QUIZ. Materials development for language learning and teaching

1. 1What of the next topics ARE NOTreviewed or reported on the article?

   

   1. AIt reports the investigations he made to know how effective are materials for english as a second language.
   2. BIt reports the origins and development of the field.
   3. CIt reports the reasons why printed materials are better for learning.
   4. DIt reviews the literature on the evaluation, adaptation, production and exploitation of learning materials.
2. 2Tomlinson affirms that. Nowadays,materials development is also a field of academic study.

   

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
3. 3Without [blank_start]affective[blank_end] and cognitive engagement there is little possibility of deep processing (Craik & Lockhart 1972) and therefore little hope of enduring [blank_start]acquisition.[blank_end]Deep processing comes from personal involvement as an individual [blank_start]human[blank_end] being, and the coursebooks most likely to achieve more than coverage of [blank_start]teaching[blank_end] points are those that take a humanistic [blank_start]approach[blank_end] to language learning and help the [blank_start]learners[blank_end] to localise, to personalise and to achieve confidence and self-esteem

   

   1. Aaffective
   2. Bacquisition
   3. Chuman
   4. Dteaching
   5. Eapproach
   6. Flearners
4. 4What is the book of Tomlimson & Masuhara (2012) about?

   

   1. AApplication to materials development of the research findings of numerous areas of applied linguistics and the implications of practice fot the development of theory.
   2. BReport projects from all over the world in which research has been conducted
      on the effectiveness of materials designed to apply the principles of.
   3. CIssues involved in the principled design, implementation and evaluation
      of materials.
   4. DLanguage Acquisition .
5. 5The [blank_start]literature[blank_end], though, often confuses materials analysis with materials [blank_start]evaluation[blank_end] and uses the terms interchangeably. For example, Mariani (1983: 28–29) includes in a section on ‘Evaluate your coursebook’ such analysis [blank_start]questions[blank_end] as ‘Are there any teacher’s notes?’, and Cunningsworth(1984:74–79)includes both [blank_start]analysis[blank_end] and evaluation questions in his ‘Checklist of Evaluation [blank_start]Criteria[blank_end]’

   

   1. AInvestigation
   2. Bliterature
   3. Cevaluation
   4. Duses
   5. Equestions
   6. Fanswers
   7. Guse
   8. Hanalysis
   9. ICriteria
   10. JMaterial
6. 6Over the last forty years, there have not been many changes in the methodologies coursebooks use, however there have been a lot of changes in the pedagogy they actually use.

   

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
7. 7 (Tomlinson 2008b) proposes ways of applying commonly agreed theories of language acquisition to materials development. Select the 3 principles that are included on Tomlinson proposal.

   

   1. A The language experience needs to be contextualised and comprehensible.
   2. B The learner needs to be motivated, relaxed, positive and engage.
   3. CThe teacher needs to challenge his students .
   4. D The learner needs to achieve deep and multi-dimensional processing of the language.
8. 8Which of the following IS NOT a benefit of electronic materials?

   

   1. AFacilitating reading by making hidden information available
   2. BDeveloping skills to surf on internet
   3. CCollaborative problem solving activities inside and outside the classroom
   4. D Localised adaptation of materials; free source of a variety of authentic texts
9. 9Richards (2005) admitted that very few [blank_start]materials[blank_end] producers are also academic theorists and [blank_start]researchers[blank_end] and that there is very little research into the design and effects of materials, going on to suggest ways of connecting research and materials [blank_start]development[blank_end].
   In addition, in a plenary paper, Chapelle (2008) pointed out how surprisingly little [blank_start]research[blank_end] has been published on materials [blank_start]evaluation[blank_end], which can also be said of research on the development and use of materials

   

   1. Amaterials
   2. Bresearchers
   3. Cdevelopment
   4. Dresearch
   5. Eevaluation
10. 10In the last forty years materials development has progressed dramatically, both as an academic field and as a practical undertaking.

    

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse

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