TEFL Course: Unit 1 Question And Answers.

The name for extra letters added to nouns, verbs and adjectives in their different grammatical forms is: - correct answer Inflection The English language's word order is generally: - correct answer SVO; subject, verb, object In the statement, I PUT IT DOWN to experience, the capitalized part is an example of: - correct answer Phrasal Verb T/F: English is a tonal language. - correct answer F T/F: English has a predictable correspondence between word sound and word spelling. - correct answer F T/F: English is a stressed-timed language. - correct answer T TEFL - correct answer Teaching English as a Foreign Language TEYL - correct answer Teaching English to Young Learners ELT - correct answer English Language Teaching TESOL - correct answer Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages TESL - correct answer Teaching English as a Second Language CLT - correct answer Communicative Language Teaching L1 - correct answer Students first language L2 - correct answer Second language a student is learning. PPP - correct answer Presentation, Practice, Production STT - correct answer Student Talking Time TTT - correct answer Teacher Talking Time CLT stands for: - correct answer Communicative Langage Training CLT - correct answer A set of principles about teaching including where the focus is on meaningful communication, not structure and grammar. 1. Situation/Context - correct answer The situations one encounters in life, e.g. meeting a new fired; going to the doctor. A meaningful context is set. 2. Functions - correct answer Speech acts that students are likely to face, e.g. seeking advice, requesting information, expressing gratitude, complimenting someone, expression requests, seeking permission, complaining etc. 3. Form - correct answer Socio-linguistic-language used in a social setting, social niceties, social situations, formal v informal expression, etc. 4. Meaning and use: - correct answer These will be linked to form 5.Grammar - correct answer Always taught in context. It is linked to materials related to conversation, reading, listening and writing. It is NEVER taught in isolation unless absolutely necessary. 6. Notions - correct answer Days of the week, dates, months, should be introduced in context Which of the following is incorrect? a. TESOL & TEFL concepts are generally much the same. b. TEFL & EFL are perhaps the most common terms. c. There should be more TTT (TTT) than Student Talk Time (STT). d. The 'I do, We do, You do' model is the same as Presentation, Practice Production (PPP) model. - correct answer c. There should be more TTT than STT. Communicative Language Teaching is a broad term for: - correct answer Learner-centered, authentic language acquisition principles. The dominant achievement goal of Communicative Language is to: - correct answer Enable students to communicate knowledge and opinions around a topic. T/F: L2 is a student's native language. - correct answer F: It is the language they are learning; their second language T/F: Functions are speech acts that students are likely to face, e.g. making it a request. - correct answer T T/F: Students should always be exposed to fine-tuned input. - correct answer F Good reasons to use L1: - correct answer 1. To clarify meaning