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Question 1: A role-play of approximately 2 minutes with the teacher in which the candidate exchanges information, making four or five statements and asking three or four questions, including greeting and leave-taking, would assess _____ skills.
(a) acting
(b) speaking
(c) listening
(d) vocabulary
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Answer: (b) speaking

Explanation:
1. The candidate produces spoken statements and questions in an interaction.
2. This assesses speaking skills.

Teacher's Note:
1. Speaking tasks are interactive and oral.
2. Role play is a common speaking test.

Question 2: Considering learning styles broadens the approaches taken in the management of language-related problems. Some students prefer to get new information in written directions or verbal information. Their learning style is
(a) auditory
(b) visual
(c) kinesthetic
(d) manipulative
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Answer: (b) visual

Explanation:
1. Learners who prefer written directions are visual learners.
2. Auditory learners prefer listening, and kinesthetic ones prefer doing.

Teacher's Note:
1. Match style with preferred input.
2. Written words are visual.

Question 3: How can you get shy students to speak when they do not want to?
(a) Don't put pressure on them to come up with a response quickly
(b) Change the topic to suit the students' ability
(c) Give a list of words with meanings to learn and use
(d) Conduct special classes to practice speaking
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Answer: (a) Don't put pressure on them to come up with a response quickly

Explanation:
1. Pressure raises anxiety and silence.
2. Allowing time and a relaxed climate lowers anxiety and encourages speech.

Teacher's Note:
1. Krashen's affective filter: anxiety blocks learning.
2. Be patient and use pair work first.

Question 4: A teacher found an advertisement pamphlet for sale of biscuits. She uses it for reading and speaking activities in her class. What do you call the pamphlet?
(a) Extra materials
(b) Newspaper clipping
(c) Realia
(d) An authentic text
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Answer: (c) Realia

Explanation:
1. Real-life objects used in teaching are called realia.
2. The pamphlet is a real item brought into class.

Teacher's Note:
1. It is also an authentic text, so the options overlap; the source treats it as realia.
2. Realia include real items like menus and tickets.

Question 5: A phoneme is
(a) a diphthong
(b) a vowel sound
(c) a single unit of sound
(d) a single unit of a word
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Answer: (c) a single unit of sound

Explanation:
1. A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound that can change meaning.
2. It may be a vowel or a consonant.

Teacher's Note:
1. Pat and bat differ by one phoneme.
2. Not all phonemes are vowels.

Question 6: A teacher of Class VII while teaching the poem 'The Solitary Reaper' by William Wordsworth asks children to find how the last words of each line sound. What is she trying to draw the attention of learners to?
(a) Spelling of words
(b) Theme of the poem
(c) Rhyme scheme
(d) Vocabulary
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Answer: (c) Rhyme scheme

Explanation:
1. The sounds of the ends of lines show rhyme.
2. So she draws attention to the rhyme scheme.

Teacher's Note:
1. Rhyme scheme is marked with letters such as ABAB.
2. End-sounds are the clue.

Question 7: Written description of a child's progress that a teacher keeps on a day-to-day basis is
(a) anecdotal record
(b) rubric
(c) portfolio
(d) rating scale
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Answer: (a) anecdotal record

Explanation:
1. An anecdotal record is a brief written note of a child's behaviour or progress, kept regularly.
2. Rubrics and rating scales are scoring tools.

Teacher's Note:
1. Anecdotal records are narrative and dated.
2. Portfolios are collections of work.

Question 8: Eclecticism in language teaching refers to using
(a) appropriate strategies from various methods of teaching
(b) all the methods to teach language
(c) the best method of teaching
(d) technology to teach language
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Answer: (a) appropriate strategies from various methods of teaching

Explanation:
1. Eclectic teaching picks suitable techniques from different methods.
2. The choice depends on learners and context.

Teacher's Note:
1. No single method suits everyone.
2. It does not mean using all methods.

Question 9: Writing is the _____ representation of speech sounds.
(a) graphical
(b) phonetic
(c) systematic
(d) alphabetical
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Answer: (a) graphical

Explanation:
1. Writing represents speech sounds by visible symbols, so it is a graphic representation.
2. Phonetic means the sounds themselves.

Teacher's Note:
1. Writing is a graphic system for recording speech.
2. Not every script is alphabetical.

Question 10: A teacher asked her learners to watch a movie two days ago and now she asks them to have a discussion on what they would do if they were the hero/heroine of the movie. What is this assessment task known as?
(a) Speaking task
(b) Thinking task
(c) Extrapolative task
(d) Critical pedagogy
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Answer: (c) Extrapolative task

Explanation:
1. Learners go beyond the given movie and imagine what they would do in its situation.
2. Extending given information to a new situation is extrapolation.

