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Test Methodological Approaches (FPMTFL-FP006_EngX4_E0)

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Question 1 (0.5 points)

What sort of language analysis would you include the following group of terms in? Choose the right option: Determiners, nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions… PercentValue

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100.0% a. Structural0.0% b. Functional0.0% c. Interactional

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What sort of language analysis would you include the following group of terms in? Choose the right option: speech acts, interchange, turn-takings, theme-based, moves… PercentValue

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0.0% a. Structural0.0% b. Functional

100.0% c. Interactional

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Analyze the following activity and choose the most appropriate view of language that it relates to.

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100.0% a. Language is conceived as a group of linguistic units, which from a set of rules, relating to each other to form phrases. No real context is provided as reference, due to the fact that nothing is meant to be communicated but rather repeated.

0.0% b. Language is presented as a semiotic system of communication in which the paramount interest is its use. In other words, there is a special emphasis on its mainly communicative side, through the putting forward of questions, rather than on its classification in units and structures.

0.0% c. Language is known as action and as a vehicle for social relations. People do things with words and we use language to fulfill different purposes, for instance, asking questions.

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Analyze the following activity and state what view of learning it most represents.

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0.0% a. Mechanical and repetitive learning.0.0% b. A real and meaningful learning.

100.0% c. A view of learning based on analytical processes.

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Question 5 (.125 points)

Certain methods/approaches and trends state specific roles for the teachers and prescribe their types of behavior in the classroom. Below, there is a list about the role that, according to these trends, the teacher should fulfill in the classroom situation. Read it carefully and choose the method/approach it belongs to:

Never translate: demonstrate Never explain: act Never make a speech: ask questions Never imitate mistakes: correct

Never speak with single words: use sentences Never speak too much: make students speak much Never use the book: use your own lesson plans Never jump around: follow your plan (…)

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0.0% a. Grammar-Translation Method100.0% b. Direct Method

0.0% c. The Reform Movement0.0% d. The Total Physical Response Method

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The first thing to be studied in a foreign language lesson is not the archaic language of literature, but the everyday language.

The first aspect to be taken into account by the teacher will be to help her/his students become familiar with the foreign sounds. To achieve this objective, he/she will make use of a phonemic table, which will be used, leaving aside traditional spelling during the first part of the course of studies.

Secondly, the teacher will make his/her students study the most usual idiomatic phrases and expressions in L2. To reach that aim, he/she will make his/her students rehearse whole texts, dialogues, descriptions and narratives, which will be easy, natural and interesting for them.

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100.0% c. The Reform Movement0.0% d. The Total Physical Response Method

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(…) At the very beginning, it is the teacher who controls and leads the students’ performance. The students are the imitators of his/her non-verbal model. There is a moment (usually, after ten or two hours of teaching), when some students “will be ready to speak”. It is when there will exist a change of roles, being those students the ones who will lead the teacher and the rest of the students.

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0.0% a. Grammar-Translation Method0.0% b. Direct Method0.0% c. The Reform Movement

100.0% d. The Total Physical Response Method

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The teacher will be the centre of the student’s process of learning. His/her role will be to provide linguistic knowledge. The teacher will have to know “in detail” the student’s language to be able to check translation exercises, thus, knowing his/her particular needs and problems.

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100.0% a. Grammar-Translation Method0.0% b. Direct Method0.0% c. The Reform Movement0.0% d. The Total Physical Response Method

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Have a look at the beginning of one of the units in book for learning English, which is shown below. This textbook is based on a communicative approach. However, it keeps features or elements, characteristic of the Audio Lingual Method. Which ones? Choose all the options you consider appropriate. (Be careful: in this case, if you select any wrong option, scores will be taken out).

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25.0% a. The grammatical and lexical contents are introduced through dialogues.

