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Multiple Choice Questions
(a) All formative tasks are meant for assessment
(b) Formative assessment, to be effective, must be conducted only after teaching a lesson
(c) While all formative tasks are meant for improving teaching-learning, some are used for assessment too
(d) Formative assessment helps us to grade students into good, average and poor
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Answer: (c) While all formative tasks are meant for improving teaching-learning, some are used for assessment too
Explanation:
1. Formative tasks aim at improving teaching and learning.
2. Only some of them are also used for assessment.
Teacher's Note:
1. Formative assessment happens during learning, not after.
2. It is not for grading or labelling.
(a) a high level of ambition to achieve
(b) collaboration, critical thinking and problem solving
(c) competition among learners to excel in academics
(d) good memory in the young learners
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Answer: (b) collaboration, critical thinking and problem solving
Explanation:
1. Group projects require learners to work together and solve problems.
2. They build collaboration, critical thinking and problem solving.
Teacher's Note:
1. Group work promotes cooperation, not competition.
2. These are 21st-century skills.
(a) requires the memorisation and use of necessary vocabulary
(b) involves a systematic approach to the analysis and comprehension of grammar as well as to the memorisation of vocabulary
(c) refers to the process of learning a native or a second language because of the innate capacity of the human brain
(d) is a technique intended to simulate the environment in which children learn their native language
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Answer: (c) refers to the process of learning a native or a second language because of the innate capacity of the human brain
Explanation:
1. Acquisition is the natural process of picking up a language, supported by the innate capacity of the brain.
2. Options (a) and (b) describe conscious learning; (d) describes a method.
Teacher's Note:
1. Acquisition is subconscious; learning is conscious.
2. Chomsky's LAD explains the innate capacity.
(a) /e/
(b) /eə/
(c) /ɪə/
(d) /æ/
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Answer: (b) /eə/
Explanation:
1. 'Scarce' is pronounced /skeəs/.
2. The vowel 'a' is the diphthong /eə/.
Teacher's Note:
1. Compare 'care' /keə/ and 'chair' /tʃeə/.
2. /æ/ is the vowel in 'cat'.
(a) study a variety of dissimilar samples and draw a well founded conclusion
(b) form their own understanding and knowledge of the world, through experiencing things and reflecting on those experiences
(c) are facilitated by the teacher and use a variety of media to research and create their own theories
(d) construct their own learning aids, thereby gaining hands-on experience
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Answer: (b) form their own understanding and knowledge of the world, through experiencing things and reflecting on those experiences
Explanation:
1. Constructivism says learners build knowledge from experience and reflection.
2. Option (b) states exactly this.
Teacher's Note:
1. Key names: Piaget, Vygotsky, Bruner.
2. The teacher is a facilitator.
(a) reading
(b) listening
(c) speaking
(d) writing
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Answer: (c) speaking
Explanation:
1. Sharing stories and experiences aloud is oral expression.
2. This is a speaking sub-skill.
Teacher's Note:
1. Gestures support speaking in early classes.
2. Match each activity with the skill involved.
(a) the use of students' native language in the second language class
(b) revision work done in the native language
(c) more guided translation activities, individual/collaborative
(d) the re-formulation of concepts, structure use in the native language
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Answer: (c) more guided translation activities, individual/collaborative
Explanation:
1. In a bilingual class both languages are used for learning.
2. Guided translation activities connect the two languages and support English.
Teacher's Note:
1. Source key is followed; the options overlap.
2. The answer is doubtful.
(a) speak fluently and creatively
(b) process information and respond appropriately
(c) express themselves
(d) respond in an appropriate tone and express themselves fluently and accurately
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Answer: (b) process information and respond appropriately
Explanation:
1. The teacher asks and students respond with examples.
2. The skill assessed is processing the question and responding appropriately.
Teacher's Note:
1. Teacher-led question-answer tests responding, not free expression.
2. Look at who starts the talk.
(a) Logico-mathematical ability
(b) Bodily-kinesthetic ability
(c) Musical ability
(d) Verbal-linguistic ability
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Answer: (d) Verbal-linguistic ability
Explanation:
1. Gardner's verbal-linguistic intelligence covers speaking and writing skill.
2. A fluent speaker shows this.
Teacher's Note:
