EILE (UNED)

According to Kachru: The inner circle also includes countries where English is a dominant foreign language. The outer circle doesn’t include countries such as Singapore, where there is a long history of English use. The expanding circle consists of countries where English is considered a foreign language.

Which statement is incorrect according to Kachru. In the ‘outer circle’ countries where local varieties of the language have developed are included. The ‘expanding circle’ includes countries where English is a dominant foreign language. The ‘inner circle’ comprises countries such as India and Singapore.

According to B. Seidlhofer typical ´deviations´ features of ELF student´s speech are: Frequent failure to use the 3rd person singular of the Present Simple. The use of the relative pronouns who and which interchangeably. The pluralising of nouns that are considered uncountable. All the above are correct.

Language functions. have one linguistic realisation for each function expressed. affect the choice of syllabus items and teaching techniques. are not relevant in language teaching.

When we attempt to achieve a communicative purpose: We should choose which of these language forms to use. We do not need to select the language according to the purpose. We have to choose which of these language forms to use.

If the language can be acquired in a subconscious way, then: a) Language learning is implicit and does not demand conscious attention, except for the monitor function. b) There is very little need for explicit teaching of grammar and vocabulary. a & b are correct.

Any group of people who share the same language customs and norms" is... ...members of a gang. ...members of a discourse community. ...members of a special genre.

The most important issues to consider when teaching pronunciation in the English Language are: Stress, sounds and spelling, and individual sounds. Stress, sounds and spelling, individual sounds and intonation. Stress, sounds and spelling, individual sounds, intonation and pitch.

CLIL is not... The European variant of CBLT. An approach that is only concerned with content and language, but also with communication, cognition and culture. An approach that demands a special kind of teacher mastering both content and language teaching.

Which statement is incorrect? Grammatical cohesion may be achieved through…. Anaphoric reference. The use of interrelated words and meanings. The use of linkers.

In its description, Dogme ELT, has the following features. It is conversational-driven, It is intentionally materials-light and it focuses on emergent language. It is conversational-driven, it is intentionally materials-heavy and it focuses on emergent language. it is drills-driven, it is intentionally materials-light and it focuses on emergent language.

Words that tend to co-occur more often than just by chance are…. Fixed expressions. Collocations. Functional phrases.

Which statement is incorrect?. Proclaiming tones are used when we refer to shared information. Stress is vital in conveying meaning in sentences. One of the uses of intonation is to show the grammar of what is being said.

Focus on form. is predetermined by the syllabus. denies the importance of natural language that emerges naturally. is incidental and opportunistic.

Which statement is correct?. The 'get it right from the beginning' approach focuses on form. The 'get it right in the end' is a way to call the focus on forms. The 'get it right from the beginning' is structured around language forms.

A way of focusing on form described by Richard Schmidt is. repeating. noticing. drilling.

Austin’s theories gave rise to: syllabuses of grammar. syllabuses of language functions. syllabuses of communicative language.

Which statement is incorrect? Humanistic methods. emerge in the 1st half of the 20th century. give the central role to students’ feelings. help students to feel positive and learn better.

Which statement is correct?. Parents speak to two- and three-year-olds in the same way they speak to adults. Parents consciously teach their children rules of discourse. Parents and adults unconsciously choose a simplified language or an exaggerated intonation to communicate with children.

Choose the statement that is incorrect: Drilling consists of having students repeat phrases and sentences in chorus or individually. With the arrival of the communicative approach, drilling began to be considered useful by many theorists. Language repetition should be done with deliberate attention for it to be effective.

Choose the statement that is incorrect: Task-based learning is the realization of Communicative language teaching philosophy. Task-based learning doesn’t necessarily make the performance of meaningful tasks central to the learning process. Task-based learning is sometimes referred to as task-based instruction or task-based language teaching.

Larsen-Freeman, in his work Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching (1986) states that: A method of language teaching integrates three elements: approach, design and procedure. A method of language teaching is a multifactor process where we have to take into account the teacher, the students, the teaching and learning process and the culture to be taught together with the language. A method of language teaching is a set of specific procedures, that is, a system that spells out rather precisely how to teach a language.

Choose the correct answer: A first language can be learnt or acquired, depending on the age and the conditions of the learning environment. Learning and acquiring a second language reflect the same processes, they are synonyms. A foreign language is learned through a conscious and carefully designed process with occurs during the school years and lasts forever.

Comprehensible input is important in ELT because…. … the more we see and listen to, the more English we acquire, notice or learn. … the teacher is the main source of comprehensible input. … comprehensible input can become effective feedback.

Basic procedure for the teaching of productive skills are: Feedback and follow-up. Task and monitoring. Lead-in, task, monitoring and feedback and follow-up.

Choosing a word in a language speakers know well and pronouncing it as if it was an L2 word is called: improvising. foreignising. discarding.

What are the variables to consider in order to achieve an appropriate communication?. Tone, topic, channel, Gender , participants, setting. Tone , topic, channel, sex, participants, setting. Tone, topic, channel, gender, dialect, setting.

What could the exercises that accompany reading material make students feel?. a) As if the aim of the exercise is to better understand the reading. b) As if the aim of these exercises is to test their ability to read. a & b are correct.

According to Krashen's "Input Hypothesis"... ...language acquired subconsciously is not available when needed. ...the more we monitor what we say the less spontaneous we are. ...acquired and learnt language are the same in character and effect.

