Teaching English Language Learners

Which activity is included in text-based method in CLT?

• news paper

• gap fills

• magazine

• game-boards

The communicative approach is based on...

• The idea that makes learning becomes a success

• The idea that learning language successfully comes through having to communicate real meaning

• CLT origin, where it can be found in changes in British English

• The focus on communication rather than structure

These are the principle of CLT, except...

• Focused on accuracy over fluency

• Develop communicative competence

• Learner centered attitude

• Meaningful communication

One of CLT characteristics is...

• It is focused on correct sentence structures.

• It doesn't allow interactions and communications

• The structure of language reflects its functional and communicative uses.

• It makes the students to be grammatically correct in the target language.

When was Communicative Language Teaching found?

• 1906s

• 1950s

• 1960s

• 1970s

What is the teacher's main role in CLT?

• A negotiator (between himself, the learning processes, and the object of learning)

• A facilitator and monitor, rather than leading the class

• A facilitator and negotiator who leads the class

• A negotiator and a monitor of the class

Corpus analysis has discovered a grammatical feature of English that is misrespresented in EFL textbooks:

• The progressive is more frequent than expected in repeated actions.

• "If" and "in case" are actually used synonymously.

• The passive voice is a lot less common than we thought.

• The progressive is surprisingly common in continuous events.

Answer explanation

The progressive is usually explained as the aspect of continuous events (the children are playing), but in real life it is frequently used for repeated actions (I'm taking more showers these days).

Michael West's corpus-inspired, pioneering work The General Service List of English Words (1953) was a...

• ... compilation of frequently used post-war code expressions.

• ... teaching syllabus based on words rather than grammatical constructions.

• ... practical set of bilingual materials for learners of English.

• ... teaching plan initially designed to help Commonwealth immigrants learn English.

Answer explanation

A syllabus with focus on FREQUENT lexical items rather than grammar expressions (lexis and grammar are inseparable, i.e. language is a series of repetitive word-combinations). Now we now that frequency is not the only factor for learnability.

Pawler and Syder have emphasized the importance of recurring word combinations because they foster ...

• fluency, vocabulary and accuracy

• vocabulary, idomaticity and fluency

• accuracy, fluency and idiomaticity

• accuracy, idiomaticity and vocabulary

Answer explanation

Information on phraseology (combinations that individual words favour) are still largely missing from coursebooks.

Learner corpora are compiled of ...

• Language produced by the language learners

• Language found in coursebooks

• Language found in learner dictionaries

• Language produced by the teacher