DELTA MODULE 1 EXAM PREP UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTION WITH ANSWERS
Test-Teach-Test - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A lesson design in which learners first
perform a task, which the teacher uses to assess learners' specific needs. They are then taught
whatever they need in order to re-do the task more effectively.
modality - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The lexical and grammatical ways used by speakers
to express their attitude to what they're saying. For example: Maybe Sarah is a chef. (lexical
_______: adverb)
cohesion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The use of grammatical and lexical means to achieve
connected text, either spoken or written.
induction - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The process of working out rules on the basis of
examples. Also called discovery learning.
priming - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The process by which a word gathers particular
associations through repeated encounters.
process writing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅An approach to writing where learners are
encouraged to brainstorm, plan, draft, re-draft, review, and "publish" their written work.
word family - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A group of words which share the same root but
have different affixes, as in care, careful, careless, carefree, uncaring, carer.
sentence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The largest purely grammatical unit in a language.
silent period - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅This refers to the fact that children learning their
first language go through a lengthy period simply listening before they say their first words.
,uptake - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅What learners report to have learnt from a language
lesson. Typically this does not match what the teacher intended to teach.
notional syllabus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A syllabus that is organised according to
general areas of meaning that are used in most grammars, such as frequency, location, duration
and possibility.
deixis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The way language points to spatial, temporal and
personal features of the context. For example, I have been here three weeks now, the referents of
I, here and now cannot be identified without knowing the context.
phatic language - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Language whose purpose is to smooth the
conduct of social relations. It has an interpersonal function.
phoneme - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅One of the distinctive sounds of a particular
language. It cannot be replaced with another sound without causing a change in meaning.
phonology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The study of a sound system of a particular
language, which describes the abstract system that allows the speakers of a language to
distinguish meaning from mere verbal noise.
polysemy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅This refers to the case where one word has more
than one related meaning.
prosodic features - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The stress, rhythm, and intonation along
with tempo, loudness and voice quality of speech.
ellipsis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The leaving out of elements of a sentence because they
are either unnecessary or because their sense can be worked out from the immediate context.
display questions - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Asked by teachers in order to find out what a
learner can say in the target language.
,face validity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Used to say that a test is acceptable to a learner,
in that it meets the learner's expectations of what a test should be like.
TALO - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Text as a Linguistic Object
TAVI - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Text as a Vehicle for Information
TASP - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Text as a Stimulus for Production
Dictogloss - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A classroom dictation activity where learners are
required to reconstruct a short text by listening and noting down key words, which are then used
as a base for reconstruction.
Diagnostic test - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A test that helps the teacher and learners
identify problems that they have with the language.
Diglossia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A situation where a language that has two forms,
one a 'higher' and more prestigious form used by educated speakers in formal situations, and the
other a 'lower', vernacular form used more commonly.
Dipthong - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A one-syllable sound that is made up of two vowels.
In Received Pronunciation English there are eight of these.
Discourse management - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The ability to produce extended
written and spoken texts, for example conversations.
Achievement test - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅This test evaluates a learner's understanding
of a specific course or study programme.
, Action research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A development tool for a teacher that involves
observing or gathering other data about a class through interviews, case studies, and
questionnaires.
Non-gradable adjectives - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Adjectives that cannot be expressed
in degrees and so cannot be graded.
Backwash - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The positive or negative impact of a test on
classroom teaching.
Substitution - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The replacing of a noun phrase or a clause by a
single word in order to avoid repetition or to make a text more cohesive.
Universal Grammar - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The theory which claims that every
speaker of a language knows a set of principles which apply to all languages and also a set of
parameters that can vary from one language to another, but only within set limits.
Connotation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The attitudinal meaning of a word, which may be
culturally determined, such as whether it carries a positive or negative meaning.
Nuclear stress - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The place in an utterance where the major pitch
movement begins, marking the focal point of the message.
Fossilisation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A process through which an error has become a
permanent feature of a learner's language use and is believed to be resistant to correction.
Adjacency pair - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A sequence of two related utterances by two
different speakers. The first utterance leads to a set of expectations about the response.
Anaphoric reference - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A word or phrase that refers back to
another word or phrase which was used earlier in a written or spoken text.
