The history and development of ELT

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