Language Learning Quiz

Which of the options listed below cannot solve the problems that arise in groups of learners with different levels of proficiency and aptitude?

• group teaching

• individually tailored teaching

• materials-oriented differentiation

• inflexible tasks

• flexible tasks

Which of the features given cannot characterize a flexible activity?

• help from the teacher

• choice

• quantity

• sophistication

• roles of different difficulty

Both low and high proficiency students should be able to carry out (some part of) a task according to:

• use-of-flexible tasks approach

• skills-centered approach

• learning-centered approach

• cognitive-code approach

• behaviorist approach

Which one of the listed below cannot be included into flexible resources?

• games

• stories

• pictures

• music

• realia

What underlies any language behavior according to the Skills-Centered Approach?

• learners' skills and strategies

• teacher's input

• linguistic environment

• learners' background knowledge

• aptitude and ambitions

What are the two problems that any skill-centered approach student faces?

• time and experience

• money and personal interests

• teacher and group relationship

• pressure and devotion

• sense and sensibility

The objective of Suggestopedia is to

• accelerate the process of understanding and to use the language for communication

• read the subject texts in the language and translate them into the mother tongue

• exchange opinions on the classroom activities

• use flexible tasks and flexible materials

• comprehend linguistic units by scheming through texts

The factor which is not essential in the process of using the TL according to Suggestopedia is

• extensive use of computer technology

• relaxed learning environment

• Baroque music

• desuggestion of learners' psychological barriers

• learners' childish behavior

The method is called Suggestopedia because learners are suggested

• to the material being learned

• their behavior styles

• to bring their ideas into the classroom

• to do different types of oral activities

• affirmative style of their utterances

The subconscious or conscious processes by which a language other than the mother tongue is learned in a natural or tutored setting are referred to as:

• second language acquisition

• second language competence

• error analysis

• interface position

• interference