English test 4 P2 1 / 17 A language teacher asks learners to write a paragraph on ‘scarcity of water’. Learners gather information from science and social science books and other sources before writing. Such task aims at (developing the scientific attitude) (completing the syllabus of other subjects simultaneously) (achieving language learning across the curriculum) (enhancing co-curricular skills) 2 / 17 Top-down process of reading (proceeds from whole to part) (proceeds from part to whole) (proceeds from centre to periphery) (proceeds from bottom to top) 3 / 17 Teaching a novel is to promote (reading for pleasure) (reading for details) (reading to become a writer) (reading to learn vocabulary) 4 / 17 Transactional listening (lays emphasis on conveying information) (lays emphasis on harmonious communication in the social context) (does not require careful attention to details and facts) (is interactive by nature) 5 / 17 A teacher of class VII asked her students to read a short story and come to the class. She asks them to discuss the major points of the story in groups and present them to the whole class. What is this reading known as? (Extensive reading) (Intensive reading) (Reading with a purpose) (Reading for thinking) 6 / 17 A teacher asks her learners of class VII to refer to the textbook of History and find a theme which can be connected with English language text for writing an essay. What is the practice known as? (Language and history integrated learning) (Language and Social Science learning) (Language across the curriculum) (Language in learning) 7 / 17 What is the following strategy known as in reading? The text is read more slowly and in detail to get the gist or overall sense of the text. (Scaffolding) (Scanning) (Summarising) (Skimming) 8 / 17 Bottom-up processing in listening is to (use multiple ways to decode the messages) (decode messages moving from sounds to words, phrases, clauses and other grammatical elements to sentences) (decode the overall messages of the discourse and move down the micro level units) (encode all the sounds from speaker to listener) 9 / 17 ‘Pre-reading’ activity in class is to (enable learners to know about the story which they would read ahead) (connect learner’s previous knowledge with what he/she learns in the reading text) (connect learners with one another) (All of the above) 10 / 17 Process approach to writing involves (writing the first draft, revising and developing the final draft) (brainstorming, outlining, drafting, revising, proof-reading and drafting the final writing) (brainstorming, writing the first draft and final writing) (outlining, revising and writing the final draft) 11 / 17 Conventions of writing include (proper punctuation) (imagination) (good vocabulary) (story ideas) 12 / 17 Writing is the ….. representation of speech sounds. (graphical) (phonetic) (systematic) (alphabetical) 13 / 17 Decorum in spoken English pertains to (clarity and purity of style) (correct grammatical usage) (voice quality) (appropriate gestures) 14 / 17 A teacher of Class VII while teaching the poem The Solitary Reaper by William Wordsworth asks children to find how the last words of each line sound. What is she trying to draw the attention of learners to? (Spelling of words) (Theme of the poem) (Rhyme scheme) (Vocabulary) 15 / 17 Global listening is not listening (without being constrained by preset questions or tasks) (for specific information) (at different levels of comprehension) (for improving recognition of spoken text) 16 / 17 Which of the following activities needs to be taken care of for helping non-native speakers to produce the sounds of the target language? (Imitating the way a native speaker produces sounds) (Distinguishing the vowel from consonant sounds) (Ensuring that the words spoken are intelligible to others) (Maintaining the regional interference) 17 / 17 Children’s oral language development forms an important foundation for learning literacy. Which of the following classroom practices enables oral language development? (Memorising and reciting poems individually or in a chorus) (Choral reading of a story in the textbook along with the teacher) (Practising the correct pronunciation of words in a chorus) (Participating in role-plays on favourite stories) Your score is 0% Restart quiz Post navigation English test 3 P2 English test 5 P2
