Exam 6

A good language teacher uses magazine pictures to __________ .

• teach language skills and elements

• decorate the classroom

• make teaching more enjoyable

• teach good pronunciation.

Flash cards are more commonly used to teach __________ .

• listening

• vocabulary items

• writing exercises

• reading aloud

Gardner defines integrative motivation as the learner’ desire to-------------

• be identified as a member of the target culture

• get a high pay job

• obtain a prestigious social status

• d) B & C

In learning foreign languages, the critical period hypothesis stipulates that

• children are superior to adults

• adults are superior to children

• children and adults are equal

• None of the above

Of the four skills of language in the one that is least understood is…………..

• listening

• speaking

• reading

• writing

During the silent period at the beginning of the learning process, teachers should plan to…………………

• divide the work in half between themselves and students.

• motivate their students to do most work (like TPR they do most of work)

• get some help from other instructors

• do most of the work themselves

An effective way to correct speaking mistakes is to ………..

• wait for the student to finish speaking & then list all of the student’s errors

• stop the student mid-sentence & correct the error immediately

• praise the comment & repeat the utterances correctly

• simply not mention it so as not to embarrass the student

A skeleton work plan has …………….

• specific information

• general information

• detailed information

• complete information

To make language learning more relevant & engaging to the younger generation, a rising trend in TESOL is ----

• Using L1 for instruction

• The gamification of lessons

• Encouraging journals writing

• Using classical literature for story telling

The main purpose of teaching speaking is to teach efficient -------

• grammar

• enunciation

• communication

• pronunciation