WorksheetsDelta Module 1 Quiz 2
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 53mins
What is the process by which a person integrates into a particular culture, often prioritizing social factors over cognitive ones?
Acculturation
Achievement test
Affordance
Adolescents
What term describes the extent to which a learner's use of a second language conforms to the rules of the language?
Affix
Accuracy
Affect
Action research
What type of test is designed to evaluate what learners have learned over a specific period and provides useful data for course evaluation?
Affordance
Adolescents
Achievement test
Action research
What is the term for a form of teacher-driven research aimed at improving classroom practice and empowering teachers?
Action research
Acculturation
Affect
Affix
Which age group is considered ideal for learning a second language due to their rapid progress compared to adults?
Adolescents
Affordance
Accuracy
Affect
What is the general term for emotions or feelings that influence language learning, often contrasted with cognitive factors?
Affix
Affect
Accuracy
Action research
What is the term for an element added to a word to change its meaning?
Affordance
Adolescents
Affix
Accuracy
What is the term for the language learning opportunities that exist in a learner's linguistic 'environment'?
Agency
Appropriation
Appropriacy
Applied linguistics
Which term refers to the control of your own actions, including your mental activity, and is a notion from critical pedagogy?
Appropriation
Agency
Appraisal
Appropriacy
What is the term for the application of linguistic theory to solving language-related problems in the real world?
Appropriation
Agency
Applied linguistics
Appraisal
Match the following terms with their definitions.
Appropriation
The action of taking something for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission.
Agency
The capacity of individuals to act independently and make their own free choices.
Appraisal
The way speakers and writers use language to express their personal attitude to what is being said or written.
Appropriacy
The suitability or fitness of a word or phrase in a particular context.
What does the term 'appropriacy' refer to in sociolinguistics?
Using language in a way that is suitable for the context and meets the expectations of the people you are communicating with
Gaining ownership of a skill by first doing it with someone who is more skilled
The control of your own actions, including your mental activity
The application of linguistic theory to solving language-related problems
What does the term 'appropriation' mean in the context of SLA (Second Language Acquisition)?
Using language in a way that is suitable for the context
Gaining ownership of a skill by first doing it with someone who is more skilled
The control of your own actions, including your mental activity
The application of linguistic theory to solving language-related problems
What is the innate talent or predisposition for language learning called?
Aspect
Contingency
Aptitude
Autonomy
Which term describes the way the speaker's 'view' of an event is expressed by the verb phrase, regardless of the time of the event itself?
Authenticity
Aspect
Automaticity
Behaviorism
What is the sense that what is happening is connected to what has just happened and what is about to happen?
Contingency
Autonomy
Authenticity
Aptitude
Which methodology became widespread in the US in the 1950s and 60s, focusing on drilling of sentence patterns and habit formation?
Behaviorism
Audiolingualism
Authenticity
Automaticity
What became a priority with the communicative approach, emphasizing "grade the task, not the text"?
Automaticity
Autonomy
Authenticity
Aspect
What is the ability to perform a task without having to focus attention on it, freeing up attentional resources for more demanding activities?
Autonomy
Authenticity
Automaticity
Aspect
What is also called self-directed learning and refers to the capacity to take responsibility for your own learning?
Autonomy
Behaviorism
Contingency
Aptitude
What is the main focus of the psychological theory known as Audiolingualism?
Thought and reasoning
Habit formation and positive reinforcement
Social and affective factors
Cognitive development
What does the term "bilingualism" refer to in the context of second language acquisition (SLA)?
The use of grammatical and lexical means to achieve connected text
The interference of the first language with the second language
The relationship between sentences in a text
Words that frequently occur together
Which theory suggests that language develops out of the child's thoughts and growing awareness of the world?
Audiolingualism
Cognitive learning theory
Coherence theory
Cohesion theory
What does the term "coherence" refer to in discourse?
The use of grammatical and lexical means to achieve connected text
How the sentences in a text relate to each other
Words that frequently occur together
The interference of the first language with the second language
What is the primary focus of "cohesion" in discourse?
The relationship between sentences in a text
The use of grammatical and lexical means to achieve connected text
The interference of the first language with the second language
Words that frequently occur together
What does the term "collocation" refer to in vocabulary?
The relationship between sentences in a text
The use of grammatical and lexical means to achieve connected text
Words that frequently occur together
The interference of the first language with the second language
What is a communication strategy in SLA?
Abandoning a message or replacing it with a less ambitious one.
Ways that learners get around the fact that they may not know how to say something.
An umbrella term used to describe a major shift in language teaching.
