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Approaches to Language Teaching Methods

Total questions: 114

Worksheet time: 2hrs 43mins

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1.

Choose the statement that does NOT match the approach.

TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE (TPR)

a)

Students hear dialogues then repeat them.

b)

Students focus on understanding before speaking.

c)

Students mover round the classroom to carry out instructions.

2.

Choose the statement that does NOT match the approach.

CONTENT AND LANGUAGE INTEGRATED LEARNING (CLIL)

a)

The teacher focuses on developing learners' cognitive skills.

b)

Students often do activities that focus on language accuracy.

c)

Language is used to communicate about school subjects.

3.

Choose the statement that does NOT match the approach.

LEXICAL APPROACH

a)

Grammar is less important than vocabulary.

b)

Each vocabulary item must be learnt by heart.

c)

Students need to become aware of chunks of vocabulary.

4.

Choose the statement that does NOT match the approach.

PRESENTATION, PRACTICE AND PRODUCTION (PPP)

a)

Teachers need to focus learners' attention on new target language.

b)

Students need opportunities to get language right before they experiment.

c)

Students always start learning a new piece of language by doing a task.

5.

Choose the statement that does NOT match the approach.

GRAMMAR-TRANSLATION METHOD

a)

Language must be analysed in order to learn it.

b)

Drills and pattern practice help us learn structures.

c)

Exercises help us understand rules.

6.

Choose the statement that does NOT match the approach.

TASK-BASED LEARNING

a)

Tasks must be done after students have practised target language.

b)

The teacher does not control the language that students use in tasks.

c)

Tasks aim to show students what language they need to learn.

7.

A method that embraces a wide range of approaches but, broadly speaking, foreign language study is seen as a mental discipline, the goal of which may be to read literature in its original form or simply to be a form of intellectual development.

a)

Grammar-Translation Approach

b)

Communicative

c)

Reading

d)

Comprehension Based

8.

It is a set of procedures, i.e., a system that spells out rather precisely how to teach a second or foreign language

a)

Approach

b)

Techniques

c)

Strategy

d)

Method

9.

A (a)   is a classroom device or activity and thus represents the narrowest of the three concepts.

10.

It is based on the idea that learning language successfully comes through having to communicate real meaning.

a)

Communicative

b)

Direct

c)

Grammar Translation

d)

Reading

11.

It is a style of teaching used in teaching foreign languages. It is based on the idea of Coleman Report that it was impractical to teach oral skills and that reading should become the focus.

a)

Grammar Translation

b)

Direct

c)

Reading

d)

Audiolingualism

12.

It is methodologies of language learning that emphasize understanding of language rather than speaking.

a)

Communicative

b)

Comprehension Based

c)

Affective-Humanistic

d)

Cognitive

13.

It focuses on the development of oral skills.

a)

Communicative

b)

Oral-Situational

c)

Direct

d)

Audiolingualism

14.

In this approach, students focus on identifying meaning, understanding the text quickly, and reading actively.

a)

Grammar Translation

b)

Direct

c)

Reading

d)

Comprehension Based

15.

This approach emphasizes on how valuable the students are, and how they are all loved and are all equal.

a)

Cognitive

b)

Affective-Humanistic

c)

Direct

d)

Oral-Situational

16.

It is a type of behaviorist habit- learning theory. It adopts an inductive approach to the teaching of grammar.

a)

Cognitive

b)

Affective-Humanistic

c)

Oral-Situational

d)

Audiolingualism

17.

A theory of learning sees second language acquisition as a conscious and reasoned thinking process, involving the deliberate use of learning strategies.

a)

Affective-Humanistic

b)

Reading

c)

Cognitive

d)

Direct

18.

The result of this approach is usually an inability on the part of the students to use the language for communication.

a)

Grammar Translation

b)

Direct

c)

Reading

d)

Communicative

19.

The teacher does not need to have good oral proficiency in the target language.

a)

Oral Situational

b)

Reading

c)

Direct

d)

Communicative

20.

These are used, based on the assumption that

language is habit formation.

a)

reading

b)

listening

c)

mimicry

d)

memorization

21.

The teacher’s role is primarily to facilitate communication and only secondarily to correct errors.

a)

Oral Situational

b)

Communicative

c)

Reading

d)

Direct

22.