Teacher's Note:
1. Extrapolative tasks ask 'what if' questions.
2. Critical pedagogy is an approach, not a task.

Question 11: 'Habit formation through repetition' is a component of which method?
(a) Task based language teaching
(b) Constructivism
(c) Communicative approach
(d) Audio lingualism
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Answer: (d) Audio lingualism

Explanation:
1. Audio-lingualism is based on behaviourism: stimulus, response and reinforcement.
2. It uses drills and repetition to form habits.

Teacher's Note:
1. Skinner's behaviourism lies behind audio-lingualism.
2. Communicative and task-based methods stress meaning.

Question 12: Inquiry-based curriculum is based on
(a) inductive reasoning
(b) heuristic reasoning
(c) analogical reasoning
(d) deductive reasoning
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Answer: (b) heuristic reasoning

Explanation:
1. Inquiry-based learning has learners discover ideas through questions and exploration.
2. The source key treats this as heuristic reasoning.

Teacher's Note:
1. Some texts link inquiry with inductive reasoning, so this is debatable.
2. The word heuristic means learning by finding out.

Question 13: Transactional listening
(a) lays emphasis on conveying information.
(b) lays emphasis on harmonious communication in the social context.
(c) does not require careful attention to details and facts.
(d) is interactive by nature.
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Answer: (a) lays emphasis on conveying information.

Explanation:
1. Transactional language is used to convey information and get things done.
2. Option (b) describes interactional listening.

Teacher's Note:
1. Transactional = message; interactional = relationship.
2. Transactional listening needs attention to details.

Question 14: Which one of the following is NOT true of language learning?
(a) Reading is making meaning.
(b) Grammatical rules are important for learning a language.
(c) Language learning takes time.
(d) Language learning needs a context.
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Answer: (b) Grammatical rules are important for learning a language.

Explanation:
1. Reading is making meaning, learning takes time and needs context: all true.
2. Learning explicit grammar rules is not what makes language learning happen.

Teacher's Note:
1. NCF 2005 prefers learning grammar in use.
2. Rules alone do not produce fluency.

Question 15: Which one of the following makes the communication a cyclic process?
(a) Sender
(b) Receiver
(c) Feedback
(d) Message
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Answer: (c) Feedback

Explanation:
1. Feedback from the receiver returns to the sender.
2. That return makes communication a cycle.

Teacher's Note:
1. One-way = no feedback.
2. Feedback closes the loop.

Question 16: Communicative competence is a subset of functional grammar and its approach in teaching will allow students to
(a) learn grammar through meaningful communication
(b) enable teachers expose students to grammar in the lower classes
(c) learn structures and use them accurately
(d) use structures in a range of output texts
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Answer: (a) learn grammar through meaningful communication

Explanation:
1. The functional approach to grammar teaches forms through their use.
2. So students learn grammar through meaningful communication.

Teacher's Note:
1. Function before form.
2. Accuracy alone is not the aim.

Question 17: Learning a language involves the processes of listening, speaking, reading and writing. These processes involve
(a) linguistic aspect
(b) psychological aspect
(c) Either (a) or (b)
(d) Both (a) and (b)
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Answer: (d) Both (a) and (b)

Explanation:
1. The four skills use the language system, which is linguistic.
2. They also use mental processes, which are psychological.

Teacher's Note:
1. Language skills have both language and mind sides.
2. Choose 'both' when each statement is true.

Question 18: While writing, a student finds difficulty in expressing his/her views clearly due to lack of vocabulary. A possible solution would be the following
(a) give a list of words with meanings to learn and use
(b) conduct special classes to practice writing with periodic word dictations and drills
(c) motivate the student to read more storybooks and the teacher should take informal feedback about new words encountered
(d) change the topic to suit the student's ability
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Answer: (c) motivate the student to read more storybooks and the teacher should take informal feedback about new words encountered

Explanation:
1. Vocabulary grows best through wide reading.
2. Informal feedback on new words reinforces it.

Teacher's Note:
1. Extensive reading enriches vocabulary naturally.
2. Word lists and drills give little retention.

Question 19: 'Pedagogical grammar' means that _____
(a) begin from form and move on to use.
(b) teaching through immersion
(c) all grammar teaching should be rule focussed.
(d) teaching grammar in context
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Answer: (d) teaching grammar in context

Explanation:
1. Pedagogical grammar focuses on grammar for learners' needs.
2. It is taught in context, linked with use.

Teacher's Note:
1. Use first, form later.
2. Rule memorising is not the aim.

Question 20: A teacher arranges her learners into pairs and gives them a text of two paragraphs. One learner in the pair reads out the text to the other and the partner takes the dictation. Then the process is reversed. What is this known as?
(a) Running dictation
(b) Composition dictation
(c) Jigsaw dictation
(d) Partial dictation
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Answer: (d) Partial dictation

Explanation:
1. Learners dictate to each other in pairs, one reading and one writing.
2. The source key names this as partial dictation.

