Delta Module Three ELT Specialism: the introduction

Multiple-choice exercise

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Choose the correct answer for each question.

  1. What's wrong with My course plan is for a group of oil workers from the Middle East who need English to talk to colleagues in their company?
    1.   It's not a realistic course type
    2.   The use of the first person determiner
    3.   This is too narrowly focused on the group for an introduction
    4.   It's too vague
  2. In the introduction, I need to set out:
    1.   theories and principles relating to learning languages
    2.   theories and principles relating to second language acquisition
    3.   theories and principles relating to my general focus
    4.   Chomsky's theories
  3. When I review the theories I have read about, I need to focus on:
    1.   relevance, challenge and usefulness
    2.   relevance, authority and usefulness
    3.   relevance, challenge and clarity
    4.   popularity, challenge and usefulness
  4. In the rest of the essay, I need to:
    1.   explain what I say in the introduction
    2.   ignore what I said in the introduction
    3.   quote from the introduction
    4.   make reference to the principles and theories I have discussed in the introduction
  5. In the introduction, I should discuss the nature of the target group
    1.   That's normal
    2.   Right
    3.   Wrong
  6. References should go in:
    1.   a bibliography
    2.   footnotes
    3.   end notes
  7. The introduction should be:
    1.   more than 1000 words
    2.   at least 1000 words
    3.   between 990 and 1210 words
    4.   less than 900 words
  8. When I cite authority, I need to:
    1.   agree with it
    2.   make it clear by a personal comment that I understand what I have read
    3.   say who told me about it
    4.   apply it to my chosen group