Listening is very important and viewed as the basic skill that will all speaking, reading and writing to develop spontaneously over time given the right conditions.

a)

Audiolingualism

b)

Comprehension Based

c)

Cognitive

d)

Direct

23.

The teacher must be a native speaker or have native-like proficiency in the target language.

a)

Communicative

b)

Direct

c)

Reading

d)

Oral Situational

24.

In Oral-Situational approach, the spoken language is (a)   .

25.

The teacher must be proficient only in the structures, vocabulary, etc. that he or she is teaching since learning activities and materials are carefully controlled.

a)

Affective-Humanistic

b)

Audiolingualism

c)

Reading

d)

Direct

26.

Vocabulary is controlled at first (based on frequency and

usefulness) and then expanded

a)

Reading

b)

Grammar Translations

c)

Direct

d)

Communication

27.

Which of the following ideas relate to the inductive approach?

a)

Teachers taught exclusively in the foreign language.

b)

Translation of complete texts was used to learn to read literature.

c)

Students were trained through a system of reinforcement.

d)

Repetition drills were used to imitate what the teacher said.

28.

In education, TPR stands for ...

a)

Temporary price reduction.

b)

Temperature, pulse, respiration.

c)

Total physical response.

d)

Total psychic response.

29.

Look at the image. Which language teaching approach is the teacher using?

a)

The Grammar translation method.

b)

The silent way.

c)

The Communicative Approach.

d)

The total physical response method.

30.

The silent way, suggestopedia and community language learning were associated with ...

a)

The behavioristic approach.

b)

The humanistic approach.

c)

The cognite approach.

31.

This approach suggests that the teacher should be silent as much as possible in the classroom but the learner should be encouraged to produce as much language as possible.

a)

The communicative approach.

b)

The silent way method.

c)

The Suggestopedia method

d)

The Community Language Learning (CLL)

32.

"The teacher reads with special  intonation as selected music is played. Occasionally, the students read the text together with the teacher, and listen only to the music as the teacher pauses in particular moments".

Which teaching method could be associated with the given situation?

a)

Total physical response method.

b)

The silent way method.

c)

Suggestopedia.

d)

The audiolingual method.

33.

The community language learning approach suggests that ...

a)

the teacher acts as a language counsellor who is equipped to deal with the fears his students face.

b)

learning happens accidentally and naturally.

c)

students can learn a language by completing specific tasks.

d)

traditional subjects (such as history and science) and English should be integrated.

34.

CLIL stands for ...

a)

Content and Learning Integrated Language.

b)

Content and Literature Integrated Learning

c)

Content and Language Integrated Learning

d)

Content and Language Integrated Learners.

35.

N S I T O I R C U T N R T E D C I

(a)  

36.

PEDPIDLF MOSSOCALSR

(a)  

37.

GLINERAN THENIESKETIC

(a)  

38.

ERNLNGIA DEBAS-AMGE

(a)  

39.

TENTSUD- DENTCER GAINELR

(a)  

40.

QINYIU-DEBAS

(a)  

41.

DERPEARSONLZI GLIEANRN

(a)  

42.

PEORJCT SEADB

(a)  

43.

LARECLOTEVBIA



(a)  

44.

KINGNITH ESADB

(a)  

45.

ESADB YOMPNECTEC

(a)  

46.

SINCUSDSINO SEDBA

(a)  

47.

PALY ESADB

(a)  

48.

VICESER EARLINGN

(a)  

49.

LIASOC NEMOLITOAL

(a)  

50.

The teacher moves from providing models of language to monitoring learners' use of language.

a)

Presentation, Practice and Production (PPP)

b)

Task-based Learning (TBL)

c)

Grammar-Translation

51.

First the learners complete a communicative task; they are encouraged to use any English they know and they do not have to use any particular language item.

a)

Presentation, Practice and Production (PPP)

b)

Task-based Learning (TBL)

c)

Grammar-Translation

52.

The written form of the language is more important than the spoken form.

a)

Presentation, Practice and Production (PPP)

b)

Task-based Learning (TBL)

c)

Grammar-Translation

53.

