The history and development of ELT

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  1. The grammar translation approach is characterised by ...
    1.   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
    2.   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
    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 the target language's literature
    4.   memorising of grammatical rules, focusing on words and pronunciation, translating in and out of the target language, using the target language's literature
  2. 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.   Noam Chomsky
    2.   Maximilian Berlitz
    3.   Henry Sweet
    4.   Dell Hymes
  3. When did Guy Miège publish 'Nouvelle méthode pour apprendre l'Anglais'?
    1.   1785
    2.   1985
    3.   1685
    4.   1885
  4. Complete the citation: "The language a person originates ... is always expressed __________________. (Frisby and Halliday)
    1.   grammatically
    2.   naturally
    3.   to communicate
    4.   for a purpose
  5. What does 'response strength is variable' mean?
    1.   The volume and enthusiasm of the response varies.
    2.   Responses are unpredictable.
    3.   The response is not to form but content.
    4.   The truth of the response varies.
  6. 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.
  7. Which method is now a registered trade mark?
    1.   The Berlitz Method
    2.   The Natural Method
    3.   Audio-lingualism
    4.   The Direct Method
  8. 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.   Skinner
    3.   Chomsky
    4.   Richards and Rogers
  9. "Visiting aunts can be boring" is a famous example of ...
    1.   structural grammar.
    2.   rules of use.
    3.   innovation.
    4.   ambiguity.
  10. Structural linguistics ...
    1.   is the same as functional linguistics.
    2.   is a theory of how language can be learned.
    3.   is a theory developed to help the US army in WW2.
    4.   is a theory of how language can be understood.