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What is a difference between the Direct Method and the Grammar Translation Method?

The Direct Method focusses on the explanation of grammar rules.

The Direct Method focusses on speaking, listening, and good pronunciation.

The Direct Method uses a set of symbols to explain grammar structures.

The Direct Method doesn't teach grammar.

What is the correct definition for the term Method?

A design for carrying out a specific language program.

Any of a wide variety of exercises, activities, or tasks used in the language classroom for realizing lesson objectives.

A generalized set of classroom specifications for accomplishing linguistic objectives.

Theoretically well-informed positions and beliefs about the nature of language learning, and the applicability of both to pedagogical settings.

Who was the first one to challenge the Grammar Translation Method?

Francois Gouin with his Series Method.

James Asher with Total Physical Response Method.

The U.S. Army with their Army Method.

Charles Berlitz with the Direct Method.

What is an approach?

A generalized set of classroom specifications.

An exercise or activity used in the language classroom.

A design for carrying out a specific language program.

Theoretically well-informed positions and beliefs about the nature of language, the nature of language learning, and the applicability of both to pedagogical settings.

What is not necessarily required when giving instructions of what to do?

Write the instructions on the board.

Use clear, simple language slightly below the level of the students.

Be consistent.

Use gestures and mime to help your students understand better.

How do you react to problem behavior?

Be punctual.

Talk to the student privately after class.

Provide the students with a set of clear classroom rules.

Be consistent and fair.

What is the major drawback of the Grammar-Translation Method?

Dealing with grammar rules is boring.

If you listen to music during class, you can fall asleep easily.

The method does not focus on listening.

The Grammar-Translation Method doesn't produce fluent speakers of the language.

What is an Engage idea?

Practice a tongue twister.

Look at a picture and talk about it.

Role-play doctor and patient after you have taught medical vocabulary.

Read a text and come up with the main idea and specific information.

What is not a STUDY activity?

Students read a text and rewrite the end of the story.

Students organize individual sentence strips to reflect the story after they listened to it.

Students determine the meaning of new words by reading a text.

Students complete a gap-fill activity with words from a word bank.

Using Engage, Study, or Activate, how would you classify the following activity: the students write a different end to a story.

Engage

Study

Activate

A student mispronounces the "th" in a new vocabulary word. How would you go about correcting it?

I would correct it myself as the "th" is specific to English.

I would have the student try again before I ask the other students to help.

I would have a highly proficient student correct all the mistakes in class. If he/she cannot correct any of the mistakes, I would temporarily ignore the mistake.

I ignore the mistake to not discourage the student.

Which statement is true about fluency or accuracy?

Accuracy is more important. If somebody cannot understand you, there won't be any conversation.

Fluency is more important. People won't be patient if you speak too slowly.

Fluency and accuracy are equally important.

What is not an advantage of a textbook?

The book has been tested at schools.

There is a progression from chapter to chapter.

Student book and workbook contain activities that are matched up.

The course book replaces the work of setting up a lesson plan.

What would be an Activate idea when the teacher teaches the Present Perfect tense?

Students describe their day yesterday.

Students talk about what they have done so far today

Students talk about their future vacation plans.

Students describe their daily routine.

What statement is true?

The difference between children and adults (people beyond the age of puberty) lies primarily in the contrast between the child's spontaneous, peripheral attention to language forms and the adult's awareness and attention to those forms.

In general, children learn better than adults.

Children learn faster because the teacher doesn't have to explain the grammar to them.

The brain of adults deteriorates over time; therefore, they slow down in their ability to learn.

What can the teacher do to establish a good rapport with his students?

Keep calm - shouting almost never helps.

Keep to the school's disciplinary code and don't make threats you cannot enforce.

Ask for comments and opinions from your students.

Keep problem students behind and reprimand in private.

What do we not consider when selecting a course book?

the age of the students

sequencing of the material

ethnic background of the students

whether it's easy to carry

What is a developmental error?

The child has not completed his/her school yet, so there are a lot of things they do wrong because of that.

Learners are unconsciously working out and organizing language, but this process is not yet complete.

Learners use sound patterns from his/her own language.

The learner was extremely tired. This made her forget lots of grammar.

What is not a subskill of writing?

proof-reading

punctuating correctly

paragraphing

reconstructing the text by using sentence strips

Which reading type is considered to be a language-learning tool?

intensive reading

extensive reading

reading for the gist

reading for detail

Find all the words in the story about pets. What type of reading is that?

reading for gist

reading for detail

intensive reading

reading for specific information

A collocation is

words that often go together.

an idiom.

an abbreviation for collective nouns.

another term for a slang word.

What is incorrect? The meaning of vocabulary is created by

adding suffixes or prefixes.

forming compound words.

motion.

collocation.

What correction technique do you apply in the following scenario? You are working with a class of elementary ten-year-olds who are doing a fluency activity. One of the learners is talking to the class about her pet. She says, "My rabbit eat lettuce."

You use self-correction.

You ignore the mistake.

You use finger correction.

You draw a time line on the board.

What is a diagnostic test?

When learners go to a language school or evening classes, the school may want to know what level the learners are.

At the end of a term or course, we may assess learners to see how well they have learnt the contents of the whole course.

After we have finished teaching part of a course, we may want to find out how well learners have learnt it to be able to give feedback.

This assessment helps us decide what to teach and find out which learners need help in which areas of language.

The word "outrun" is stressed on

unstressed.

the first syllable.

the second syllable.

both syllables.

Did you buy groceries, electronics or beauty products? The intonation pattern of this utterance is

flat, flat and rising.

flat, flat and falling.

falling.

rising.

