ENG 150 Reviewer

1. All of the options are characteristics of kinaesthetic learners EXCEPT: Ans: They cannot
learn if they don’t move a lot.
2. What is the key aspect in behavioural learning theory? Ans: Positive reinforecement.
3. It refers to a teaching situation where teacher is very much in control of the instructional
process. Ans: High-structure Teaching.
4. Which of the following theory’s principle is observed in a classroom activity that requires
cooperative grouping? Ans: Constructivist Theory.
5. Teacher May always includes collaborative communicative activities in her language
classes. What directs her method? Ans: Social Interactionism.
6. It is the study of the relationship between language and the brain. Ans: Neurolinguistics.
7. According to Ding-dong theory, original sounds people made were supposedly in
harmony with the world around them. What is the Downside of this theory? Ans: Apart
from some rare instances of sound symbolism, there is no persuasive evidence, in any
language, of an innate connection between sounds and meaning.
8. This refers specifically to the belief that the learning process consisted of the formation
of associations between stimuli and reflexive responses. Ans: Classical conditioning.
9. To maximize language learning using collaborative activities, the teacher should: Ans:
Design activities that will assign specific communicative roles to each member of the
group.
10. When it comes to applying learning theory in the classroom, what is the most pressing
problem for educators? Ans: Presenting students with the right stimuli on which the
focus their attention and mental effort.
11. The phonics teacher models the one-syllable words written on the board to her students
by saying the individual sounds first, and then the word. Then she asks her students to
repeat after her two times. After that, she allows time for independent practice, then
calls the students one by one to read the words. What principle is she using in this
strategy? Ans: Social Interactionism.
12. Which situation does not demonstrate a communicative classroom. Ans: Students were
grouped and tasked to write a list of cooking instruction for beginners.
13. How can a learner demonstrate his capacity to use language in context? Ans: Place a
word or phrase in a meaningful language sequence.
14. How can principles of stimulus generalization be used to aid learning in the classroom?
Ans: By using many examples from different contexts. For example, teaching the
relationship between supply and demand can be taught by using examples from
grocery shopping and the value of natural resources.
15. The most useful term for describing the linguistic input to the language learning child in
motherese. Ans: Child-directed speech.
16. All of the following are example of active learners EXCEPT: Ans: Ricardo is given a chance
to do a debate with his classmates.
17. Which of the following is also known as a global learner? Ans: Field-dependent learners.
18. It is best to learn a second language: Ans: Through constant contact with native
speakers in their own society.
19. Which of the following best explains nativist approach on language? Ans: Language is
learned because of an innate, biological ability we are born with.
20. A child says, “That Harry!” and the parent says, “No, That’s John,” the child might readily
self-correct and say, “Oh, dat John.” What issue in Language Acquisition is referred in the
statement? Ans: Imitation.
21. Learning is fundamentally a process that involves the making of mistakes. Ans: True.
22. Which domain in language learning is affected in this situation: In the middle of his
report, Harry started to pause long and excessively, and started to stutter evrytime he
staruted a sentence. This happened after his groupmates laughed at him after he
mispronounced a word. Ans: Affective.
23. What would be a practical and appropriate use of punishment in the classroom? Ans:
Providing a positive reinforce for stopping unacceptable behaviour.
24. It is best to learn a second language. Ans: through constant contact with native
speakers in the community.
25. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic/s of an impulsive learner? Ans: They solve
problem fast, but inaccurately.
26. What is the main problem about imitation and language acquisition. Ans: Imitation is
limited to the surface structure of language.
27. A function of the Broca’s area is for: Ans: Talking.
28. Which of the following statement does not support the Nativist theory? Ans: The Human
brain is hard-wired to acquire language.
29. A teacher’s praise can be an effective motivator if: Ans: Praise focuses students’
attention on their neighbors’ task-relevant behaviour.
30. Which of the following does not support the principle of Universal Grammar (UG)? Ans:
Children are exposed to different input yet converge on the same grammar.
31. Grade 10 student Joy chunks her review time into 30minutes per subject, and later
answers short tests she herself prepares at the end of the day. What Metacognitive
strategy does her habit show? Ans: Self-management.