The language focus is at the start of the teaching sequence, with fluency activities coming later.

a)

Presentation, Practice and Production (PPP)

b)

Task-based Learning (TBL)

c)

Grammar-Translation

54.

The language focus comes after a communicative activity, so that learners notice gaps in their language.

a)

Presentation, Practice and Production (PPP)

b)

Task-based Learning (TBL)

c)

Grammar-Translation

55.

Learners acquire language by trying to use it in real communicative situations.

a)

Presentation, Practice and Production (PPP)

b)

Task-based Learning (TBL)

c)

Grammar-Translation

56.

The learners' first language plays a central role in the teaching.

a)

Presentation, Practice and Production (PPP)

b)

Task-based Learning (TBL)

c)

Grammar-Translation

57.

It emphasizes the teaching of the second language grammar, its principle techniques is translation from and into the target language.

a)

Content-Based Instruction

b)

Grammar Translation Method

c)

Direct Method

d)

Audio-Lingual Method

58.

Claims that the fastest and the least stressful way to understand any target language is to follow what and how the teacher utters the language.

a)

Applied Method

b)

Community Language Learning

c)

TPR

d)

Audio Lingual Method

59.

Teaches the language directly but does not focus on vocabulary.

a)

Direct Method

b)

Audio Lingual Method

c)

The Silent Way

d)

Language Experience Approach

60.

Language experience is done by integrating personal experiences and natural language.

a)

Computer Assisted Language Learning

b)

Desuggestopedia

c)

Content and Language Integrated Learning

d)

Language Experience Approach

61.

The student’s native language is maintained as the reference system in the acquisition of the second language.

a)

Grammar-Translation Method

b)

Direct Method

c)

Audio-Lingual Method

d)

Total Physical Response

62.

This method stands in its principle that learning only takes place if the learner discovers rather than remembers.

a)

Community Language Learning

b)

Total Physical Response

c)

Language Experience Approach

d)

The Silent Way

63.

This is an approach to education whose primary objective is to tap the extraordinary reserved capacities we all possess but rarely used.

a)

Content and Language Integrated Learning

b)

Desuggestopedia

c)

Computer Assisted Language Learning

d)

Language Experience Approach

64.

These are organized and systematic ways of doing something.

a)

Approaches

b)

Strategies

c)

Methods

d)

Techniques

65.

These are plans for achieving goals.

a)

Approaches

b)

Strategies

c)

Methods

d)

Techniques

66.

Some examples of these are games, activities, rewards, and punishments.

a)

Approaches

b)

Strategies

c)

Methods

d)

Techniques

67.

Which of the following exercises is a practice of the grammar-translation method?

a)

Reading Comprehension Questions

b)

Roleplay and simulations

c)

Talkshow

d)

Multiple Choice Test

68.

Why is there a need to utilize visual organizers in all approaches of learning?

a)

Most of the students is visual learners.

b)

It will lessen the burden of the teacher to write detailed topics on the board.

c)

It allows learners to actively construct and interpret information.

d)

It improves not just the mental skills, as well as the motor skills of the learners.

69.

Why is the Grammar-Translation method still widely used despite the attacks on it?

a)

Teachers and learners get used to it.

b)

It has still more benefits than disadvantages.

c)

There is no inherent contradiction between grammar instruction and the teaching approach.

d)

Learners find it friendly to use which does pressure them to study more.

70.

What is the advantage of using the humanistic approach in language teaching?

a)

It provides a comfortable learning environment.

b)

It encourages cooperative learning.

c)

It removes anxiety from a learning situation.

d)

It helps the learner becomes fluent.

71.

Which of the following activities should be used in Task-Based Language Teaching?

a)

Activities which start from easy to difficult level

b)

Activities that involve real communication

c)

Activities that measure higher-order thinking skills

d)

Activities that are proven to be effective by philosophers.

72.

A set of principles, beliefs, or ideas about the nature of learning which is also translated into the classroom. This definition refers to ..

a)

teaching approach

b)

teaching method

c)

teaching technique

d)

teaching strategy

73.

It is a set of orderly, logically arranged steps in teaching; these are steps in teaching that are orderly, which means they are appropriately arranged and arranged based on logic. This concept refer to ...

a)

teaching approach

b)

teaching method

c)

teaching technique

d)

teaching strategy

74.

