The history and development of ELT

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Complete the citation: "The language a person originates ... is always expressed __________________. (Frisby and Halliday)
1. for a purpose
2. grammatically
3. to communicate
4. naturally
Which method is now a registered trade mark?
1. The Natural Method
2. The Direct Method
3. The Berlitz Method
4. Audio-lingualism
Who said: "We have no reason to assume ... that verbal behaviour differs in any fundamental respect from non-verbal behaviour, or that any new principles must be invoked to account for it."?
1. Bloomfield
2. Richards and Rogers
3. Skinner
4. Chomsky
Structural linguistics ...
1. is the same as functional linguistics.
2. is a theory of how language can be understood.
3. is a theory of how language can be learned.
4. is a theory developed to help the US army in WW2.
Who said "the primacy of speech, the centrality of the connected text as the kernel of the teaching-learning process, and the absolute priority of an oral methodology in the classroom"?
1. Dell Hymes
2. Henry Sweet
3. Maximilian Berlitz
4. Noam Chomsky
The grammar translation approach is characterised by ...
1. avoidance of grammatical rule teaching, focusing on the sentence as the unit of study, translating in and out of the target language, using the target language's literature
2. memorising of grammatical rules and lexis, focusing on the sentence as the unit of study, translating in and out of the target language, using the target language's literature
3. memorising of grammatical rules and lexis, focusing on the sentence as the unit of study, translating in and out of the target language, using natural social situations to contextualise language
4. memorising of grammatical rules, focusing on words and pronunciation, translating in and out of the target language, using the target language's literature
What does 'response strength is variable' mean?
1. The truth of the response varies.
2. The response is not to form but content.
3. Responses are unpredictable.
4. The volume and enthusiasm of the response varies.
"Visiting aunts can be boring" is a famous example of ...
1. ambiguity.
2. structural grammar.
3. innovation.
4. rules of use.
When did Guy Miège publish 'Nouvelle méthode pour apprendre l'Anglais'?
1. 1985
2. 1785
3. 1685
4. 1885
In behaviourist theory what can happen to a response?
1. It can be negatively or positively reinforced.
2. It can form a habit.
3. It takes the biscuit.
4. It stimulates the organism that produces it.

The history and development of ELT

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