-6.0% b. Dialogues are created around a communicative intention.25.0% c. Daily situations are shown.-6.0% d. Relevant situations are provided to practice structures through

repetition and memorization.25.0% e. The situational context is present.25.0% f. The oral language predominates over the written one.-6.0% g. In different tables, the most usual linguistic exponents are

shown. These will be of great help to express the notions and functions to be worked with during the unit.

-6.0% h. Visual resources are used to introduce new vocabulary.

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Here you will find a chart. You will see a general notion about methodological parameters, based on a humanistic approach. However, the chart is not complete.

Method/Approach

Theory of Language

Theory of

Learning

ObjectivesSyllabuse

s

Total Physical Response

To teach the oral competence to get students able to communicate

spontaneously and intelligibly with native speakers.

Silent Way Learning

Each language has elements which give it a unique rhythm and spirit. The key point of this spirit is found in the functional vocabulary and central structures

Native-like fluency, correct pronunciation, practical knowledge of the L2 grammar. The students learn how a language is learnt

Community Language Learning

Language is more than a system of communication. It involves the whole person and his/her cultural background, as well as educational processes and communicative development.

No specific objectives. The ultimate aim is to reach a native-like competence

The Natural Approach

The essence of any language is its meaning. The heart of a language is its vocabulary, rather than its grammar.

Design in order to offer beginner and intermediate students the basic communicative skills

Suggestopedia Quite conventional, though the

Offer the chance of a quick

memorization of meaningful whole texts is highly recommended.

conversational competence. The student must handle lists of vocabulary in pairs, though the aim is comprehension and not memorization.

Choose for each of the following descriptions the appropriate place in the chart above.

For example, the description:

“Basically, a structural vision of language, based on grammar”, is to be placed in: Theory of Language -Total Physical Response.

The learning of an L2 equals the learning of the L1. Comprehension before production is fostered through the following of instructions (working of the right side of the brain). Stress is reduced.

Syllabus - Total Physical Response.

No fixed syllabus. The progression of the course of studies is theme-based. The student suggests the topics. The syllabus is the result of the student’s intention and the teacher’s suggestions/ideas.

Syllabus - Silent Way Learning.

The processes involved in learning an L2 differ substantially from the ones found when acquiring an L1. The learning of an L2 is a cognitive an intellectual process. Love for the music of language, silence conscience, followed by active tries.

Theory of Learning – The Natural Approach.

Mainly, structural lessons that go around grammatical aspects and related vocabulary .Concrete elements are introduced according to their grammatical complexity.

Theory of Learning – Silent Way Learning.

Learning involves the whole person. It is a social process of growing, beginning by a childish dependency till autonomy and independence.

Syllabus – Community Language Learning.

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Course of studies made up of 10 units which consist of dialogues of 1200 words, whose grading is established taking into account vocabulary and grammar.

Syllabus - The Natural Approach.

Based on a selection of communicative activities and themes related to the student’s needs.

Theory of Learning – Total Physical Response.

Syllabus based on phrases whose main criteria are grammatical and lexical, but centred on the meaning rather than on the form.

Syllabus - Suggestopedia.

Learning takes place through a sort of “hypnosis” when the learner is deeply relaxed. Baroque music is used, (for example) to generate this state.

Theory of Learning – Suggestopedia.

There exist two ways to develop the L2: acquisition (subconscious and natural process) and learning (conscience process). Learning does not guarantee acquisition.

Theory of Learning – Community Language Learning.

Student response

The learning of an L2 equals the learning of the L1. Comprehension before production is fostered through the following of instructions (working of the right side of the brain). Stress is reduced.

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Theory of Learning – Total Physical Response.

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No fixed syllabus. The progression of the course of studies is theme-based. The student suggests the topics. The syllabus is the result of the student’s intention and the teacher’s suggestions/ideas.

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Syllabus - Total Physical Response.

IncorrectCorrect answer Syllabus – Community Language Learning.

The processes involved in learning an L2 differ substantially from the ones found when acquiring an L1. The learning of an L2 is a cognitive an intellectual process. Love for the music of language, silence conscience, followed by active tries.

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Theory of Learning – Silent Way Learning.

