English test 1 P1 1 / 21 Which of the following is a pre-requisite to learning a language? (Motivation) (Habit formation) (Imitation) (Oral approach) 2 / 21 Learning a language is a (gradual process) (fast process) (instant process) (all inclusive process) 3 / 21 Which one of the following is considered as a great deterrent to learning English? (Lack of opportunity for pupils to listen and use English outside the classroom) (English is a difficult language to learn) (English phonemes are unscrupulous) (English has a vast vocabulary) 4 / 21 “Language acquisition can be automatically attained”. This statement is favoured by (cognitivists) (behaviourists) (conditionists) (None of the above) 5 / 21 Second language acquisition is more effective when it (is used as the basis for discussing grammatical concepts) (involves periodic revision work by the teacher and students) (involves mostly self-study by students using certain guidelines) (is practised in situations familiar to students) 6 / 21 A Hindi-speaking teacher gets posted in a primary school situated in a remote area of Rajasthan. Since she doesn’t know the local language, she faces lots of problems. She should (try to get a posting to a Hindi-speaking area) (focus on the textbooks as a source of standard Hindi) (use the child’s language as a resource while teaching) (encourage the community to learn standard Hindi) 7 / 21 A teacher of Class III realises that vocabulary development is an important factor in enabling students to become better readers. Of the following, which might be a good strategy for vocabulary development? (Students underline difficult words from a text and make sentences with them) (Students learn to use the context to guess the meaning of new words) (Students memorise extensive word-lists of synonyms and antonyms) (Students consult a dictionary whenever they come across a new word) 8 / 21 Which factor is the most important to learn a language? (Well developed language environment) (Grammatical rules of language) (Questions based on text) (Textbooks on that language) 9 / 21 Which of the following is an instance of formal learning? (Children learning to cook from their parents) (Children learning a new game from friends) (Children learning through correspondence lessons) (Children learning to draw from their art teacher) 10 / 21 Teachers help learners to construct their knowledge in English by (giving the learners a lot of assignments and projects that will lead to much practice) (correcting every mistake a learner makes and giving the relevant rule of grammar as immediate feedback) (giving extensive language drills in which learners practise language items mechanically) (enabling them to see the relationship between the prior knowledge and the new knowledge) 11 / 21 For English as a second language, ‘acquisition-poor environment’ is one where (Hindi/Mother tongue is the lingua franca) (English language is used only in the classroom) (English is not spoken at home at all) (access to any learning material is unavailable to students) 12 / 21 Motivation is an important factor in language learning. For example, in Class VI, … may be done to motivate the student to be an active learner. (memorisation and use of necessary vocabulary) (systematic analysis and use of structures) (use of visual devices and game-like exercises) (use of the mother tongue as the medium) 13 / 21 Language learners learn by doing. Which activity supports this observation? (Opportunities to practise as it helps with habit formation) (Encourage the use of their mother tongue to promote better understanding of the meaning of a prescribed text) (Go from concrete to abstract texts) (The teacher models the writing and speaking styles which learners copy) 14 / 21 When a child learns a language naturally without much practice, it is called (language generalisation) (language adaptation) (language learning) (language acquisition) 15 / 21 The most important aspect of an effective language classroom is to provide learners with an opportunity to (interact) (interfere) (assess) (imitate) 16 / 21 16. Reading English as a second language means (reading aloud) (reading for grammar) (meaning making) (decoding of letters and words) 17 / 21 17. When language development is a deliberate and conscious effort, language is (honed) (brushed up) (learned) (acquired) 18 / 21 18. According to language acquisition theory, when there is a lack of sufficient information in the language input, there is a universal grammar that applies to all (human languages) (colloquial language) (modern language) (classical languages) 19 / 21 19. According to socio-cultural theory of Vygotsky, (self-directed speech is the lowest stage of scaffolding) (children can think in abstract terms if abstract material is provided at a lower age) (children think in different domain and do they take a complete perspective) (culture helps in language development) 20 / 21 20. Who strongly maintains that language is learnt by imitation of stimuli and reinforcement of correct responses? (Albert Bandura) (Kurt Lewin) (Tolman) (B.F. Skinner) 21 / 21 21. Noam Chomsky’s reference to deep structures means a (universal grammar underlying all languages and corresponding to an innate capacity of the human brain) (hidden set of grammatical rules learnt through intensive study) (transformational grammar that has led in turn to increased interest in comparative linguistics) (a trend that English is the most common auxiliary language in the world) Your score is 0% Restart quiz Post navigation CDP Grand Test 2 English test 2 P1
