TEFL Course Exam
Q&A Pack – Verified
Methodology &
Language Acquisition
Set (LATEST 2025 /
2026 UPDATE),
ACTUAL EXAM/TEST
QUESTIONS AND
100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS | A+
GRADE
,Question 1:
what is the difference between high power and low power distinct
culture
Correct Answer:
In a high power distance culture:
It's acceptable for a supervisor to display his authority
Superiors rarely give their subordinates important work
If something goes wrong, the subordinates are usually blamed for not doing their proper job/role managers
rarely interact or socialize with workers
Teachers are treated respectfully
Local politics are prone to totalitarianism
Class distinctions are emphasized
Parents are more highly respected and corporal punishment is more common
Revolutions are (or were) common
In a low power distance culture:
Supervisors are expected to treat employees respectfully
Subordinates may do important work, thus having the opportunity to get promoted quickly
If something goes wrong, the superior/authority figure is usually blamed for having unrealistic expectations
or being too strict
Managers socialize and interact with workers more often
Teachers are simply employees and parents are merely people
Totalitarianism and revolutions are rare
Question 2:
WHat are minimal pair exercises
Correct Answer:
set of two words which differ by only one phoneme
Question 3:
What is total physical response and who founded it?
Correct Answer:
James Asher 1977
children acquiring their first language do a lot of listening before they speak which is accompanied by
physical responses
TPR methods try replicate safe envi like child learning first language
using physical tasks along side listening to learn language e.g simon says
Question 4:
How is the Grammar Translation (GMT)
or classical method characterized?
Correct Answer:
-Students look to teacher for everything, teacher is expert
-Teacher designs curriculum
-Teacher audience format, taking notes and responding often they understand
-Individual study and no group work each student has to demonstrate own levels of comprehension
, - assessment is highly objective, with knowledge-oriented questions that can be put into multiple choice
forma
-Taught at L1 usually with teacher that speaks chinese 80% of lesson
-Dictation lessons to learn grammar structures with english irregularities he eats you eat (the 's')
-Little to no speaking practice - teacher lectures
-Drills, teacher calls out student to see if knows certain grammar or vocab -translating between chinese and
english assuming there is a tanslation
-Memorization of grammar and vocab with direct translations to chinese
-Rote learning
-Memorization of famous passages -rigourous attention to accuracy
-When advanced use classical texts like shakespeare as full of complexities and unique applications of
grammar structures and metaphors to challenge students
Question 5:
what is field independence
Correct Answer:
impersonal orientation
relience on internal frame of reference procesing info
analytic
not socially aware
independent sense of serparet identity
can concentrate with noise
enjoys analysing grammar structures
must undertsnad every word i read or hear
classroom study i key
working alone
feedback from others doesnt affect learning
Question 6:
What is BICS
Correct Answer:
Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
someone using language in a social setting they are developing BICS
Doesnt demand difficult vocab or high degree of grammatical accuracy
Develops in first 6months of immersion in language
Question 7:
Communicative Language teaching CLT
Correct Answer:
Grown popular in recent decades
Teacher is facilitator
Student centre approaches
group work L2 activities
Grammar and vocab means to communicative end
Q&A Pack – Verified
Methodology &
Language Acquisition
Set (LATEST 2025 /
2026 UPDATE),
ACTUAL EXAM/TEST
QUESTIONS AND
100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS | A+
GRADE
,Question 1:
what is the difference between high power and low power distinct
culture
Correct Answer:
In a high power distance culture:
It's acceptable for a supervisor to display his authority
Superiors rarely give their subordinates important work
If something goes wrong, the subordinates are usually blamed for not doing their proper job/role managers
rarely interact or socialize with workers
Teachers are treated respectfully
Local politics are prone to totalitarianism
Class distinctions are emphasized
Parents are more highly respected and corporal punishment is more common
Revolutions are (or were) common
In a low power distance culture:
Supervisors are expected to treat employees respectfully
Subordinates may do important work, thus having the opportunity to get promoted quickly
If something goes wrong, the superior/authority figure is usually blamed for having unrealistic expectations
or being too strict
Managers socialize and interact with workers more often
Teachers are simply employees and parents are merely people
Totalitarianism and revolutions are rare
Question 2:
WHat are minimal pair exercises
Correct Answer:
set of two words which differ by only one phoneme
Question 3:
What is total physical response and who founded it?
Correct Answer:
James Asher 1977
children acquiring their first language do a lot of listening before they speak which is accompanied by
physical responses
TPR methods try replicate safe envi like child learning first language
using physical tasks along side listening to learn language e.g simon says
Question 4:
How is the Grammar Translation (GMT)
or classical method characterized?
Correct Answer:
-Students look to teacher for everything, teacher is expert
-Teacher designs curriculum
-Teacher audience format, taking notes and responding often they understand
-Individual study and no group work each student has to demonstrate own levels of comprehension
, - assessment is highly objective, with knowledge-oriented questions that can be put into multiple choice
forma
-Taught at L1 usually with teacher that speaks chinese 80% of lesson
-Dictation lessons to learn grammar structures with english irregularities he eats you eat (the 's')
-Little to no speaking practice - teacher lectures
-Drills, teacher calls out student to see if knows certain grammar or vocab -translating between chinese and
english assuming there is a tanslation
-Memorization of grammar and vocab with direct translations to chinese
-Rote learning
-Memorization of famous passages -rigourous attention to accuracy
-When advanced use classical texts like shakespeare as full of complexities and unique applications of
grammar structures and metaphors to challenge students
Question 5:
what is field independence
Correct Answer:
impersonal orientation
relience on internal frame of reference procesing info
analytic
not socially aware
independent sense of serparet identity
can concentrate with noise
enjoys analysing grammar structures
must undertsnad every word i read or hear
classroom study i key
working alone
feedback from others doesnt affect learning
Question 6:
What is BICS
Correct Answer:
Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
someone using language in a social setting they are developing BICS
Doesnt demand difficult vocab or high degree of grammatical accuracy
Develops in first 6months of immersion in language
Question 7:
Communicative Language teaching CLT
Correct Answer:
Grown popular in recent decades
Teacher is facilitator
Student centre approaches
group work L2 activities
Grammar and vocab means to communicative end
