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The Common European Framework for the Teaching of Languages (CEFR) establishes plurilingualism as. Rare in our society. Common in society. an individual surrounded by a plurality of languages, which he/she is able to understand and speak at different degrees.

In which period was Latin taught to individuals?. In the fifteen century. In the sixteen century. In the eighteen century. In the nineteen century.

Which is NOT a characteristic of the Grammar Translation method?. The goal of foreign language study is to learn a language in order to read its literature or to benefit from the mental discipline and intellectual development. The sentence is the basic unit of teaching and language practice. Accuracy is emphasized, because students are expected to attain high standards in translation. Grammar is taught inductively, by assumption and assimilation of grammar rules.

Is the Grammar-Translation method student-centred or teacher-centred?. Student-centred. Teacher-centred.

Choose the period in which Grammar-Translation method dominated European and foreign language teaching: From the 1840s to the 1940s. From the 1940s to the 1970s. From the 1820s to the 1920s.

Which are the main techniques in the grammar-translation method?. Reading comprehension with questions. Vocabulary selected from reading texts and them memorised. Fill in the blank exercises. All of the above.

The assessment of the Grammar Translation Method is... Based on the norms which are imposed. Examples and definitions have a lot of attention. It gives exaggerated importance to faults and mistakes. All of the above.

Who believed that language learning was facilitated by the actual use of language to carry out communicative events?. F. Gouin (1831-1896). T. Prendergast (1806-1886). Henry Sweet.

When did the reform movement happened?. At the end of 19th century. At the end of 18th century. At the end of 20th century.

Which ideas revolutionised language teaching?. The goal of study is spoken language. There must be phonetic training to establish good pronunciation. The target language must be conversational and oral. Words must be presented in sentences which are meaningful. All of the above.

The Direct Method was used in Germany and in France and its main principle is... All communication in the classroom is made in the target language. The linguistic goal is everyday vocabulary and sentences. Grammar is taught inductively. Correctness in pronunciation is emphasised.

How is the assessment in the direct method?. Errors and mistakes can be corrected immediately. The teacher controls a more realistic and meaningful exposure to the target language.

Which are the main critiques about Direct Method?. It was difficult to implement in state education. It required native teachers or native-like fluency in L2. It depended very much on the teacher's skills. All of the above.

Mention one important method after World War II. Audiolingual method. The Natural Approach. Communicative Language Teaching. The Silent way.

Mark the structuralist methods: Oral approach. Total Physical Response. Community Language Learning. The Silent Way. Suggestopedia.

Structuralism understood language learning as the mastery of the elements of the language and the rules by which they are governed. True. False.

Which are the most important aspects according to the Oral/ Situational approach?. Grammar and vocabulary. Writing and reading. Speaking and listening.

Chomsky argued that... Learning is not based on habit formation, but on rational acquisition of the finite set of rules. The human mind does not respond to stimuli mechanically, but looks for the system or structure underlying them. Both of them.

What is cognitivism?. A psychological theory. A method. An approach.

What was influenced by cognitivism?. Communicative Language Teaching. Suggestopedia. Grammar-Translation Method.

Which is the level at which theory is put into practice?. Method. Approach. Procedure.

Which is the level at which classroom techniques, practices and behaviours are observed?. Method. Approach. Procedure.

Which is a theory of the nature of language and the basic units of language structure?. Approach. Method. Design.

The audiolingual method design consists of... Hearing a dialogue, repeating and memorising the structures. Hearing a dialogue and internalising the structures of it.

Total Physical response is based on the idea that... Listening comprehension should be developed fully. Oral interaction should be developed fully.

Some advantages of the Direct Method are NOT: It exposes students to the target language. The language used is meaningful. The teacher can have a better control and rhythm of the lesson. Errors and mistakes cannot be corrected immediately.

John Asher based Total Physical response separating the right hemisphere of the brain in language learning following... Chomsky - cognitivism. Piaget. Skinner - behaviourism.

The three main hypothesis in TPR were... There is an optimal path for language defined by an innate biological process. There is brain lateralisation for language functions. The lower the stress, the greater the learning. Speaking skills are the most important ones.

Some commands students respond to are: Listening training, when students follow the instructions in English. Production, when students give their own commands in English. Both of them.

The Natural approach gives primacy to. Meaning and lexicon. Grammar and syntax.

The Natural Approach is mainly designed for elementary and intermediate learners because the main objectives lead to the development of basic skills for personal communication,. True. False.

The Natural Approach is based on Krashen's hypotheses. True. False.

The three types of activities in the Natural approach are: Comprehension, early speech production and production. Comprehension, early speech production and speech emergence. Comprehension, post comprehension and speaking production.

Community language learning aims for affective and cognitive learning and its phases for success are SARD: Security, attention, reflection-retention and discrimination. Security, aggression, representation and demotivation. Success, acquisition, relation, demonstration.

In Silent Way, the teacher facilitates problem-solving with tasks and physical objects. True. False.

The Silent Way is a structuralist method because it focuses on lessons around grammatical items and vocabulary. True. False.

Suggestopedia tries to attain advanced conversational proficiency through the mastery of lists of words in pairs. True. False.

Suggestopedia is not a holistic method because it doesn't involve analysis and synthesis at the same time. True. False.

How much time does a Suggestopedia course last?. A year. A month. Fourty days. Sixty days.

How long is the instructional cycle in the original method?. Four-hour. One-hour. Two hours.

The suggestopedia procedure includes. A review of previously learned material. Question and answer activities. Grammar and translation techniques. Relaxation techniques. Memorisation techniques.

The Communicative Language Teaching is ..... A method. An approach.

The Council of Europe incorporated. The linguistic competence the goal of language teaching. The communicative competence the goal of language teaching.

What was the argument of Chomsky?. It was impossible to acquire a language by repetition. He separated competence and performance. Both of them.

Hymes divided communicative competence into: Systematic potential, appropriacy, occurrence and feasibility. Grammar competence, Discourse competence, sociolinguistic competence and strategic competence.

What is the occurence?. It is the ability to know how often something in said in the language. It is when the learner knows whether something is possible or not in the language.

What is feasibility?. It is the ability to know how often something in said in the language. It is when the learner knows whether something is possible or not in the language.

The teacher must assume a multidimensional role in CLT: participant, facilitator and a researcher or learner. facilitator and a researcher.

The three main theoretical principles are. The communication principle - real communication. The task principle - real world tasks. The meaningfulness principle - learners engaged in meaningful language use. The cooperative principle - cooperation guarantees greater performance.

Functional activities (CLT) are: Comparing pictures. Problem solving. Role-plays. Reading.

There can be text-based materials or task-based materials in CLT. True. False.

Content-based instruction aims at eliminating the artificial separation between language instruction and subject matter classes. True. False.

In content-based learning, the teacher determines the content to be mastered. True. False.

Task-based approach attempts to get away from PPP (Presentation-Practice-Production). True. False.

In task-based learning. students can use freely any language they want. True. False.