1. Match each of Gardner's intelligences with its skill.
2. Writers and orators have high verbal-linguistic ability.
(a) resorting to fluency
(b) selection and gradation of material
(c) assessing learners' performance using mother tongue
(d) using mother tongue
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Answer: (b) selection and gradation of material
Explanation:
1. The structural approach teaches basic sentence patterns.
2. Material is selected and graded from simple to complex.
Teacher's Note:
1. Selection, gradation and presentation are its key principles.
2. It stresses structures over fluency.
(a) instinctive
(b) social
(c) arbitrary
(d) symbolic
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Answer: (a) instinctive
Explanation:
1. Language is learnt in society, is arbitrary and uses symbols.
2. It is not instinctive.
Teacher's Note:
1. Language is a learned, not inherited, system of symbols.
2. Arbitrary means no natural link between sound and meaning.
(a) interact
(b) interfere
(c) assess
(d) imitate
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Answer: (a) interact
Explanation:
1. Language is learnt through use.
2. Interaction gives learners meaningful use.
Teacher's Note:
1. Interaction is central to communicative teaching.
2. Imitation alone is limited.
(a) She may arrange and give the audio CD of the textbook to the child
(b) Instead of focussing on this single child, she may use her energy in teaching the remaining class
(c) She may ask her parents to look after their child
(d) She may ask the principal to arrange a special teacher for her
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Answer: (a) She may arrange and give the audio CD of the textbook to the child
Explanation:
1. An inclusive teacher finds a practical way for the child to access the text.
2. An audio version lets Shalini listen to the textbook.
Teacher's Note:
1. Inclusion means the teacher adapts materials.
2. Never ignore or pass on the child.
(a) reading approach
(b) total physical response
(c) communicative language teaching
(d) grammar translation
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Answer: (b) total physical response
Explanation:
1. Children respond physically to what they hear.
2. This is Total Physical Response, developed by James Asher.
Teacher's Note:
1. TPR links language with action.
2. It suits young learners.
(a) complex compound sentence
(b) simple sentence
(c) sentence fragment
(d) complex sentence
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Answer: (b) simple sentence
Explanation:
1. There is one subject (the dog) and one clause, with two verbs joined by 'and'.
2. A sentence with only one clause is a simple sentence.
Teacher's Note:
1. Count the subject-verb clauses.
2. A compound predicate does not make a compound sentence.
(a) doing quizzes and playing word games
(b) writing answers to questions on text
(c) focusing on the use of words from context in the text
(d) doing vocabulary exercises
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Answer: (c) focusing on the use of words from context in the text
Explanation:
1. Reading improves when words are understood in context.
2. Using context builds meaning and fluency.
Teacher's Note:
1. Isolated exercises develop reading less.
2. Context is key for vocabulary.
(a) real life situations to communicate.
(b) real objects as teaching aids.
(c) realistic objectives and targets for the learners.
(d) real level of child's learning to the knowledge of parents.
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Answer: (b) real objects as teaching aids.
Explanation:
1. Realia are real objects used in teaching.
2. Examples are fruits, coins and tools.
Teacher's Note:
1. Realia suit young learners.
2. Do not confuse them with models or pictures.
(a) used occasionally
(b) difficult to pronounce
(c) used frequently
(d) phonological and lexical
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Answer: (c) used frequently
Explanation:
1. Active vocabulary is the words we use in speaking and writing.
2. These are used frequently.
Teacher's Note:
1. Passive vocabulary is understood but rarely used.
2. Active vocabulary is productive.
(a) difficulty in acquisition
(b) normal acquisition
(c) greater mastery
(d) loss of mastery
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Answer: (a) difficulty in acquisition
Explanation:
1. The Critical Period Hypothesis says language is acquired most easily before puberty.
2. After it, acquisition becomes difficult.
Teacher's Note:
1. Lenneberg proposed the hypothesis.
2. Difficulty does not mean impossibility.
(a) detailed lesson-plans for teachers
(b) suggested sequence of teaching procedures
(c) balanced presentation of information
(d) organised units of learning experiences
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Answer: (a) detailed lesson-plans for teachers
Explanation:
1. A course-book is meant for learners and gives a sequence and organised units.
2. Detailed lesson plans are the teacher's job, so (a) is false.
Teacher's Note:
1. Teachers plan lessons for their own class.
2. Course-books guide; they do not replace planning.
(a) A structural-situational approach
(b) Skills-based instruction
(c) A multi-lingual approach
(d) An input-rich communicational environment
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Answer: (d) An input-rich communicational environment
Explanation:
1. Language is learnt from exposure and meaningful use.
2. An input-rich environment supplies both.
Teacher's Note:
1. Krashen: comprehensible input is essential.
2. Methods matter less than input.
(a) National curriculum and syllabi
(b) Lists of course goals and objectives
(c) Marks in a test
(d) Poems or paragraphs written by students
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Answer: (d) Poems or paragraphs written by students
Explanation:
1. Students' own work shows what they can really do.
2. Poems or paragraphs are direct evidence.
Teacher's Note:
1. A portfolio is authentic assessment.
2. Marks do not show actual ability.
(a) find out how to say a word
(b) be proficient in oral communication
(c) find the meaning of words
(d) check the part of speech of a word
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Answer: (b) be proficient in oral communication
Explanation:
1. A dictionary gives pronunciation, meaning and part of speech.
2. It cannot by itself make a learner proficient in speaking.
Teacher's Note:
1. Oral proficiency needs practice.
2. A dictionary is a reference tool.
(a) Giving the practice of grammar in context as a strategy
(b) Asking students to carefully note down the rules from the blackboard
(c) Giving clear explanations of the rules with examples
(d) Asking students to do drill work only to learn rules
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Answer: (a) Giving the practice of grammar in context as a strategy
Explanation:
1. Young learners learn grammar best from use in meaningful context.
2. Rule noting, drills and rule explanation alone are less effective.
Teacher's Note:
1. NCF 2005 favours grammar in context.
2. Avoid rote teaching of rules.
(a) to measure achievement of learners
(b) to give practice in writing
(c) to improve the teaching learning process
(d) to decide pass and fail
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Answer: (c) to improve the teaching learning process
Explanation:
1. Modern assessment aims at improving learning.
2. Results guide teaching.
Teacher's Note:
1. Assessment for learning, not only of learning.
2. This is the CCE view.
(a) developing free writing skills
(b) improving the fluency of learners
(c) evaluating the listening skills
(d) giving controlled language practice
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Answer: (d) giving controlled language practice
Explanation:
1. A substitution table lets learners make sentences by choosing words from columns.
2. This is controlled practice of a structure.
Teacher's Note:
1. Free writing is not controlled.
2. Drills build accuracy first.
(a) understand grammar better
(b) develop library reference skills
(c) evaluate the teacher's originality
(d) become imaginative and creative
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Answer: (d) become imaginative and creative
Explanation:
1. Changing an ending needs new ideas.
2. This builds imagination and creativity.
Teacher's Note:
1. Open tasks develop creativity.
2. Link the task to the skill.
(a) universal grammar underlying all languages and corresponding to an innate capacity of the human brain
(b) hidden set of grammatical rules learnt through intensive study
(c) transformational grammar that has led in turn to increased interest in comparative linguistics
(d) a trend that English is the most common auxiliary language in the world
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Answer: (a) universal grammar underlying all languages and corresponding to an innate capacity of the human brain
Explanation:
1. Chomsky held that all languages share an underlying deep structure.
2. It reflects the innate capacity of the brain, his universal grammar.
Teacher's Note:
1. Deep structure and surface structure are linked by transformations.
2. Chomsky also proposed the LAD.
(a) managed to get the Principal's permission to go out and play during the English period
(b) sang two popular songs and exhibited some of their art and craft works during the parent teacher meet
(c) made modifications to their paper planes and tested them again, experimented with the best way to get them to go the distance and shared their findings
(d) in groups created graphs about the difficult situations that students have had to face in life
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Answer: (c) made modifications to their paper planes and tested them again, experimented with the best way to get them to go the distance and shared their findings
Explanation:
1. Never giving up means trying again after failure.
2. Modifying and retesting paper planes shows persistence.
Teacher's Note:
1. Look for repeated effort.
2. A graph of difficulties is not an act of persistence.
(a) Summarising
(b) Paraphrasing
(c) Predicting
(d) Inferring
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Answer: (d) Inferring
Explanation:
1. Going beyond the literal level means reading between the lines.
2. That is inferring.
Teacher's Note:
1. Literal, inferential and critical are levels of comprehension.
2. Inferring uses clues in the text.
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