Wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

CST331 - Revision

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_____________ believed that ‘language development is inborn or innate.”

a)

Krashen

b)

Chomsky

c)

Lenneberg

d)

Piaget

2.

LAD is the short form of...

(a)  

3.

______________involves difficulty with the timing of sounds and words which impairs overall fluency.

a)

Stuttering

b)

Dyslexia

c)

Disgraphia

d)

Expressive language disorder

4.

Developing a child’s vocabulary is crucial because he or she will find it much easier to read and write words that are already known.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Read aloud should be done:

a)

Daily at all grade levels for at least 15 minutes a day.

b)

Once in a while.

c)

At the beginning when students come into the class – calms them down and set the tone for the class.

d)

Anytime!

6.

_________________is the grammar that regulates how words are combined into sentences.

a)

Phonological system

b)

Morphological system

c)

Syntactic system

d)

Pragmatic system

7.

By making lists with students, writing notes to students, writing morning messages, and recording questions and information on charts, we are ….

a)

Improving handwriting.

b)

Preparing materials to use in the class.

c)

Teaching them to pay attention to the teacher.

d)

Teaching the functions of written language.

8.

Paralinguistic clues help the learners understand mood and meaning.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Reading improves children’s vocabulary knowledge, spelling and writing skill.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

At the initial stages of second language learning, children perform better than adults.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Reading is important for language learners because...

a)

Reading is useful for language acquisition.

b)

Improves their vocabulary knowledge, spelling and writing.

c)

Provides good models for writing.

d)

Helps the teacher to keep the kids occupied.

12.

Communicative competence involves knowing how to use the grammar and vocabulary of the language to achieve communicative goals and knowing how to do this in a socially appropriate way.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

The teaching of Traditional Grammar is still very popular and widely used.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

The first language requires conscious effort; the acquisition process of the first language is not subconscious.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

For a topic based speaking activity to be successful, arguments for and against the topic should not be fed to the class in advance.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

___________ helps pupils to master the sounds, rhythms, and intonation of the English language through simple reproduction.

a)

Songs

b)

Charts

c)

Chants

d)

Poems

17.

Psychological benefits of using songs include ....

a)

Motivation

b)

Develops confidence

c)

Participation is limited

d)

Promotes individual participation

18.

In a successful classroom discussion, all the students get the opportunity to speak, and contributions are evenly distributed.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

_____________ activity can be done by interacting with other students in the class.

a)

Topic based activity

b)

Task based activity

c)

Both

d)

None of the above

20.

Children go through ________ stages when acquiring their first language.

a)

4

b)

3

c)

5

d)

6

21.

When acquiring a second language, the second stage the learners go through is.....

a)

Early production

b)

Speech emergence

c)

Silent period

d)

Intermediate fluency

22.

The first language is ‘acquired’ and the second language is ‘learned’.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

A newborn of can identify the sounds of the world languages (150 sounds) until he or she is 6 months old.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

A second language is the mother tongue or native language of a person while a first language is a language a person learns in order to communicate with the native speaker of that language.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

After a few months of producing one-word utterances, a child will begin to use two-word utterances and continue to do so until they are around the age of 2.5 years old.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

The telegraphic stage is not the last stage of language acquisition before a child can speak fluently and begins roughly around 2.5 years of age and onward indefinitely until a child has fluent language skills.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

During __________ stage, children seem to have a much better understanding of syntax and semantics.

a)

Babbling

b)

One-word

c)

Two-word

d)

Beyond-two-word

28.

A _______________ is an individual who is exposed to their first and second languages at the same time.

a)

sequential bilingual

b)

simultaneous bilingual

c)

compound bilingual

29.

The first language is not a natural part of a person’s everyday life.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

The brain regions responsible for language development are _________________

a)

Broca's area

b)

Wernicke's area

c)

Motor cortex

d)

Temporal lobe

31.

If a child who is pushed to learn to write too soon may come to connect the activity of writing with failure and disappointment.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

According to _____________ "Language is learned in the same way as other kinds of behaviour."

a)

Vygotsky

b)

Skinner

c)

Piaget

d)

Chomsky

33.

________________ has suggested that there is a critical age for language acquisition, that is from birth to puberty.

a)

Piaget

b)

Vygotsky

c)

Krashen

d)

Lenneberg

34.

For _____________, language was one of a number of systems that are developed in childhood.

a)

Krashen

b)

Piaget

c)

Vygotsky

d)

Chomsky

35.

_______________ argued that in supportive interactive environment, children are able to advance to a higher level of knowledge and performance.

a)

Vygotsky

b)

Piaget

c)

Chomsky

d)

Skinner