What is the main purpose of language learning in the Direct Method?
Communication
Translation
To acquire vocabulary
The speaking resources
Which is NOT a feature of Cooperative learning?
It provides chances of input and output
It creates an effective climate
It provides a variety of language functions
It gives the teacher total control of the class
When designing activities for our students, what do we have to take into account?
The different learning styles of the students: visual, auditory, kinesthetic, olfactory and gustatory
The five basic competences proposed by Canale and Swain: grammatical, discourse, strategic, sociolinguistic and sociocultural
The simulation of the two hemispheres
No one above
In our lessons, what do we have to take into account?
The stimulation of the two hemispheres
Present the contents with an instructional design
Why are scaffolds so important?
Because they are part of the integrated curriculum
Because CLIL cannot be understood without them
Because it make easier for students to enlarge previous knowledge and internalize new information
All of them
The main challenge Content teachers have to deal with is:
To leave behind traditional methods in favour of new ones where students can put into practice their communicative skills
To have a good command of L2
To have an almost native level of L2
No one of above
Which of the following statement is true?
Younger learners are generally better at learning languages in informal and naturalistic contexts and older learners in formal contexts.
Older learners are generally better at learning languages in informal and naturalistic contexts and younger learners in formal contexts.
Older learners are guided by extrinsic motivation.
Younger learners are more motivated and focused on achieving learning goals.
Which of the following statements is true?
There are 2 types of motivation: instrumental/extrinsic and integrative/intrinsic
There are three types of motivation: purpose, competence, belonging
There are three types Achievement, affiliation and power
Introverted students are generally good at developing intralinguistic competence
Extroverted students are generally good at developing intralinguistic competence
The older learners are more extroverted
Which of the following statements is false?
Adults need to be more aware of the language form they use, which, indirectly, limits their fluency. However, they are able to retain a larger vocabulary and their intellect helps them learn the language faster
Children are effortless learners and achieve much better results than adults and they are able to retain a lot of words and they can pay attention to peripheral language forms such as structures
The students with the best grades are the most self-regulated
Teenagers bodies and minds are changing. They have a higher intellectual capacity (they are in the operational thought stage) so they can cope with more complex problems. Their attention span is also higher due to their intellectual maturation. However, as in the case of children, their command of the language is generally constrained.
Teenagers bodies and minds are changing. Although they have a higher intellectual capacity (they are in the critical period) they can’t cope with more complex problems. Their attention is higher due to their maturation. However, as in the case of children, their command of the language is generally constrained and they are so irritating. That is why the teacher must resort to all sort of techniques and materials for contents to be understood through the L2 and have a lot of patience
The teacher must resort to all sort of techniques and materials for contents to be understood through the L2
All are true
Students’s self-assessment can be done at:
4 different levels: listening, reading, speaking, writing
3 different levels: conceptual, procedural and attitudinal knowledge
2 different levels: learning progress and satisfaction with the unit
When should mistakes be corrected and what sort of mistakes should be corrected?
Always
Only when it’s a grammar mistake
Whenever they say something that would not be understood by a native speaker
What age do children start losing their brain plasticity?
6
3
9
What is the result of overcorrection?
Better results
Proficient learners
Discouraged learners
Students’ self-assessment can be done at:
Teacher totally trained
Teacher talking time
Teacher training time
What is the main goal of structuralism?
The structural description and analysis of the language
To describe linguistic competence
To study language from a discursive ad tetual viewpoint
Which approach would you use with children at an early stage?
Direct method
TFR in association with others
Audiovisual method in association with others
You have a group of kids and you want them o acquire everyday language related with schools. Which method would you use?
Direct method: I bring a native English speaker of the same age so that they can ask them question
Silent way: I provide them with materials such as posters, books, even I give then access to computer room so that they can search on internet
Audiovisual method: make them watch videos (for example of the typical school day in UK) and then make them questions.
Complete: The methodological changes of CLIL are going to be positive, but teachers must be careful when selecting _____________ used in class.
The language
The activities
The textbooks
The assessment tools
Complete: The according to Vygotsky ZPD theory, instruction has to be _______ to be effective
Repetitive
Integrative
Scaffolded
Opposed to late language learning, what is the main advantage of early language acquisition?
It´s cheaper
Children´s lives are easier
Phonology
Children learn in a more relaxed way
Which one is NOT recommended if students suffer anxiety in our class?
Encourage risk-taking and tolerance of ambiguity
Reduce competition
Force students to speak and correct them
Foster self-esteem and self-confidence for those students who show anxiety trails
Which one is NOT a feature of introverted learners?
Good at developing basic interpersonal skills
Look for more opportunities for interaction and develop their communication skills
Tend to focus on fluency rather than on accuracy in the oral aspects
Develop their academic skills and cognitive academic language abilities
In how many stages should lessons be structured?
Three
Four
Three or four
Two
When you reach the practice stage with the students, they are supposed to make use of their cognitive abilities. You are in 5 primary education, what do you do to make your students put into practice what they have acquired?