It is a method of approaching the task of teaching mode of the operation to achieve a goal. It requires some planning, so when you say teaching strategy, these are the things that you are writing when you make your lesson plan. This concept refer to ...

a)

teaching approach

b)

teaching method

c)

teaching technique

d)

teaching strategy

75.

It is a teacher's personal style or a trick to accomplish the task of teaching. This concept refers to ...

a)

teaching approach

b)

teaching method

c)

teaching technique

d)

teaching strategy

76.

Think-Pair-Share is an example of ...

a)

teaching approach

b)

teaching method

c)

teaching strategy

d)

teaching technique

77.

Both of the learning method attached the importance of Grammatical Structure as the basis of Theory of Language.

a)

Audio Lingual Method - Total Physical Response

b)

Audio Lingual Method - Direct Method

c)

Desuggestopedia - Community Language Learning

d)

Total Physical Response - Communicative Language Teaching

78.

In Audio Lingual Method, types of teaching and learning activities are drilling and memorizing.

a)

True

b)

False

79.

Grammatical Translation focuses more on reading writing, Content based and Task based focuses more on communicating.

a)

True

b)

False

80.

In Communicative Language Teaching, the theories of language used as the basis was created by Hymes (1972) which refer to communicative competence.

a)

True

b)

False

81.

Task-Based Instruction focuses on the subject matter.

a)

True

b)

False

82.

What does "grammar" refer to?

a)

vocabulary + syntax

b)

syntax

c)

lexicon

d)

lexicon + phonology

83.

Why is the multicompetence approach important for our teaching?

a)

to recognize the value of linguistic backgrounds

b)

to create a good learning environment

c)

to be aware of the learners' ressources

d)

to define multicompetence

84.

What does "translanguaging "mean?

a)

usage of entire linguistic repertoire

b)

recognize the interconnection of languages

c)

encouragement to move between languages

d)

drawing on multilingual + multicultural experiences

85.

What is the main concept that multicompetence approaches in language learning and teaching recognize?

a)

Multicompetence approaches recognize the influence and interaction of languages.

b)

Multicompetence approaches focus only on individual language learning.

c)

Multicompetence approaches only acknowledge the influence of a first language (L1) on a second language (L2).

d)

Multicompetence approaches suggest that languages have independent and unrelated structures.

86.

What is language transfer?

a)

Language transfer only occurs from L2 to L1, hindering the learning process.

b)

Language transfer guarantees error-free language learning and use.

c)

Language transfer refers to the influence of existing language knowledge on learning a new language (L2).

d)

Language transfer replaces existing language knowledge when learning a new language.

87.

How can teachers help students accelerate their language learning process?

a)

Teachers help students accelerate language learning by identifying similarities and leveraging existing knowledge.

b)

Teachers create a supportive environment for students to draw upon their linguistic knowledge.

c)

Teachers discourage connections between students' native language and the target language.

d)

Teachers solely focus on teaching new language structures without considering existing knowledge.

88.

How does multicompetence contribute to problem-solving skills?

a)

Multicompetence limits problem-solving skills by causing confusion between language systems.

b)

Multicompetence broadens perspectives and enables critical and creative thinking.

c)

Multicompetence has no impact on problem-solving skills, focusing only on language proficiency.

d)

Multicompetence allows individuals to approach problems from different angles.

89.

What are some benefits of adopting a multicompetence approach in language teaching?

a)

Adopting a multicompetence approach enhances cognitive abilities, problem-solving skills, and cultural awareness.

b)

Multicompetence equips individuals to communicate effectively across languages and cultures.

c)

Multicompetence fosters linguistic diversity and intercultural understanding.

d)

Multicompetence prepares individuals to succeed in an interconnected global landscape by breaking down barriers and promoting mutual understanding.

90.

How does multicompetence contribute to language learning outcomes?

a)

Multicompetence enhances language transfer and cross-pollination of knowledge.

b)

Multicompetence identifies and explores similarities between languages.

c)

Multicompetence fosters a supportive learning environment.

d)

Multicompetence focuses solely on individual language learning without considering the influence of other languages.

91.