QUESTION WITH ANSWERS
Test-Teach-Test - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A lesson design in which learners first
perform a task, which the teacher uses to assess learners' specific needs. They are then taught
whatever they need in order to re-do the task more effectively.
modality - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The lexical and grammatical ways used by speakers
to express their attitude to what they're saying. For example: Maybe Sarah is a chef. (lexical
_______: adverb)
cohesion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The use of grammatical and lexical means to achieve
connected text, either spoken or written.
induction - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The process of working out rules on the basis of
examples. Also called discovery learning.
priming - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The process by which a word gathers particular
associations through repeated encounters.
process writing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅An approach to writing where learners are
encouraged to brainstorm, plan, draft, re-draft, review, and "publish" their written work.
word family - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A group of words which share the same root but
have different affixes, as in care, careful, careless, carefree, uncaring, carer.
sentence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The largest purely grammatical unit in a language.
silent period - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅This refers to the fact that children learning their
first language go through a lengthy period simply listening before they say their first words.
,uptake - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅What learners report to have learnt from a language
lesson. Typically this does not match what the teacher intended to teach.
notional syllabus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A syllabus that is organised according to
general areas of meaning that are used in most grammars, such as frequency, location, duration
and possibility.
deixis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The way language points to spatial, temporal and
personal features of the context. For example, I have been here three weeks now, the referents of
I, here and now cannot be identified without knowing the context.
phatic language - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Language whose purpose is to smooth the
conduct of social relations. It has an interpersonal function.
phoneme - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅One of the distinctive sounds of a particular
language. It cannot be replaced with another sound without causing a change in meaning.
phonology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The study of a sound system of a particular
language, which describes the abstract system that allows the speakers of a language to
distinguish meaning from mere verbal noise.
polysemy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅This refers to the case where one word has more
than one related meaning.
prosodic features - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The stress, rhythm, and intonation along
with tempo, loudness and voice quality of speech.
ellipsis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The leaving out of elements of a sentence because they
are either unnecessary or because their sense can be worked out from the immediate context.
display questions - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Asked by teachers in order to find out what a
learner can say in the target language.
,face validity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Used to say that a test is acceptable to a learner,
in that it meets the learner's expectations of what a test should be like.
TALO - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Text as a Linguistic Object
TAVI - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Text as a Vehicle for Information
TASP - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Text as a Stimulus for Production
Dictogloss - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A classroom dictation activity where learners are
required to reconstruct a short text by listening and noting down key words, which are then used
as a base for reconstruction.
Diagnostic test - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A test that helps the teacher and learners
identify problems that they have with the language.
Diglossia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A situation where a language that has two forms,
one a 'higher' and more prestigious form used by educated speakers in formal situations, and the
other a 'lower', vernacular form used more commonly.
Dipthong - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A one-syllable sound that is made up of two vowels.
In Received Pronunciation English there are eight of these.
Discourse management - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The ability to produce extended
written and spoken texts, for example conversations.
Achievement test - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅This test evaluates a learner's understanding
of a specific course or study programme.
, Action research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A development tool for a teacher that involves
observing or gathering other data about a class through interviews, case studies, and
questionnaires.
Non-gradable adjectives - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Adjectives that cannot be expressed
in degrees and so cannot be graded.
Backwash - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The positive or negative impact of a test on
classroom teaching.
Substitution - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The replacing of a noun phrase or a clause by a
single word in order to avoid repetition or to make a text more cohesive.
Universal Grammar - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The theory which claims that every
speaker of a language knows a set of principles which apply to all languages and also a set of
parameters that can vary from one language to another, but only within set limits.
Connotation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The attitudinal meaning of a word, which may be
culturally determined, such as whether it carries a positive or negative meaning.
Nuclear stress - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The place in an utterance where the major pitch
movement begins, marking the focal point of the message.
Fossilisation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A process through which an error has become a
permanent feature of a learner's language use and is believed to be resistant to correction.
Adjacency pair - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A sequence of two related utterances by two
different speakers. The first utterance leads to a set of expectations about the response.
Anaphoric reference - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A word or phrase that refers back to
another word or phrase which was used earlier in a written or spoken text.