An emphasis on deep-end communication.
What does the term "avoidance strategy" refer to in SLA?
An emphasis on deep-end communication.
Abandoning a message or replacing it with a less ambitious one.
An umbrella term used to describe a major shift in language teaching.
Ways that learners get around the fact that they may not know how to say something.
What is a communicative activity in language teaching methodology?
An emphasis on shallow-end communication.
Abandoning a message or replacing it with a less ambitious one.
Activity in which real communication occurs with features like purposefulness and reciprocity.
A teaching method developed by Charles Curran.
What does the communicative approach in language teaching emphasize?
Learning language systems first and then using them in communicative use.
An emphasis on deep-end communication.
A major shift in language teaching that occurred in Europe in the 1970s.
Abandoning a message or replacing it with a less ambitious one.
What is strong CLT in language teaching methodology?
An emphasis on shallow-end communication.
An emphasis on deep-end communication.
Abandoning a message or replacing it with a less ambitious one.
Learning language systems first and then using them in communicative use.
What is weak CLT in language teaching methodology?
An emphasis on deep-end communication.
Abandoning a message or replacing it with a less ambitious one.
Learning language systems first and then using them in communicative use.
A major shift in language teaching that occurred in Europe in the 1970s.
Who first proposed the concept of communicative competence?
Charles Curran
Noam Chomsky
Dell Hymes
Stephen Krashen
What is community language learning also known as?
Task-based learning
Counseling learning
Deep-end communication
Shallow-end communication
What is the term used in linguistics to describe what we intuitively know about a language in order to be able to use it?
Competency
Complexity
Comprehension
Competence
Which term in methodology refers to a specific practical skill, sometimes in the form of 'can do' statements?
Competence
Complexity
Competency
Concord
What factors gauge complexity in SLA (Second Language Acquisition)?
Amount of subordination, complex sentences, reference, lexical/linking verb ratio, conjunctions
Perception, recognition, inferencing
Synchronous and asynchronous communication
Agreement between subjects and verbs
What is the process of understanding speech or writing, involving different psychological operations including perception, recognition, and inferencing?
Competence
Comprehension
Complexity
Concord
What does CMC stand for in the context of methodology?
Computer-Mediated Communication
Complex Methodology Communication
Competency in Media Communication
Concord in Media Communication
What is another term for 'concord' in grammar?
Competence
Agreement
Assimilation
Elision
What is the term in phonology for when a sound is modified by a neighboring sound, such as when the final /n/ of green is followed by a /p/?
Elision
Concord
Assimilation
Competency
What phonological process occurs when a sound is omitted because another, similar sound follows?
Assimilation
Elision
Concord
Competence
What is the term for the introduction of a sound at word boundaries, especially after words ending in a vowel?
Juncture
Connectionism
Liaison
Constructivism
What does the term "juncture" refer to in phonology?
The introduction of a sound at word boundaries
The pausing or lack of pausing at the boundary between two sounds
A model of learning based on usage-based accounts of language acquisition
A theory of learning that claims individuals actively construct knowledge
Which model of learning belongs to usage-based accounts of language acquisition and does not presuppose any innate language-learning faculty?
Constructivism
Connectionism
Consciousness-raising
Liaison
What is the main focus of consciousness-raising in learning?
Enhancing the input to make certain items more salient
Creating links between elements in response to frequently encountered patterns of usage
Actively constructing knowledge rather than passively receiving it
Introducing a sound at word boundaries
Which theory of learning supports the case for learner-centered instruction and experiential learning?
Connectionism
Constructivism
Consciousness-raising
Juncture
What is the methodology called that involves teaching a subject through English without a predetermined language syllabus?
Direct approach to conversation
Contrastive analysis
Content and language integrated learning
Conversation analysis
Which approach compares and contrasts the linguistic systems of two languages to predict errors in language learning?
Direct approach to conversation
Contrastive analysis
Indirect approach to conversation
Conversation analysis
Which methodology argues that conversation should be taught explicitly and in isolation before being integrated into freer practice activities?
Content and language integrated learning
Contrastive analysis
Direct approach to conversation
Indirect approach to conversation
Which methodology suggests that conversation is best learned by having conversations and might include a list of topics to talk about?
Content and language integrated learning
Contrastive analysis
Direct approach to conversation
Indirect approach to conversation
What is the focus of conversation analysis in discourse?
Comparing linguistic systems
Teaching conversation explicitly
Describing the structure of conversational interaction
Integrating language and content learning
What is the principle that speakers try to co-operate with one another in a conversation called?