What is the role of the teacher in the Community Language Learning Method?

a)

The teacher dominates the class directing and controlling the language behavior of the learners.

b)

The teacher is a counsellor

c)

The teacher is the authority in the classroom.

92.

Audiolingual method is teaching method focused___________.

a)

on listening and writing approach

b)

on writing base approach

c)

on oral base approach

93.

Teaching implementation: The teacher speaks up the dialogue that should be followed by the students. “Audio-lingual” means _______

a)

the students listen and then speak/imitate/repeat after the teacher

b)

the students listen and watch while the teacher speaks

c)

the students keep writing the words

94.

The direct method of teaching, which is sometimes called the natural method, and is often (but not exclusively) used in teaching foreign languages, refrains from using the learners' native language and uses only the target language.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

95.

Classroom instruction should be conducted exclusively in the target language. You should not translate, but instead, demonstrate.

a)

True

b)

False

96.

What's the role of the teacher in Direct Method?

a)

The teacher is the authority in class.

b)

The students are the focus in every moment.

c)

The teacher directs the activities, teacher and students are partners.

d)

The teacher let students control the class

97.

Which two elements are NOT associated with GTM?

a)

memorization and translation

b)

fluency and communication

c)

native language and teacher centered instruction

d)

rote memorization of vocabulary and grammar

98.

The Suggestopedia method includes playing music while the teacher reads

a)

True

b)

False

99.

What is the role of the teacher in the Community Language Learning Method?

a)

The teacher dominates the class directing and controlling the language behavior of the learners.

b)

The teacher is a counsellor

c)

The teacher is the authority in the classroom.

100.

It is based on the idea that learning language successfully comes through having to communicate real meaning.

a)

DIRECT METHOD

b)

COMMUNITY LANGUAGE LEARNING

c)

SILENT WAY

d)

COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING

101.

According to Silent Way, the teacher is __________.

a)

autorative

b)

inactive

c)

disposable

d)

silent

102.

Which approach/method allows learners to acquire a language as babies do, beginning with silent listening?

a)

the communicative approach

b)

the direct method


c)

the natural approach

d)

the grammar translation method

103.

Which approach doesn’t allow learners to use their native language in a language class?

a)

the direct method

b)

the communicative approach

c)

the natural approach

d)

grammar translation method

104.

Which approach is geared towards learners whose main goal is to use English to communicate in the real world?

a)

the grammar translation method

b)

the direct method


c)

the natural approach

d)

the communicative approach

105.

Learners must memorize grammar rules and vocabulary and translate large amounts of text into English if their teacher is using a method called _________________.

a)

the inductive approach

b)

Grammar Translation

c)

the process approach


d)

the product approach

106.

When learners of different levels form small groups that must complete tasks together, a method called _______ is being used.

a)


communicative learning

b)

product approach

c)

independent learning

d)

cooperative learning


107.

Which is a method of teaching grammar in which learners must discover the rules in context themselves while reading and/or listening?

a)

Grammar Translation

b)

the inductive approach

c)

the communicative approach

d)

the deductive approach

108.

Which is a method of teaching grammar in which the rules are given to the learner first, followed by examples and exercises?

a)

the direct method

b)

the deductive approach

c)

the inductive approach

d)

the indirect method

109.

A method for teaching writing in which learners are given a model and then asked to create something similar is called the _______ approach.

a)

product

b)

translation

c)

process

d)

communicative

110.

A method for teaching writing that walks learners through the stages of pre-writing, writing and revision is called the _______ approach.

a)

product

b)

process

c)

communicative

d)

translation

111.

The audio-lingual approach is based on the ______________ theory

a)

Constructivist

b)

Social observational

c)

Behaviourist


d)

Cognitivist

112.

According to most behavioural psychologists, language acquisition is like any other kind of learning in that it involves ________________.

a)

learning by doing

b)

discovery learning

c)

forming habits

d)

constructing knowledge

113.

___________ believe that asking students to solve tasks together in groups will encourage them to interact with one another and thus improve their second-language acquisition.

a)

Interactionists

b)

Behaviourists

c)

Cognitivists

d)

Constructivists

114.

Which of the following methods/approaches lays central emphasis only on reading and writing?

a)

Grammar Translation Method

b)

Audio lingual Method

c)

Natural Approach

d)

Interactionist Approach