Module 4 TESOL/TEFL Exam Solution.

Phonological awareness should start with lots and lots of listening games that focus your learners' attention on words. True or False? -correct answer True Which one of these statements is correct? a. Phonemic awareness relates to the correspondences between letters or groups of letters and the words they represent. b. Phonemic awareness refers to how a person articulates specific sounds. c. Decoding is breaking up a word into sounds. d. Phonemic awareness is an end goal in itself. -correct answer c. In word stress, we can only stress consonants, not vowels. True or False? -correct answer False In relation to pronunciation, which one of these statements is incorrect? a. When teaching pronunciation, aim for perfection. b. Ensure it's an integral part of communication. c. Languages across the world have phonemic systems. d. A key aim is to develop intelligibility -correct answer a. With regard to lexis, which of the following statements is correct? a. Lexis is exactly the same as vocabulary. b. Lexis links vocabulary and certain areas of grammar together. c. Lexis is studied in separate vocabulary and grammar sessions. d. Lexis focuses on single words only. -correct answer b. When deciding what vocabulary to teach, you should first: a. ask your Head of Department/Director of Studies for ideas b. arrange a session with a teacher who has taught at the relevant level c. find out if there are local standards and a curriculum set down stating the relevant vocabulary that you must teach d. identify the key situations for your learners and include these in your content -correct answer c. A lexical set is a group of words with the same topic, function or form. True or False? -correct answer True The words childish, childlike, and youthful have the same connotative meanings. True or False? -correct answer False There are possible repercussions arising from a learner saying words that would be viewed as inappropriate in another culture and society. True or False? -correct answer True With regard to cultural contextualization, which of the following statements is correct? a. The same speech act in one society's culture is likely to be considered appropriate in another's. b. Cultures do not vary internally and are not changeable. c. Teachers tend to stress the similarities when describing another culture's language. d. Appropriacy of a speech act is measured against sociocultural norms. -correct answer d. In relation to word formation, which of the following statements is correct? a. Compound words are typically formed by combining three lexical items. b. The word postman is a good example of a word using the prefix post, representing after. c. The suffix is that part of a word that comes before the base or stem of the word.