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- 1. Multiple Choice
21. What aptly describes “universal grammar”?
A. language used for communication by people who speak different first languages
B. rules applicable to all human languages
C. language with the same vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation
D. rules of grammar that distinguish one language from the others
- 2. Multiple Choice
22. At the border of two countries there is a port where fishermen work. The fishermen do not speak the same language, so they communicate using one that has been invented but only for the purpose of trade. This scenario most accurately describes which of the following types of language?
A. a dialect
B. a creole
C. a pidgin
D. a regionalism
- 3. Multiple Choice
23. If the second language learner “assimilates”, then he _____.
A. maintains its own life style and values and rejects those of the target language group
B. adapts to the life style and values of the target language group but maintains its own life style and values for the intragroup use.
C. gives up his own life style and values and adopts those of the target language group
D. maximizes the use of his first language and the target language
- 4. Multiple Choice
24. The following are the areas of knowledge and skills of communicative competence EXCEPT _____
A. grammatical competence
B. sociolinguistic competence
C. discourse competence
D. structural competence
- 5. Multiple Choice
25. Speaker A’s final remark functions as _____.
Speaker A: That’s the telephone.
Speaker B: I’m in the bath.
Speaker A: OK.
A. a request to answer the phone
B. an excuse for not complying
C. acceptance of an excuse
D. sarcasm
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is strategy is used by the second language learner in the following situation”
“The student forgot the English term “train station”. He used the phrase “the place for trains” instead.
A. inference
B. paraphrase
C. generalization
D. adaptation
- 7. Multiple Choice
27. What is the message of the short story, “The Centipede” by Rony V. Diaz?
A. Childhood memories are treasures.
B. Teasing or Taunting should only be done by adults.
C. Children should be responsible with what trick they do with their siblings.
D. Childhood relationships between siblings were sometimes painful.
- 8. Multiple Choice
38. It is a generally accepted first principle of oral interpretation that the reader must be true to
(A) the performance space
(B) the author
(C) the method
(D) the audience
(E) his or her training
- 9. Multiple Choice
39. Within the communication process, the area that causes the most breakdowns is _____.
(A) interference
(B) feedback
(C) the situation
(D) the channel
(E) the message
- 10. Multiple Choice
David is preparing a speech about why Hollywood became the center of the motion picture industry and the impact that its development as the center had on filmmaking. David’s speech should be organized using which of the following methods?
(A) Spatial
(B) Chronological
(C) Cause-effect
(D) Problem-solution
(E) Topical
- 11. Multiple Choice
41. All of the following are correct descriptions of listening behavior EXCEPT:
Careful listening can lead to anticipation of a speaker’s actions.
People who learn to listen selectively can shut out what is undesirable.
Listening comprises more than one-half of all communication.
The ability to be a good listener comes naturally, and no training is necessary.
Being an effective communicator means that one must listen to oneself.
- 12. Multiple Choice
When a group is faced with a problem requiring immediate action, the most effective leadership style is _____.
authoritarian
democratic
laissez-faire
charismatic
permissive
- 13. Multiple Choice
Schema activation is important to make sense of new information in light of what students already know, and to make the necessary connection between the two. The following are good activities for schema activation EXCEPT _____.
constructing graphic organizer
previewing a passage
brainstorming ideas
evaluating or assessing ideas
- 14. Multiple Choice
44. The following are concerns of teaching reading EXCEPT _____.
vocabulary development
comprehension development
output development
application
- 15. Multiple Choice
45. The following are principles for designing effective and interesting reading lessons EXCEPT _____.
For reading lessons to be interesting and motivating they must focus on simple themes.
Instructional activities have a teaching rather than a testing focus.
Lessons should be divided into pre-reading, during reading, and post-reading.
The major activity of the reading lesson is students reading texts.
- 16. Multiple Choice
46. Content-Based Instruction (CBI) is based on the common underlying principle that successful language learning occurs when students are presented with target language material in a meaningful, contextualized form, with the primary focus on _____.
understanding the lessons
acquiring information and knowledge
making connections between what they learn at school and what they learn outside the school
making meaning from what they learn
- 17. Multiple Choice
47. It is a vocabulary strategy which involves the process of breaking up of a word into its meaningful components: the root words, affixes, and suffixes.
contextual clues
structural analysis
summarizing
groupings
- 18. Multiple Choice
48. Which of the following questions is best for activating students’ prior knowledge to feel that they somehow connected to the topic “snakes” being studied?
What do you know about snakes? What snakes are common in your area?
What according to the selection are the types of snakes?
What did the writer suggest to the person who was bitten by snakes to do?
What is the importance of animals such as snakes in ecosystem?
- 19. Multiple Choice
49. If the students think about the knowledge of their own thoughts and the factors that influence their thinking, they are engaged in the process of _____.
artistic thinking
metacognition
higher-order thinking
critical thinking
- 20. Multiple Choice
50. Mrs. Torres wants to find out her students’ schema about storm surge. On the board she writes the words “storm surge” and encircles them. She, then, asks her students what they know about storm surge, and helps them cluster the information. What technique does Mrs. Torres use?
demonstration
vocabulary building
semantic mapping
deductive reasoning
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