I ask them to write a summary of the lesson
I encourage them to tell to the rest of the class what they have learnt
I divide the class into groups and they have to talk to their mates about what they have learnt. Then, they have to make a summary all together
I try to make up a game in which they can participate divided into groups
As a guideline, TTT should be short, never speaking for more than ___ minutes at a time
Ten
Fifteen
Five
Working with peers in groups ranging from ______ is probably the best option for the kind of teaching that concerns us here
4 to 8
2 to 6
3 to 5
Contents are grouped into
Linguistic and non-linguistic
Conceptual, procedural and attitudinal
What are the four stages of a well structure lesson?
Warm up, presentation, practice, production
Listening, reading, speaking, writing
How many aspects must be taken into account before putting the didactic unit into practice?
4
7
8
Booms taxonomy. Choose the missing ones. Evaluation, Synthesis, Analysis, Application
Comprehension. Knowledge
Understanding. Doing
Repeating. Practice
What is the main advantage when adults are learning a FL?
They have studied FL before
Behaveour they are calm
Motivation
Brain plasticity
Which one is better realted with the integrated Curriculum?
Interdisciplinary teaching
Isolated teaching
Task based learning
What does CLIL stand for?
Content and language integrated learning
Content and learning in language 2
Who developed the theory of Constructivism?
A British builder
Noam Chomsky
Jean Piaget
Vygotsky
According to Halbach how don´t _____ acquire knowledge better
Through scaffolds
Following the constructivist theory
In a holistic way
The different learning styles of the students
The five basic competences proposed by Canale and Swain
The main characteristic of the direct method is that:
Children are awarded whenever they achieve something
Intensive reading activities
Learning starts through oral interaction
The different between language acquisition and language learning leads in that:
Language acquisition is good, language learning is boring
Acquisition is only possible with a native teacher
Acquisition is natural, learning is conscious
What hypothesis does the sensitive period support?
Adults are not able to learn a FL properly
Adults can be proficient in L2
Children can learn a FL at natives
Which one is NOT a feature of the Grammar Translation Method?
Emphasis on oral skills
Emphasis on grammar and translation
Relation between rules and meaning
Which definition matches with methodology
Principles underlying a particular set of teaching practices
Specific procedure for carrying out teaching activity
Practices and procedures used in teaching
According to Saussure, language can be studied in two different point of view
Synchronic and Diachronic
Through the four skills
What is the linguistic competence?
The use of language in different situations
The knowledge of the language
The use of language for specific purposes
In order students can learn better, teachers must
Repeat and repeat concepts
Force students to speak in FL, even at the early stages
Present the contents with a large amount of visual materials
Give them homework
According to Cummins, Common Underlying Proficiency, provides the base for the development of
FL acquisition
L1 and L2
FL learning
Which one of the following statements is true?
Scaffolds are temporary
Scaffolds are also necessary at the upper stages
Scaffolds are only necessary at the early stages
What does the critical period hypothesis support?
Children can learn a FL as natives
Adults can reach a native level with a lot of effort
How many types of motivation are there?
TWO: Instrumental & integrative
THREE: purpose, competence, belonging
Which are the primary factors to lead the class in FL?
Instrumental/extrinsic and Integrative/intrinsic
Audibility, attention, recognition, perception, acceptance
Purpose, competence , belonging
Assumed knowledge is…
What students already know
What teachers think students know
What students will learn
The first method that appeared in USA due to the poor success of GTM was:
The direct method
The TPR
The audiovisual method
What is a key area for Spanish speakers to learn?
Grammar
Pronunciation
Vocabulary
TTT should be limited to ____ of the lesson, never speaking for more than ____ minutes at a time
30%/15
30%/10
40%/20
Overcorrection may lead us to a motivation
False
True
The goal of Generativism is
To analyze language found in masterpieces
To study language from a discursive point of view
What is the ZPD?
Zapatero’s government was Depressing
Difference between what students can do alone & with help
Zone of Peripheral development
Aspects to take into account when planning?
Be nice to kids
Warm-up, presentation, practice, production
Varied activities, logical sequence, properly paced & timed
Knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis & evaluation are:
Second Language Acquisition Stages
Bloom´s taxonomy stages
Primary factors to lead the class
Content teachers must
Use new methods and put into practice communicative skills
Have a C2 level of L2
Have a good command of L2
In cooperative learning, the teacher is…
A controller and judge
An organizer and active participator
The major source of assistance
A mere observer
____ take place when learners know a ____ but make a mistake when ____ language
Mistakes / chunk / acquiring
Errors / rule / learning
Mistakes / rule / producing
What is the method?
To put into practice a series of procedures
A specific procedure for carrying out teaching activity
What is the most common way to teach English nowadays?
The Communicative Approach
The direct Method
The constructivism is based on the idea that children learn better through
Imitation
Repetition
By taking part
Children who learn a FL with a global way pay more attention to details and
Try to understand every nuance of the language
Try to understand content as a whole
ZDP stands for Zone of Peripheral Knowledge
According to Saussure, language can be studied in two different points of view
Synchronic: taking as a starting point a specific moment in time and Diachronic: from a historical perspective.
Diachronic: taking as a starting point a specific moment in time and Synchronic: from a historical perspective
Which was the first method that appeared in USA as a consequence of the poor results obtained in students who had studied a FL with the GTM?
None of the above
Look for more opportunities for interaction and develop their communication skills.
