Final Exam Review 2

Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) (選択体系機能言語学) can be described as a descriptive grammar instead of a prescriptive grammar. What is a descriptive grammar?

• It seeks to describe how people really use language (speak, write).

• It tells us which language is correct or incorrect.

Please look at the idioms and pictures. Which are the figurative meanings, the descriptions in column (A) or column (B)? Which are the literal meanings, (A) or (B)? Choose the best answer.

• The descriptions in column (A) are the figurative meanings. The descriptions in column (B) are the literal meanings.

• The descriptions in column (A) are the literal meanings. The descriptions in column (B) are the figurative meanings.

What are the three learning theories we discussed at the beginning of the semester? Please check ALL correct answers.

• Sociocultural Theory

• Theory of General Relativity

• Cognitive Theories

• Behaviorism

Which of the three learning theories focuses more on what people do rather than on what's going on inside their brains? This theory stresses developing habits and learning through actions. This theory supports the use of the Audiolingual Method.

• Sociocultural Theory

• Cognitive Theories

• Chaos Theory

• Behaviorism

SLA stands for "Second Language A...". How is the third word ("A...") spelled? Please choose the correct answer.

• Aquisition

• Acquisition

• Aquistion

• Acqusition

In class, we have discussed a term that refers to "thinking about thinking". What is this term?

• metacognition

• cognition

• metalanguage

• multimodal

The Teaching Learning Cycle is a genre approach to teaching writing. In one of the stages of the Teaching Learning Cycle, the teacher writes a text together with the entire class. What is this stage called?

• Solo Construction

• Total Physical Response

• Joint Construction

• Deconstruction

In one of our classes, we discussed EAP, ESP, and EOP. What does the letter "P" stand for in these acronyms?

• Pupils

• Potential

• Purposes

• Practice

In our class on multilingualism, we discussed people mixing languages? What is the word that refers to this? Please choose the best answer.

• monolingualism

• modalities

• hypotheses

• translanguaging

Which of the following is the more accurate about flipped learning?

• Teachers lecture from the start to the end of every class period so students do not need to do homework.

• Students learn new material at home and apply it in class by doing activities, discussions, etc. rather than listening to lectures by teachers.