TEFL Course: Unit 1 Quiz Questions and Correct Solutions Rated A+

The name for extra letters added to nouns, verbs and adjectives in their different grammatical forms is: - Inflection The English language's word order is generally: - SVO; subject, verb, object In the statement, I PUT IT DOWN to experience, the capitalized part is an example of: - Phrasal Verb T/F: English is a tonal language. - F T/F: English has a predictable correspondence between word sound and word spelling. - F T/F: English is a stressed-timed language. - T TEFL - Teaching English as a Foreign Language TEYL - Teaching English to Young Learners ELT - English Language Teaching TESOL - Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages TESL - Teaching English as a Second Language CLT - Communicative Language Teaching L1 - Students first language L2 - Second language a student is learning. PPP - Presentation, Practice, Production STT - Student Talking Time TTT - Teacher Talking Time CLT stands for: - Communicative Langage Training CLT - A set of principles about teaching including where the focus is on meaningful communication, not structure and grammar. 1. Situation/Context - The situations one encounters in life, e.g. meeting a new fired; going to the doctor. A meaningful context is set. 2. Functions - Speech acts that students are likely to face, e.g. seeking advice, requesting information, expressing gratitude, complimenting someone, expression requests, seeking permission, complaining etc. 3. Form - Socio-linguistic-language used in a social setting, social niceties, social situations, formal v informal expression, etc. 4. Meaning and use: - These will be linked to form 5.Grammar - Always taught in context. It is linked to materials related to conversation, reading, listening and writing. It is NEVER taught in isolation unless absolutely necessary. 6. Notions - Days of the week, dates, months, should be introduced in context Which of the following is incorrect? a. TESOL & TEFL concepts are generally much the same. b. TEFL & EFL are perhaps the most common terms. c. There should be more TTT (TTT) than Student Talk Time (STT). d. The 'I do, We do, You do' model is the same as Presentation, Practice Production (PPP) model. - c. There should be more TTT than STT. Communicative Language Teaching is a broad term for: - Learner-centered, authentic language acquisition principles. The dominant achievement goal of Communicative Language is to: - Enable students to communicate knowledge and opinions around a topic. T/F: L2 is a student's native language. - F: It is the language they are learning; their second language T/F: Functions are speech acts that students are likely to face, e.g. making it a request. - T T/F: Students should always be exposed to fine-tuned input. - F Good reasons to use L1: - 1. To clarify meaning 2. To clarify anticipated problems 3. To demonstrate that languages have more similarities than differences. 4. To save time, now and again 5. To carry out disciplinary measures 6. To tell a student how well they have done 7. To show that we care. 8. Key differences between learning L1 and L2