Conversational implicature
Corpus linguistics
Co-operative principle
Critical pedagogy
Which maxim of the co-operative principle suggests making your contribution as informative as required?
Maxim of quality
Maxim of quantity
Maxim of relation
Maxim of manner
What does the maxim of manner in the co-operative principle advise?
Make your contribution true
Make your contribution relevant
Avoid obscurity and ambiguity; be brief and orderly
Make your contribution as informative as required
What is the ability to infer from what has been said what has not been said called?
Corpus linguistics
Conversational implicature
Course design
Critical pedagogy
A collection of actually occurring texts stored and accessed by means of computers is called (a)
What is the use of corpora for researching language structure and use called?
Conversational implicature
Corpus linguistics
Course design
Critical pedagogy
What does course design in methodology involve?
What is critical pedagogy sometimes called?
Transformative education
Corpus linguistics
Conversational implicature
Course design
What does the term "Culture" refer to in linguistics?
The study of language structure
Highly valued activities and artifacts related to the arts
The process of language acquisition
The rules of grammar
Which of the following questions is addressed by the concept of "culture" in linguistics?
How do languages express cultural values?
What are the rules of syntax?
How is phonology different from morphology?
What is the role of pragmatics in communication?
Match the following descriptions with their corresponding terms:
Only the content of the teaching program
Content
Only the objectives of the teaching program
Objectives
The whole complex of ideological, social, and administrative factors contributing to the planning of its teaching program
Curriculum
Only the method of instruction
Method
Which of the following is NOT a decision embodied in the curriculum?
Objectives or goals of the program
Content from which the syllabus is derived
Method of instruction
The number of students in the class
What is "deductive learning" in psychology?
Learning through trial and error
Learning by first presenting a rule or generalization and then applying it in practice activities
Learning through observation and imitation
Learning by engaging in hands-on activities
The way language points to spatial, temporal and personal features of the context. The speaker's location is the _____ center, and these expressions distinguish between 'near' the speaker and 'away' from the speaker. Can be expressed by certain verbs, which have direction built into their meaning: come, go, bring, take.
deictic
dialect
dictogloss
discourse
A regional or social variety of a language.
dialect
dictogloss
direct method
discourse analysis
A form of dictation in which students hear the complete text (short) and then reconstruct it from memory. Learners first work individually, then in pairs, then in groups, each time comparing their versions of the text and negotiating changes.
dictogloss
direct method
discourse analysis
end-weight
An umbrella term for a wide range of language teaching methods that emerged in the later part of the 19th century. They shared the belief that only the target language should be used in the classroom and that therefore translation should be avoided at all costs. Started with Maximilian Berlitz. Borne out of the demand for learning languages for international commerce and tourism. Laid the foundations of applied linguistics. In the US, it ingested behaviorist theory and became audiolingualism.
direct method
dictogloss
discourse analysis
end-weight
Any connected piece of speech or writing. The study of how such stretches of language achieve both cohesion and coherence.
discourse analysis
dictogloss
direct method
end-weight
A principle in which new information is placed at the end of a sentence rather than at the beginning, which is normally reserved for given information.
end-weight
dictogloss
direct method
discourse marker
Also called pragmatic markers. Words or expressions that normally come at the beginning of an utterance, and function to orient the listener to what will follow. Can indicate some kind of cane of direction in the talk or appeal to the listener in some way.
discourse marker
dictogloss
direct method
end-weight
What is the primary use of "linkers" in discourse?
To introduce new topics
To connect what has been said to what follows
To summarize information
To ask questions
What is a key characteristic of a "discussion" in methodology?
It is less structured than a conversation
It is highly predictable
It allows learners to interact freely and spontaneously
It is constrained by the teacher's language
What is the purpose of a "display question" in methodology?
To test learners' memory
To display learners' knowledge
To introduce new topics
To summarize lessons
What is the main focus of "dogme ELT" in methodology?
Over-reliance on published course-books
Use of extensive materials
Minimal means for maximum effect
Teacher-centered instruction
What can "drama" provide in language learning methodology?
Limited practice opportunities
A useful springboard into real-life language use
A narrow range of registers
Only theoretical knowledge
What is the main purpose of a "drill" in language learning methodology?
To introduce new vocabulary
To reinforce good language habits
To test reading comprehension
To summarize lessons
What does the term "dynamics" refer to in the context of classroom methodology?
The physical layout of the classroom
The actions and interactions between group members
The curriculum content
The use of technology in teaching
What is "eclecticism" in teaching methodology?
