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PRINCIPLES OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

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Class
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1.

According to the behaviorism, human behavior (including verbal behavior) is dependent on three crucial elements of learning as follows, EXCEPT…

a)

stimulus, response, and reinforcement

b)

stimulus, motivation, and environment

c)

input, exposure, and environment

d)

motivation, input, and environment

2.

Classroom environment in Audio lingual method is designed in such a way that there is a maximum amount of…

a)

group work

b)

role play

c)

comprehensible input

d)

mimicry/memorization

3.

The followings are examples of positive reinforcement EXCEPT . . .

a)

a verbal praise

b)

a feeling of increased accomplishment

c)

a good grade

d)

a mock

4.

Noam Chomsky views that much of language use …

a)

is imitated behavior (e.g. children from their parents)

b)

is created a new from underlying knowledge of abstract rules (universal grammar).

c)

is learned by imitation and repetition

d)

is due to comprehensible input

5.

Learning according to Cognitivism is characterized by the following features, EXCEPT…

a)

active

b)

constructive

c)

cumulative

d)

rote

6.

All learning activities in cognitivism should be meaningful. In so doing, the teacher can do the followings, EXCEPT…

a)

Build on what the students already know

b)

Help the students relate new material to their life experiences and their previous knowledge

c)

provide a lot of pattern practices or drills and memorizations

d)

Use inductive, deductive, or discovery learning procedures

7.

Humanistic principles have important implications for education. According to this approach, the focus of education is . . .

a)

teaching

b)

learning

c)

training

d)

instruction

8.

According to Nunan, humanistic approach to language teaching has a belief in the primacy of . . . within the learning process.

a)

rote learning

b)

affective & emotional factors

c)

meaningful learning

d)

drills

9.

Constructivism has the premise that, by reflecting on our experiences, we construct our own understanding of the world we live in. Thus, knowledge must be …

a)

constructed by the learner

b)

handed down from generation to generation

c)

supplied by the teacher

d)

generated from the learner’s mind

10.

One’s potential development cannot be manifested, if learning stops at object-regulation. It should be manifested by significant others in mediating learning, such as the following, EXCEPT…

a)

parents

b)

elders

c)

environment

d)

teachers

11.

What follows are examples of ordinary Speech Act, EXCEPT . . .

a)

“I bet you ten dollar if it is raining this afternoon”

b)

“I warn you not to disturb my sister”

c)

“I watched a Bollywood movie last night”

d)

“I command you to finish your paper”.

12.

Speech act usually contains verbs (bet, warn, promise, name, etc.) which are called . . . verbs

a)

performative

b)

constative

c)

imperative

d)

regular

13.

The students’ ability to recognize and produce the distinctive grammatical structures of a language and to use them effectively in communication is called… competence.

a)

grammatical

b)

sociolinguistic

c)

strategic

d)

discourse

14.

The students’ ability to interpret the social meaning of the choice of linguistic varieties and to use language with the appropriate social meaning for the communication situation is called…competence

a)

a. grammatical

b)

strategic

c)

sociolinguistic

d)

discourse

15.

Classroom activities such as discussion groups, lectures, tape recorder, cooperative learning, etc. are likely most suitable for . . . learners.

a)

impulsive

b)

auditory

c)

visual

d)

kinesthetic

16.

Extrovert learners commonly have the following traits as follows, EXCEPT . . . .

a)

warmth

b)

gregariousness

c)

assertiveness

d)

apprehensiveness

17.

Selinker (1977) talked about cognitive strategies in second language learning, EXCEPT

a)

language transfer

b)

strategies of second language learning

c)

transfer of training

d)

error fossilization

18.

The following features characterize an interlanguage (the language of second language learner), EXCEPT . . .

a)

systematicity

b)

fossilization

c)

variability

d)

permeability

19.

Selinker argues that interlanguage is resulted from the learner’s attempts to produce the target language construction. He mentions some learning process/strategies, EXCEPT . . .

a)

language transfer

b)

fossilization

c)

transfer of training

d)

overgeneralization

20.

Many people die . . . because they are *offers of the violence. (Swedish offer = victim) At the time he works in a *fabric. (Swedish fabrick = factory).

I went every morning to *spring. (Swedish spring = run). These data are examples of . . .

a)

simplification errors

b)

transfer errors

c)

overgeneralization errors

d)

induced errors

21.

1. Data: What did he *intended to say? She did not *wanted to learn English.

I *goed shopping yesterday. These data are examples of . . .

a)

simplification errors

b)

transfer errors

c)

overgeneralization errors

d)

induced errors

22.

In Error Analysis, Linguistic Category classifies error according to either or both the language component and the particular linguistic constituent that is affected by an error. Language components may include EXCEPT . . .

a)

omission

b)

syntax

c)

phonology

d)

morphology

23.

Research procedure in error analysis basically consists of three major stages: . . .

a)

elicitation, description, and explanation.

b)

identification, description, and explanation

c)

description, recognition, and explanation

d)

elicitation, identification, and description

24.

Surface strategy taxonomy highlights the ways surface structure is altered; in this taxonomy, errors can be classified into the following terms EXCEPT . . .

a)

omission

b)

morphology

c)

addition

d)

misformation.

25.

The term transfer errors refer to errors which are . . .

a)

the direct result of misunderstanding caused by faulty teaching or materials.

b)

the result of the overgeneralization of the target language rules.

c)

the result of the learners’ first language knowledge.

d)

the result of the learners’ incomplete knowledge of the target language