32. Which of the following is NOT an example of a traditional language classroom? Ans:
Learners are thaught chiefly about language and its rules.
33. What is a learning style? Ans: Learning style is the way individuals prefer to learn.
34. What does a learner receive feedback? Ans: When the learner is rewarded.
35. What is Universal Grammar? Ans: It is a theory that aims to describe and explain human
language.
36. Which statement is true about Second Language Acquisition? Ans: A learner can learn
one L2 at a time.
37. Which of the following is an example of rote learning? Ans: All of the above.
38. Which of the following cognitive strategies defines as using target language reference
materials? Ans: Note Taking.
39. When the Teacher asks students to name onomatopoeic words that derived directly
from natural sounds, this resonated which language origin theory? Ans: Bow-wow
theory.
40. Which of the following situations is most appropriate for differentiated feedback? Ans:
The students were assigned reading droups to work on a home reading report.
41. Which of the following method was moist widely accepted in private language schools
where students were highly motivated and where native-speaking teachers could be
employed? Ans: Direct Method.
42. Which of the following levels does a beginner make more errors? Ans: Word Level.
43. When it comes to applying learning theory in the classroom, the most pressing problem
for educators is _____. Ans: Presenting students with the right stimuli on which to focus
their attention and mental effort.
44. What is the difference between competence and performance? Ans: Competence
involves knowing: performance involves doing.
45. What did Lenneberg propose in this innateness hypotheses? Ans: Language mechanisms
are biologically determined.
46. How can a teacher balance fluency and accuracy? Ans: Know when to correct mistakes
or errors of students.
47. Jane who is learning English says, “The girl is so pretty-pretty,”. She cannot think of the
superlative degree of the word ‘pretty’ so she uses her knowledge of Tagalog superlative
structure of repetition (ang ganda-ganda). This shows what cognitive strategy? Ans:
Imagery.
48. In this form of Second Language Teaching. The ultimate goal is to enable the learner to
communicate with other in the world beyond the classroomswhere they will not have a
teacher on hand. Ans: Traditional classrooms.
49. Language may have developed from sounds associated with love, play and song. The ida
that speech emerged from the sounds of inspired playfulness, love, poetic sensibility, and
song. Ans: La-la Theory.
50. Which among the options is an internal and unstable factor over which the learner can
exersice a great deal of control? Ans: Luck.
51. Which situation exemplifies a comprehensible input? Ans: Teacher introduces a lesson
on verbs by asking students to list down five things they did right after waking up.
52. A ______believes that effective language behaviour is the production of correct
responses to the stimuli. Ans: Behaviorist.
53. The “nature” argument suggests that people socialize and behave in certain ways
because of. Ans: The cultural expectations of the society.
54. Which of the following situations exemplify low-structure teaching? Ans: The speech
lesson starts with the teacher’s modelling of the sounds, words, and phrases for study.
55. How will a language teacher create a learning environment for learners with language
difficulty? Ans: By using various strategies that addresses the student’s specific learning
needs.
56. Which of the following defines a second language? Ans: Any language that a person uses
other than his native language.
57. Language Acquisition _______. Ans: Is the process by which we learn to sommunicate in
meaningful ways.
58. What are the phases of a Task-Based Instruction? Ans: Pre-task, task and post-task.
59. As a teacher who pursues communicative competence, what will be the atmosphere of
my classroom? Ans: Students will keep on rehearsing ready-made responses for
unexpected situations.
60. Anna is beginning to say expressions like, “Mommy, no!’, “Please, Milk”, “Catch Ball.”.
What stage of language development shows this behaviour? Ans: Two-word stage.
61. This is one factor that affects language acquisition that pertains to the learner’s
introversion and extroversion in the learning process of the second language. Ans:
Motivation.
62. Which of the following does not play a significant role in the child’s learning of language?
Ans: Learning rules for sound combinations.
63. Which of the following does has been the goal of communicative language teaching?
Ans: Push toward grammar competence.
64. The damage to this specific part of the brain was related to extreme difficulty in
producing speech. Ans: Broca’s Area.