Using a single teaching method consistently
Combining techniques and activities from different methods
Focusing solely on traditional teaching methods
Avoiding any form of structured teaching
What is an "ellipsis" in discourse?
Adding unnecessary elements to a sentence
Leaving elements out of a sentence because they are unnecessary or can be inferred
Repeating elements in a sentence for emphasis
Using complex vocabulary in a sentence
How is an "error" defined in the context of Second Language Acquisition (SLA)?
A deliberate deviation from standard language norms
An instance of the learner's language that does not conform to accepted norms of usage
A stylistic choice made by the learner
A regional variation of the language
What is the main difference between formative and summative evaluation?
Formative evaluation is final, while summative evaluation is ongoing.
Formative evaluation involves feedback on the curriculum in action, while summative evaluation assesses outcomes according to initial goals.
Summative evaluation involves feedback on the curriculum in action, while formative evaluation assesses outcomes according to initial goals.
Both formative and summative evaluations are final assessments.
What is an examination according to the provided text?
A method of teaching.
A formal test administered by an examining body.
A type of evaluation.
A form of experiential learning.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an exercise as described in the text?
It involves controlled manipulation of language forms.
It can include gap fills, sentence transformations, and translation exercises.
It is usually written and similar to drills.
What does experiential learning emphasize according to the text?
Theoretical knowledge over practical experience.
Direct practical experience over the application of abstract rules.
The use of drills and controlled exercises.
Summative evaluation over formative evaluation.
What is the role of a teacher in facilitation as described in the text?
Directly causing learning.
Providing the conditions in which learning can occur.
Administering formal tests.
Conducting summative evaluations.
O que é feedback no contexto de SLA?
Informação que os alunos recebem sobre seu desempenho, podendo ser explícita ou implícita.
Um tipo de verbo que mostra pessoa, número e tempo.
A capacidade de falar uma língua fluentemente.
Fatores neurológicos que ocorrem na puberdade.
O que são verbos finitos?
Verbos que não mostram pessoa, número ou tempo.
Verbos que mostram pessoa, número e tempo.
A capacidade de falar uma língua fluentemente.
Fatores neurológicos que ocorrem na puberdade.
O que são verbos não finitos?
Verbos que mostram pessoa, número e tempo.
Verbos que não mostram pessoa, número ou tempo.
A capacidade de falar uma língua fluentemente.
Fatores neurológicos que ocorrem na puberdade.
O que é a aquisição da primeira língua?
A capacidade de falar uma língua fluentemente.
Fatores neurológicos que ocorrem na puberdade.
Um processo que ocorre de forma sistemática e é sempre 100% bem-sucedido.
Quando a atenção consciente é direcionada a alguma característica formal da entrada de linguagem.
O que é a hipótese do período crítico?
A capacidade de falar uma língua fluentemente.
Fatores neurológicos que ocorrem na puberdade que afetam a aprendizagem de línguas.
Um processo que ocorre de forma sistemática e é sempre 100% bem-sucedido.
Quando a atenção consciente é direcionada a alguma característica formal da entrada de linguagem.
O que é fluência no contexto de SLA?
A capacidade de falar uma língua fluentemente e de forma apropriada ao contexto.
Fatores neurológicos que ocorrem na puberdade.
Um processo que ocorre de forma sistemática e é sempre 100% bem-sucedido.
Quando a atenção consciente é direcionada a alguma característica formal da entrada de linguagem.
O que é foco na forma no contexto de SLA?
A capacidade de falar uma língua fluentemente.
Fatores neurológicos que ocorrem na puberdade.
Um processo que ocorre de forma sistemática e é sempre 100% bem-sucedido.
Quando a atenção consciente é direcionada a alguma característica formal da entrada de linguagem.
What does the term "form" refer to in linguistics?
The meaning of a word, phrase, or sentence
The way a word, phrase, or sentence is written or pronounced
The function of a word, phrase, or sentence
The context in which a word, phrase, or sentence is used
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of formal language?
Complex sentences
Frequent use of the passive voice
Informal speech
Long words with Greek or Latin roots
What is the purpose of highlighting form in methodology?
To correct grammatical errors
To draw learners' attention to features of spoken or written language
To teach new vocabulary words
To improve reading comprehension
Which of the following is NOT a category of formulaic language?
Collocations
Phrasal verbs
Idioms
Syntax rules
What is the term used in SLA when an error becomes a permanent feature of a learner's interlanguage?
Function
Functional Syllabus
Fossilization
Futurity
In linguistics, what is the communicative purpose of a language item called?
Genre
Function
Futurity
Functional Syllabus
