Question 1

The name for extra letters added to nouns, verbs and adjectives in their different grammatical forms is:

a. Inflection

b. Receptiveness

c. Diacritics

d. Pitch

Question 2

The English language’s word order is typically:

a. Object then verb then subject (OVS)

b. Subject then object then verb (SOV)

c. Subject then verb then object (SVO)

d. Verb then subject then object (VSO)

Question 3

English is a tonal language. True/False

True

False

Question 4

In the statement, I put it down to experience, “put it down to” is an example of :

a. An adjective

b. A phrasal verb

c. An adverb

d. An article

Question 5

Which of the following is incorrect?

a. TESOL and TEFL concepts are generally much the same.

b. TEFL and EFL are perhaps the most common terms.

c. There should be more Teacher Talking Time (TTT) than Student Talking Time (STT)

d. The ‘I do, We do, You do’ model is the same as the Presentation, Practice, Production (PPP) model

Question 6

English has a predictable connection between word sound and word spelling. True/False

True

False

Question 7

Students should always be exposed to fine-tuned input. True/False

True

False

Question 8

Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) is a broad term for:

a. Learner-centred, authentic and meaningful language acquisition principles

b. Everything in the Teaching English arena

c. Teacher-centred, authentic and meaningful language acquisition principles

d. Teaching English to speakers of other languages

Question 9

True

False

Question 10

The dominant achievement goal of Communicative Language Teaching is to enable learners:

a. To achieve accuracy in grammar and punctuation in the target language

b. To communicate knowledge and opinions around a topic in the target language

c. To listen in the target language

d. To write well

Question 11

L2 is a student’s native language. True/False

True

False

Question 12

A learner who has language proficiency in his L1 has a head start when learning an L2. True/False

True

False

Question 13

Less proficient L2 learners use the same range and number of learning strategies as proficient L2 learners. True/False

True

False

Question 14

Which of the following is correct?

a. L1 and L2 learners are regularly corrected.

b. L1 and L2 learners are praised to the same degree.

c. L1 and L2 learners learn in controlled settings with controlled activities.

d. L1 and L2 learners learn language differently.

Question 15

It’s imperative that you try to find out how your students have learned previously and how they prefer to learn now. True/False

True

False