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A language teacher enters into casual discussion with the class for a few moments to encourage group social interaction before returning to teaching the day's lesson. What is the term for this? - classcentered teaching A syllabus is made up of different elements. The element that refers to how teachers and learners work on the selected substance of the course is which of the following? - methodology Any special register of speech used by care-takers to assist infants and young children to learn their mother-tongue is called - child-directed speech Which of the following transcriptions best represents the way a native speaker of standard American English would pronounce the word "now? - nauw "Noticing" a new language means that learners are paying attention to the ___,____, and_____ of the language - form, use and meaning Functional load is - the use made of a linguistic contrast in the sound system. The more minimal pairs (pairs of words distinguished by one phoneme only) a contrast between two phonemes distinguishes, the greater its functional load. Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) - - emphasizes interaction among students and among the four skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) to work on authentic tasks. One of the goals of CLT is to produce anxiety-free learning as much as possible. A criticism of this method is that there should be more of an emphasis on teaching grammar and linguistic structures. You are an ESOL teacher who is using an integrative approach to teach English language skills and a teaching method that includes presentation, practice and production. What ESOL method are you using to model your teaching strategies? - communicative language teachingYou are a teacher who is monitoring your students in your classroom using a formative assessment. You are doing this by checking on students while they are working, collecting work samples and checking their work against rubrics. Using a summative assessment would involve which of the following? - use of scoring criteria - points are assigned to each question The ESL teacher is checking to see what types of programs are available under LPAC (Language Proficiency Assessment Committee). What types of programs does LPAC ensure are available to students? - It ensures instructional and support programs are made available to ELL students. When a student is in a percentile or a rank of other students, what is the type of criterion being used? - norm-referenced The idea that language does not exist in isolation but is linked to th