Terminology in ELT

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The fact that the French word for 'information' is the same as the English word is an example of
1. negative language transfer
2. language interference
3. positive language transfer
4. the way English words are derived
Inductive learning requires learners to
1. deduce the rule from examples of the form
2. form accurate sentences according to a rule they have been given
3. repeat the correct answer
4. supply the language for themselves
Getting learners to provide the -ed or -d ending on regular verbs by giving the present tense and asking them to produce the past is an example of
1. a meaningful drill
2. a guided exercise
3. a grammar-translation approach
4. a meaningless drill
Backwash refers to
1. learners having increased motivation if there is an examination to pass.
2. designing a syllabus focusing on the learners' needs.
3. the effect an end-of-course test has on the teacher's aims for each lesson.
4. designing a syllabus without reference to the learners' needs.
Bringing a message from your mother into class as an example of an informal email is
1. audio visual aid use
2. contextualisation
3. a genre approach
4. the use of realia
Giving learners a model paragraph and getting them to construct one along the same lines but containing different information is an example of
1. drilling
2. a guided exercise
3. cue-card use
4. a controlled exercise
Performance is distinguished from competence in that
1. the first refers to linguistic competence, the second to communicative competence.
2. the former refers to the actual language the learner can deploy.
3. the latter refers to the actual language the learner can deploy.
4. the former is acquired, the latter learnt.
A Russian word for 'gambling' looks and sounds like the English word 'hazard'. This is an example of
1. a word's connotation rather than denotation
2. collocation
3. a false cognate
4. first-language facilitation
Over-generalisation is often the cause of error and it demonstrates
1. mistakes caused by inattention to a rule
2. ignorance of rule restriction
3. non-systematic error
4. the inability to learn a rule
ESP stands for
1. English for Specific Purposes
2. English for Second-language Purposes
3. English for Scholarly Purposes
4. English for Scientific Purposes
Behaviourists would argue that
1. learning a language involves a process of elimination.
2. language learning requires a focus on rules given by the teacher.
3. language learners need to discover rules and apply them consciously.
4. a language is learnt through forming habits.
Linguistic competence is
1. the ability to communicate in a language
2. the ability to handle the structures and grammar of a language
3. the ability to speak comprehensibly
4. the ability to explain language structures
In the statement 'I am going to London.', am, ing, to are
1. wasted
2. redundant
3. lexemes
4. functional words
Language acquisition refers to
1. the almost unconscious 'picking up' of language
2. the careful study of language structures
3. the success of a learner in communication
4. learning a language by following a structured course
LT refers to
1. that language
2. third language
3. this language
4. target language
How are errors are distinguished from mistakes?
1. The former are caused by over-generalisation of a rule, the latter by ignorance.
2. The former refer to false production of the current targets, but the latter refer to slips caused by inattention or tiredness etc.
3. The latter refer to false production of the current targets, but the former refer to slips caused by inattention or tiredness etc.
4. The former result in communication failure but the latter are only inaccuracies in structure.
If a learner reaches the level of competence which fulfils the reason for learning, no further progress is sometimes made. This is called
1. fossilisation
2. the acquisition-learning hypothesis
3. demotivation
4. interlanguage acceptability
Cognitive approaches often
1. focus on listen-and-repeat drilling
2. require learners to figure out rules from examples of the language target
3. involve translation
4. mean providing learners with rules and getting them to construct accurate sentences
Giving learners a test in order to put them in the right group is
1. diagnostic testing
2. proficiency testing
3. attainment testing
4. placement testing
Illocutionary force refers to
1. the speaker's intention in an interaction
2. appropriacy
3. redundancy
4. the function of grammar

Terminology in ELT

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