Do you like school?

It's a yes/no question with falling intonation.

It's an open-ended question with rising intonation.

It's a yes/no question with rising intonation.

It's a choice question with falling intonation.

Come here.

It's a statement with falling intonation.

It's a statement with rising intonation.

It's a command with rising intonation.

It's a command with falling intonation.

The word "himself" is

stressed on the first syllable.

stressed on both syllables.

stressed on the second syllable.

unstressed.

The word "forty" is

unstressed.

stressed on the first syllable.

stressed on the second syllable.

stressed on the first syllable with a secondary stress on the second one.

The word "record" (verb) is stressed on

the first syllable because it is a homonym.

the second syllable because it is a homonym.

the second syllable because it is a homograph.

the first syllable because it is a homograph.

The word "bedroom" is stressed on

the first syllable because it is a compound noun.

the second syllable because it is a compound noun.

both syllables equally.

none of the syllables really very much.

The word "permit" (noun) is stressed on

the second syllable because it is a homonym.

the first syllable because it is a homonym.

the first syllable because it is a homograph.

the second syllable because it is a homograph.

The word "brother" is stressed on

the first syllable because it refers to a human being.

the second syllable because it is a two-syllable word.

the second syllable because it is a common noun.

the first syllable because it is a two-syllable word.

Which of the statements is true?

Content words are prepositions, articles, and conjunctions.

Content words are unstressed.

Content words are stressed because they carry meaning.

Content words are stressed because they are two-syllable words.

Which of the following statements is true?

Function words carry meaning.

Adverbs belong to function words.

Articles are function words.

Function words are usually stressed.

In the word "bush," the "u" is transcribed as

In the word "church", the "ur" is transcribed as

In the word "they", "ey" is transcribed as

eɪ

In the word "moon", "oo" is transcribed as

In the word "beatle", the "ea" is transcribed as

In the word "house", "ou" is transcribed as

ʌʊ

æʊ

ɑʊ

ɛʊ

In the word "come", the vowel "o" is transcribed as

In the word "taught", "au" is transcribed as

In the word "soda", the ending "a" is transcribed as

In the word "boy", "oy" is transcribed as

ɑi

əɪ

ɔɪ

In the word "after", the ending "er" is transcribed as

In the word "upon", the beginning "u" is transcribed as

What is incorrect? The three forms of a verb are

base form

simple present

past participle

simple past

Which plural form is incorrect?

pianos

curricula

formulai

indexes

Which plural form is correct?

memorandums

curriculae

analysises

offspring

Which plural form is incorrect?

thiefs

fungi

tornadoes

ghettos

Which is correct?

an ancient, inexpensive, Mayan stone calendar

an inexpensive, ancient, Mayan stone calendar

a stone, ancient, inexpensive Mayan calendar

a Mayan, inexpensive, ancient stone calendar

You should never forget to be grateful for everything you have. What part of speech is "everything"?

collective noun

possessive pronoun

adjective

indefinite pronoun

You should never forget to be grateful for everything you have. What part of speech is "should"?

adverb of degree

frequency adverb

auxiliary

past participle

The train has arrived at the station. What is "arrived"?

intransitive verb

simple past

past perfect

transitive verb

What statement is correct?

An intransitive verb may be followed by an object.

A transitive verb may not be followed by an object.

An object almost never follows an intransitive verb.

Transitive verbs must be followed by an object.

I gave you my car. What is correct about this statement?

The verb is past continuous.

Gave is a transitive verb.

Gave is a linking verb.

The verb is a regular verb.

What part of speech has to be in every sentence?

a verb

subject, verb, object

subject and verb

verb and object

I run very fast. What is a correct statement?

Run is a linking verb because it's followed by an adjective.

Run is a linking verb that is followed by an adverb.

Run is an irregular verb that is followed by an adjective.

Run is an action verb that is followed by an adverb.

We are going to be married. What is the correct tense?

simple present progressive

simple future

simple present perfect

simple present perfect progressive

We have been writing letters for two hours. What is correct?

Present Progressive

Present Perfect

Present Perfect Progressive

Simple Present Perfect

We watched TV. What is correct?

Simple Past

Past Tense Progressive

Past Simple Perfect

Simple Present Perfect

What part of speech is THERE?

a possessive pronoun

an adverb

a demonstrative pronoun

a preposition of location

Frequency adverbs are

always, never

now, then

either today or tomorrow

almost instantly

He is not only handsome but also very smart. What is correct?

The sentence contains a coordinating adverb.

The sentence contains a coordinating conjunction.

The sentence contains a transitive verb.

The sentence contains a correlative conjunction.

What part of speech is EVERYBODY.

It's a collective pronoun.

It's a collective noun.

It's an indefinite noun.

It's an indefinite pronoun.

We is

a subject pronoun

an object pronoun

a relative pronoun

a collective pronoun

Democracy is

an abstract pronoun.

a collective noun.

an abstract noun.

an abstract adjective.

Tablecloth is

a compound noun.

a common noun.

a common adverb.

a compound adjective.

What is not a noun category?

collective

common

abstract

improper

What is correct?

A tense is a verb form that can be used as a noun.

A tense is a verb form that functions as an adjective.

A tense is a noun category that functions as the subject.

A tense is a verb form expressing the time.

My mother is a working parent. Which statement is correct?

Working is a past participle functioning as a noun.

Working is a present participle functioning as an adjective.

Working is a gerund.

Working is part of the present progressive tense.

Where are you from? The intonation pattern of this utterance is

flat.

flat and rising.

falling.

rising.

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