TESOL SEMINAR EXAM 2: GRAMMAR
AND VOCABULARY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT RATED A+
Q: How does Diane Larsen-Freeman define grammar? ✔✔ Grammar is about
the form of the language, but is also used to make meaning. It is a system of
lexicogrammatical patterns used to make meaning in appropriate ways.
Q: What is Descriptive Grammar? ✔✔ It focuses on how speakers of a language
actually use the language in real life, even when it does not conform to traditional
rules.
Q: What is Prescriptive Grammar? ✔✔ It dictates the way that a language
"ought to" be used, focusing on strict rules of what is considered "correct."
Q: What is the role of Choice in grammar? ✔✔ There is a great deal of choice
to be made in the way that language users adapt and deploy grammatical patterns
to suit their needs.
Q: How should we view Grammar in terms of Dynamic vs. Static systems?
✔✔ Grammar is not a static system of rules; it is a dynamic system. To realize this,
students must experience lessons where grammar is used in meaningful and
psychologically authentic ways.
, Constructions -ANSWER ✔✔word based structures and patterns; many linguists
use the term to encompass all lexicogrammatical forms, ranging from morphemes
and syntactic structures to meaningful phrasal and clausal sequences or patterns.
The Grammar Pie -ANSWER ✔✔Structure/form, Meaning/Semantics,
Use/Pragmatics
Learning Processes: -ANSWER ✔✔Learners do not learn constructions one at a
time.
Even learners appear to have mastered a particular construction, it is not
uncommon to find new errors being made.
Not surprisingly, language learners rely on the knowledge and the experience they
already have.
Different learning processes such as pattern recognition, association, and
discrimination are responsible for different aspects of language.
Implicit and explicit Grammar Knowledge: -ANSWER ✔✔Explicit rule
instruction is to use a consciousness-rising task, in which it is the student's job to
induce a grammatical generalization from the data they have been given.
Grammar checklist (as opposed to a grammar sequence) -ANSWER ✔✔Rather
than adhering to a linear progression, the choice of sequence would be left up to
the teacher and would depend on the teacher's assessment of the students
developmental readiness to learn.
Reasons -ANSWER ✔✔"reasons, not only the rules."
AND VOCABULARY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT RATED A+
Q: How does Diane Larsen-Freeman define grammar? ✔✔ Grammar is about
the form of the language, but is also used to make meaning. It is a system of
lexicogrammatical patterns used to make meaning in appropriate ways.
Q: What is Descriptive Grammar? ✔✔ It focuses on how speakers of a language
actually use the language in real life, even when it does not conform to traditional
rules.
Q: What is Prescriptive Grammar? ✔✔ It dictates the way that a language
"ought to" be used, focusing on strict rules of what is considered "correct."
Q: What is the role of Choice in grammar? ✔✔ There is a great deal of choice
to be made in the way that language users adapt and deploy grammatical patterns
to suit their needs.
Q: How should we view Grammar in terms of Dynamic vs. Static systems?
✔✔ Grammar is not a static system of rules; it is a dynamic system. To realize this,
students must experience lessons where grammar is used in meaningful and
psychologically authentic ways.
, Constructions -ANSWER ✔✔word based structures and patterns; many linguists
use the term to encompass all lexicogrammatical forms, ranging from morphemes
and syntactic structures to meaningful phrasal and clausal sequences or patterns.
The Grammar Pie -ANSWER ✔✔Structure/form, Meaning/Semantics,
Use/Pragmatics
Learning Processes: -ANSWER ✔✔Learners do not learn constructions one at a
time.
Even learners appear to have mastered a particular construction, it is not
uncommon to find new errors being made.
Not surprisingly, language learners rely on the knowledge and the experience they
already have.
Different learning processes such as pattern recognition, association, and
discrimination are responsible for different aspects of language.
Implicit and explicit Grammar Knowledge: -ANSWER ✔✔Explicit rule
instruction is to use a consciousness-rising task, in which it is the student's job to
induce a grammatical generalization from the data they have been given.
Grammar checklist (as opposed to a grammar sequence) -ANSWER ✔✔Rather
than adhering to a linear progression, the choice of sequence would be left up to
the teacher and would depend on the teacher's assessment of the students
developmental readiness to learn.
Reasons -ANSWER ✔✔"reasons, not only the rules."