Teacher's Note:
1. This is really pair dictation; the options do not name it.
2. Running dictation involves running to a text.

Question 21: Constructivist approach to language learning promotes
(a) a child-centred approach
(b) classroom noise
(c) a teacher-centred approach
(d) culture of silence
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Answer: (a) a child-centred approach

Explanation:
1. Constructivism says learners build knowledge actively.
2. So it promotes a child-centred approach.

Teacher's Note:
1. Teacher is a facilitator.
2. NCF 2005 is constructivist.

Question 22: According to which one of the following linguists, language cannot be sub-standard; it may be non-standard?
(a) William Labov
(b) Basil Bernstein
(c) Stephen Krashen
(d) Chomsky
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Answer: (a) William Labov

Explanation:
1. Labov argued that non-standard dialects are rule-governed, not deficient.
2. Bernstein held a deficit view.

Teacher's Note:
1. Labov studied Black English Vernacular.
2. No variety is inferior linguistically.

Question 23: Decoding stands for _____
(a) deciphering the sounds in words and sentences
(b) passing on a message to others
(c) only recognizing the difference between sounds
(d) failure to understand the given text
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Answer: (a) deciphering the sounds in words and sentences

Explanation:
1. Decoding is working out written or spoken symbols as sounds and words.
2. Passing on a message is encoding.

Teacher's Note:
1. Decoding = interpreting; encoding = expressing.
2. It is basic to early reading.

Question 24: Activating learners' schema means
(a) making a link between the topic and learners' background knowledge and experience
(b) making a link between the textbook and its structural patterns and grammatical items
(c) dealing with learners having learning difficulties
(d) showing a picture and asking learners to write a story
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Answer: (a) making a link between the topic and learners' background knowledge and experience

Explanation:
1. A schema is stored prior knowledge.
2. Activating it links the topic to what learners already know.

Teacher's Note:
1. Pre-reading tasks activate schema.
2. This helps comprehension.

Question 25: A teacher of class VII asks her learners to bring at least two or three objects from home and she asks them to exchange the objects among themselves. She now asks them to describe the objects in their hands in at least ten sentences. What are the objects known as in language teaching-learning materials?
(a) Teacher's materials
(b) Inputs for language learning
(c) Realia
(d) Home objects
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Answer: (c) Realia

Explanation:
1. Real objects used for teaching are realia.
2. Here they give a context for speaking or writing.

Teacher's Note:
1. Realia make language concrete.
2. Examples are fruits, tools and tickets.

Question 26: While listening to a speech in English, sometimes we listen to the basic unit of a sound, a syllable and a word, then a sentence and then a paragraph to decode the meaning of the complete speech. This mental process can be described as
(a) Bottom-up approach
(b) Middle-path approach
(c) Interactive model
(d) Top-down approach
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Answer: (a) Bottom-up approach

Explanation:
1. Meaning is built from the smallest units upwards: sounds, syllables, words, sentences.
2. This is the bottom-up process.

Teacher's Note:
1. Top-down starts with context and expectations.
2. Interactive model combines both.

Question 27: Mind-mapping helps the students to
(a) use literary devices more effectively in their writing
(b) brainstorm, explore any idea and expand it
(c) learn passively each of the linguistic items
(d) memorise the grammar rules
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Answer: (b) brainstorm, explore any idea and expand it

Explanation:
1. A mind map is a diagram branching from a central idea.
2. It helps to brainstorm and expand ideas.

Teacher's Note:
1. Useful in pre-writing.
2. It supports active thinking.

Question 28: All-round development of a child implies
(a) following the natural stages of child development
(b) providing vocational education for the learner to function in any work environment
(c) harmonious development of physical, emotional and mental faculties
(d) specialised training to make the learner a ‘Jack of all Trades’
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Answer: (c) harmonious development of physical, emotional and mental faculties

Explanation:
1. All-round (holistic) development covers the whole child, not one area only.
2. This means balanced growth of the physical, emotional and mental faculties together.

Teacher's Note:
1. Holistic development is a core aim of NCF and RTE.
2. Do not confuse it with vocational training or following developmental stages alone.

Question 29: Pre-reading tasks are meant for
(a) explaining the grammatical items used in the reading text
(b) evaluating the reading skill of the learners
(c) giving the meanings of difficult words and phrases
(d) introducing the main idea and motivating the learners
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Answer: (d) introducing the main idea and motivating the learners

Explanation:
1. Pre-reading activities come before the text is read.
2. Their purpose is to activate prior knowledge, introduce the theme and create interest.

Teacher's Note:
1. Reading lessons follow the sequence pre-, while- and post-reading.
2. Grammar explanation and evaluation belong to later stages.

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