65. Which of the following will make Second Language Acquisition impossible to happen?
Ans: Lack of Motivation.
66. They make errors spanning word, sentence, and discourse levels, but they make a
majority of their errors at the word and sentence level. Ans: Beginners.
67. From a behaviourist point of view , why should language errors be addressed by the
teacher? Ans: Because errors hinder language development.
68. In a speech class, which of the following test will maximize language learning using
feedback? Ans: Students are to read a list of pair words that may be stressed on the
first or second syllable.
69. Which of the following teachers dealt with language error appropriately? Ans: Teacher
Lee jotted down the common speech errors of his students and discussed them
generally after the presentations.
70. Teacher Larry wants to maximize the use of Task-Based Instruction. Which of the
following is most likely a class activity that Larry will use? Ans: Students will gather
information to make a poster.
71. It is the ability to internalize value system and let them control the person’s behaviour.
Ans: Characterization.
72. This is the characteristics of feedback that is goal-referenced and consistent. Ans:
Targeted.
73. What is the main argument of the nativist approach to the Stimulus-Response theory?
Ans: The feedback to surroundings by a child.
74. Which type of motivation is associated with activities that are rewarding or satisfying in
themselves. Ans: Intrinsic Motivation.
75. Onew is an analytic learner. Which of the following is his preference when learning? Ans:
He breaks down the problem into causes to identify the real problem.
76. Gia learns more by touching and manipulating objects. Gia shoes what kind of learning
style? Ans: Tactile.
77. How will a teacher encourage students who are performing poorly in spelling? Ans:
Alternate spelling activities with games.
78. Teacher Jess teaches English learners using the communicative approach. Which of the
following is most likely a class activity that he will use? Ans: Students describe their
favourite food.
79. Why is motivation important? Ans: It serves as orientation towards learning.
80. Which of the following best describes the difference between rote learning and
meaningful learning? Ans: Rote learning is remembering verbatim while meaningful
learning is the application of the information.
81. At what stage does development of gestures, making adequate eye contact, and sound
repartee between infant occur? Ans: Prelinguistic.
82. What should a teacher do to make students aware of the purpose of a task? Ans: Provide
oppurtanities for students to exchange information with focus on meaning.
83. In her English subject, Samantha is very active in recitation and oral performances. But
when it comes to listening tests, she is indifferent. What is affecting her behaviour? Ans:
Competence.
84. Which of the following combination of affective factors shows a tendency to acquire
language more successfully? Ans: Low, anxiety, high motivation, high confidence.
85. Which of the following helps a learner to get a comprehensive preview of the organizing
concept or principle in an anticipated learning activity? Ans: Advanced organizers.
86. Which one is a result to direct instruction? Ans: Language learning.
87. Which of the following reflects an effective self-evaluation strategy? Ans: Daphne has
the habit of writing down questions on a notebook while reviewing her notes and at
the end of every unit of study, she would answer those questions without looking at
her notes.
88. Which of the following situations shows the interplay of nature and nurture in language
acquisition? Ans: Three-year old Lilo code-switches between her L1 Tagalog and her L2
English.
89. What is Dan Slobin’s claim on language acquisition? Ans: Semantic learning depends on
cognitive development.
90. The teacher assigns poetry writing to assess the vocabulary of her students. What
feedback method would she most likely use to consider both the subjective and discrete
elements in the outputs? Ans: A subjective feedback that focuses only on vocabulary
since it is the language element being tested using poetry.
91. What can Teacher Sam do to help students understand a reading text? Ans: Start with
vocabulary lesson first.
92. Why do people form attributions? Ans: They are motivated to increase their own self-
esteem.
93. Which of the following statements is true about the effect of language? Ans: None of the
above.
94. Which among the metacognitive strategies shows checking the outcomes of one’s own
language learning against an internal measure of completeness and accuracy? Ans: Self-
evaluation.
95. “Learners must individually discover and transform complex information if they are to
make it their own.” Which school of thought can be referred by this statement? Ans:
Constructivism.
96. What best describes a constructivist theory in a classroom? Ans: Students are passive
learners.