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WorksheetsApplied Linguistics 1
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 10mins
1. It defines how language should be used, and that mistakes result from when those rules are broken.
Prescriptivism
Descriptivism
Don’t end a sentence with a preposition.
Prescriptivism
Descriptivism
“To boldly go where no one has gone before…is a bad sentence”.
Prescriptivism
Descriptivism
It is modern and varieties use of English regarding social classes and ethnic groups.
Prescriptivism
Descriptivism
Double negatives are acceptable to use. It is the way to use the language that belongs to educated people.
Prescriptivism
Descriptivism
Classes are taught in the mother tongue, with little active use of the target language.
GTM
DM
No answer
The teacher provides comprehensible input—spoken language that is understandable to the learners—or just a little beyond the learners’ level.
GTM
DM
No answer
Little or no attention is given to pronunciation.
GTM
DM
No answer
It is more natural and similar to learning a mother tongue or L1.
GTM
DM
No answer
Drills, substitution table, and dialogue memorization
GTM
DM
No answer
The teacher is a manager or facilitator. Classroom activity is much more student-oriented based on their need and interest.
GTM
DM
No answer
There is little or no grammatical explanation: grammar is taught by inductive analogy rather than deductive explanation (interaction between the teacher and learners).
GTM
DM
No answer
Which techniques are not true for GMT?
(There are 2 checkboxes for the correct answer.)
Translation of a literary passage
Memorization
Self-correction
Interaction
Reading comprehension questions
What is the disadvantage of DM?
It does not allow students to create meaning in English.
Ineffective in a large class, where the individual needs of students may not be satisfied.
It is neither approach nor encourages the students' communicative competence.
Verry little student / teacher and student / student interaction
