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Question 1 of 8

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Which one of the following ones is NOT a key characteristic of a task according to Skehan?

Select one of the following:

  • Task completion has some priority

  • the assessment of the task is in terms of outcome

  • learners are given other people’s meaning of regurgitate

  • there is some sort of relationship to comparable real world activities

  • meaning is primary

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Question 2 of 8

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Which of these characteristics define pedagogical task?

Select one of the following:

  • Manipulating

  • Producing

  • a and b

  • Grammatical form

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Question 3 of 8

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Fill the blank space to complete the text.

According to the authior, Language acquisition is a subconscious process in which the conscious teaching of is unnecessary.

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Question 4 of 8

1

Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

The author claims that the argument for proponents of a "strong" interpretation of TBLT is that the classroom should attempt to stimulate ( natural, structured ) processes of acquisition, and that form-focused exercises are ( unnecesary, needed ).

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Question 5 of 8

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What is the order proposed when developing units of work in task based learning?

Select one of the following:

  • controlled practice - authentic listening practice - schema building - focus on linguistic elements - introduce pedagogical task.

  • schema building - controlled practice - authentic listening practice - focus on linguistic elements - introduce pedagogical task

  • controlled practice - authentic listening practice - introduce pedagogical task - focus on linguistic elements

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Question 6 of 8

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What CANNOT be infered from Nunan's own definition of a pedagogical task?

Select one of the following:

  • a pedagogical taks is everything that involves the target language in a communicative way

  • expressing meaning and conveying messages is over grammatical rules

  • everything the learner does in the classroom qualifies as a pedagogical task

  • the task shoud be complete and able to stand alone as a communicative act.

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Question 7 of 8

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According to Kohonen's precepts on Experiential learning, (1992), is the following statement True or False?

"Encourage the transformation of knowledge within the learner rather than the transmission of knowledge from the teacher to the learner"

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 8 of 8

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Learners learn best by actively using the language they are learning.
This corresponds to the Principle:

Select one of the following:

  • Scaffolding

  • Task dependency

  • Active learning

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