For Ericsson, successful improvement needs: well defined goals, motivation, feedback and opportunities for repetition and gradual refinements. well defined grammar items, correction, and drilling. well defined lesson plans with clear aims and evaluation criteria, teacher's motivation and gradual refinements.

Which statement is NOT CORRECT? "When making a formal lesson plan...". aims are the most important element of any lesson plan. the best classroom aims are specific and directed towards an outcome which can be measured. aims are related to what the teacher will do during the lessons.

Unplugged teaching refers to: a programme of study where students use hardly any materials and rely instead on conversation-based interaction. a product based method where we plan a lesson so that some end point will be achieved. a digital environment where computers can track what students do and tailor the material they subsequently receive.

In the nineteenth century, moves were made to bring foreign-language learning into school curriculums, and so something more was needed. This gave rise to... Audiolingualism. The direct method. the grammar-translation method.

Choose the correct answer: "One of the proposals to motivate the students and get them involved in the learning process is to make them...". Make them teach to their classmates. Think of an amusing anecdote from their lives. Just by studying grammar and vocabulary.

Choose the statement which is incorrect: "The action-based approach...". promotes the use of metacognitive strategies to handle the tasks. is concerned with the ability to understand action tasks carried out in class. contributes to the development of linguistic and communication awareness.

Choose the right statement: "In an action-oriented approach, tasks...". are meant to be carried out in the classroom. are based on language proficiency. can be linguistic or non-linguistic.

According to the CEFR, the type of assessment needed to determine the degree of proficiency of students is: Diagnostic. Formative. Summative.

Observation, tasks review, questionnaires and tests are... instruments of assessment. types of assessment. techniques of assessment.

Choose the incorrect option: fluency is favoured over accuracy. the teacher's role is central in interacting with students. linguistic forms, meaning and functions need to be learned.

Which statement is not correct: "In a task-based approach...". students learn about the language. enabling tasks provide the formal knowledge while final tasks provide the working knowledge. final tasks integrate the four skills.

One of the basis of communicative language teaching is... its focus on how language is performed. its emphasis on what language is used for. its focus on a particular language form.

Some disadvantages of the PPP procedure are... that it is highly student-centred and leads to immediate production. that it is highly teacher-centred and assumes students learn in “straight lines”. that it reflects the nature of language and learning.

Methodological “culture clash” is to do with... methods researched by authors from different cultures. students and teachers having different cultural backgrounds. getting away from methods focused on culture.

An effective learning sequence: involves students in reading and writing. offers skills integration and language study. needs to develop students’ ability to answer comprehension questions.

Top-down and bottom-up processing interact providing: a good understanding of details and a general picture of the text. lower-level students a good grammar insight. connections between sounds and spelling.

Which statement is incorrect: To achieve success in productive tasks. the language students have met for the first time is not available for instant use. production activities should be planned in advance to generate students’ output. once the new language has been supplied, students can take part in a spoken or written activity.

When dealing with difficult vocabulary in a text, what’s the way to turn students’ need of understanding every single word into an engaging cooperative learning task: to get students to reach a meaningful consensus in groups. to make students cooperate to set a word limit. to pre-teach some of the new vocabularies in groups.

When students do not enjoy reading for pleasure or do not have the reading habit, what option do teachers have to encourage extensive reading: create a sense of competition by asking students to keep a record of what they read. discuss in class the books they read using words, expressions and sentences from the text. both answers are correct.

Which answer is not correct: Predicting the topic of a listening activity: puts students at ease and in the mood for the task. engages their previous linguistic knowledge. is a bottom-up processing strategy.

Which answer is not correct: Watching films in English with English subtitles leads to students losing interest as they do not understand most words when seeing and hearing the same thing. Before watching a film in class, teachers need to plan listening comprehension tasks to keep students engaged and focused on the language. Watching films provides paralinguistic information, cultural features and unspoken rules of behaviour.

Which statement is false: Focussing on the process of writing is at times not appropriate in English lessons. To focus on the written genre is a process approach that values the construction of the end product. To explain the process of writing and encourage students to plan, draft, read back and redraft quickly, can be useful for writing exams.

Writing for writing tasks: helps students learn about language. aims at improving students’ handwriting. values students’ ability to write.

Which answer is not correct: "When students are engaged in a speaking task, the teacher role could be:". to provide plenty of correction so we do not miss the chance to work on language. to encourage students and feed in words and phrases they might need. to become a participant in conversation ourselves.

Repetition in language learning. doesn’t allow students to think quickly about what they are saying. gives students opportunities to try language out, refine what they say and feel confident. should be avoided as students may get bored.

Which of the following is a strategy that speakers of a foreign language should avoid when confronted with an unknown word?. Improvising. Foreignising. Paraphrasing.

When talking about inference in intensive reading, we are referring to: Getting the general meaning of a text. Finding specific details that the reader is looking for. Understanding what is behind the words.

At lower levels, where students are preoccupied with bottom-up processing, we need to concentrate on: Word and sound recognition. The connections between sounds and spelling. Both are correct.

Which one of the following statements is true?. A) Intensive reading frequently takes place when students are on their own. B) Extensive reading suggests reading at length, often for pleasure. A and B are both incorrect.

Select the correct definition of 'space-out' repetition according to the material studied: there are spaces in-between language reappearances. students repeat after the teacher. both are correct.