Sample test
This includes a sample of summative assessment (exam): 15 multiple-choice-option exam questions with their keys.
Choose the best answer out of A, B, C and D.
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1. ‘Books of dialogues’ for teaching languages are to be placed within the materials based on
a. a deductive approach
b. an inductive-deductive approach
c. an inductive approach
d. an eclectic approach
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2. ‘To eliminate the barriers hindering learning inside our brain’ is one of the main purposes of
a. the Audio-lingual Method
b. Gouin’s Method
c. the Direct Method
d. Suggestopedia
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3. Mark the so called ‘classical sequencing of activities’ to be found in the classroom or textbook materials:
a. Presentation-Production-Practice
b. Warming up-Practice-Transfer-Production
c. Production-Presentation-Transfer-Practice
d. Presentation-Practice-Production
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4. Inductive methods in LT
a. take practice as a secondary strategy to be applied
b. take practice as a means to reach learning
c. rely on the analytic power of the mind for learning
d. rely on theory and disregard practice
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5. The G-T and the ALM share one of the following features:
a. the materials offered in the syllabus are a rather closed set
b. the use of explanatory definitions
c. vocabulary is selected on a frequency basis
d. reading first
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6. The active role of the learner is best safeguarded in one of the following methods/approaches:
a. Interlinear Method
b. DM
c. AVSG
d. CLT
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7. Which one of the following series would match Gouin’s method?
a. I walk toward the door - I stop at the door - I get to the door - The door moves
b. I get to the door - I open the door - I stretch out my arm - The door moves
c. I turn the handle - I open the door - The door moves - The door turns on its hinges
d. I pull the door - I stop at the door - I get to the door - I let go of the handle
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8. Humanistic approaches to LT emphasize
a. learning a language engaging the whole person
b. group activities in the classroom
c. learning through the memorisation of short texts
d. the natural way of learning vocabulary
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9. A textbook presents the following features:
-strong control over the effective delay of written material by the teacher
-visual elements become the essential element in the classroom
-global understanding of the situational dialogue before structure work
-introduction of vocabulary in accordance with strong frequency criteria
Which method or approach underlies the pedagogic design and principles of this textbook?:
a. AVSG
b. SLT
c. ALM
d. CLT
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10. The CEFR offers
a. comprehensive guidelines for the teaching of skills
b. broad methodological guidelines
c. precise methodological guidelines
d. wide-ranging guidelines for the teaching of culture
Before answering the following questions, look carefully at the attached lesson from Swan, M. & Walter, C. (1984). Cambridge English 1. Student’s Book. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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11. This unit mostly fosters
a. deductive learning
b. inductive learning
c. MI (Multiple Intelligences)
d. cultural consciousness
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12. As a whole, this unit can be said to mostly reflect
a. AVSG
b. SLT
c. CLT
d. TBLT
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13. Activity 2 aims primarily at
a. sheer communicative goals
b. functional communicative goals
c. grammatical and semantic goals
d. lexical and structural goals
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14. Activity 4 is pedagogically based on
a. the information-gap principle
b. the “arithmetical fallacy” principle
c. deductive learning
d. realia
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15. The last part of Activity 4 (“Then copy the form and fill it in”) is a good example of a
a. task-oriented activity
b. communicative activity
c. writing activity
d. drill activity