through lexical sets (e.g., colors, food, emotions)?

• It facilitates memorization and reinforces meaning through categorization

• It prevents interference between similar words, reducing cognitive overload

• It ensures students acquire words that are most useful for communication

How can a teacher make vocabulary revision more engaging and effective?

• Using recall-based activities such as games and collaborative challenges

• Asking students to rewrite their vocabulary notes multiple times

• Having students read aloud lists of words at the beginning of each lesson