FINAL TEST - SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING - SEM2 2425

What is the primary meaning of assessment according to Spratt et al. (2011)?

• predicting future performance trends

• ranking learners against national standards

• judging learners’ performance by collecting information

Which kind of test is designed to identify learners’ strengths and weaknesses at the outset of instruction?

• progress test

• diagnostic test

• proficiency test

Which validity-related concept refers to the impact a test has on teaching and learning practices?

• washback

• practicality

• transparency

When a test yields similar scores if administered twice under the same conditions, it demonstrates:

• authenticity

• reliability

• security

Which timing-based procedure offers a baseline for comparing learners’ later progress?

• continuous assessment

• deferred assessment

• initial assessment

In Anderson’s three-stage skill model, which stage converts declarative knowledge into procedures?

• declarative

• procedural

• autonomous

Skill Acquisition Theory distinguishes between two representational systems. What are they?

• receptive and productive knowledge

• declarative and procedural knowledge

• explicit and implicit instruction

Focusing only on procedural practice risks which long-term outcome for L2 forms?

• positive transfer

• fossilisation

• interlanguage expansion

In the PPP framework, the stage devoted to controlled accuracy-oriented work is:

• presentation

• practice

• production

Lewis (1996) criticised PPP chiefly because it:

• ignored corrective feedback

• prioritised meaning over form

• focused on form at the expense of meaning