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Mainly, structural lessons that go around grammatical aspects and related vocabulary .Concrete elements are introduced according to their grammatical complexity.

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Syllabus - Silent Way Learning.

Correct

Learning involves the whole person. It is a social process of growing, beginning by a childish dependency till autonomy and independence.

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Theory of Learning – Community Language Learning.

Correct

Course of studies made up of 10 units which consist of dialogues of 1200 words, whose grading is established taking into account vocabulary and grammar.

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Syllabus - Suggestopedia.

Correct

Based on a selection of communicative activities and themes related to the student’s needs.

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Syllabus - The Natural Approach.

Correct

Syllabus based on phrases whose main criteria are grammatical and lexical, but centred on the meaning rather than on the form.

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Syllabus – Community Language Learning.

IncorrectCorrect answer Syllabus - Total Physical Response.

Learning takes place through a sort of “hypnosis” when the learner is deeply relaxed. Baroque music is used, (for example) to generate this state.

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Theory of Learning – Suggestopedia.

Correct

There exist two ways to develop the L2: acquisition (subconscious and natural process) and learning (conscience process). Learning does not guarantee acquisition.

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Theory of Learning – The Natural Approach.

Correct

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Here, there is one chart. You will see a general notion about methodological parameters, based on a humanistic approach. However, the chart is not complete.

Method/Approach

Types of Activities

Role of the

Learner

Role of the Teacher

Role of the

Materials

Total Physical Response

Repetition drills, using the imperative form to foster physical response.

Analogy with the model of “counselor”. The teacher creates a safe atmosphere, where students

can learn and grow.

Silent Way Learning

Student’s response to commands, questions and visual stimuli. Students feel motivated by the activities, which frame oral responses without grammatical explanations or models given by the teacher.

The teacher must teach, evaluate and get distant. He/she will resist the temptation of living models remodeling, helping, and leading.

Community Language Learning

Combination of innovative and conventional trends. Translations, group work, recordings, transcriptions, reflection and observation, auditory work, free conversation.

Analogy with the model of “counselor”. The teacher creates a safe atmosphere, where students can learn and grow.

The Natural Approach

Activities that allow comprehensible input of concrete facts.

Centred on meaning rather than on form.

The teacher is the main source of comprehensible input. He/she must create a positive and relaxed atmosphere, as well as

choosing and moderating a rich variety of class activities.

Suggestopedia

Initiatives, questions and answers, role-plays, exercises of listening comprehension within an atmosphere of deep relaxation

He/she must create situations to “hypnotize” the student and introduce the material in such a way as to foster positive reception and retention. He/she must show authority and empathy.

Choose for each of the following descriptions the appropriate place in the chart above.

For example, the description:

“Active and direct role: “the director of an orquestra”, with the students as performers”, is to be placed in: Role of the Teacher-Total Physical Response.

He/she must keep a passive role and consider materials as paramount (not in the other way around).

Role of the Materials - Suggestopedia.

Without textbooks, because they would block growing. Materials are created while the course of studies advances.

Role of the Learner - Community Language Learning.

It is made up of texts, cassettes, and music. Texts must be energetic, of literary quality and with interesting characters.

Role of the Materials - The Natural Approach.

Listener and performer. Little influence on the content to be learnt.

Role of the Learner - Total Physical Response.

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Without a textbook as a basis. Materials and means will fulfill an important role later. At the very beginning, the voice, the action and gestures are enough.

Role of the Materials - Total Physical Response.

Unique material: Cuisenaire bars, pronunciation related to a colour code and graphs for the vocabulary.

Role of the Learner - The Natural Approach.

He/she shouldn’t try to learn the L2 in a traditional way, but to try to participate in activities based on meaningful communication.

Role of the Learner - Suggestopedia.

Learning is a process of individual growth. The student is responsible for his/her own learning and must develop independence, autonomy and responsibility.

Role of the Learner - Silent Way Learning.

Realia are used instead of textbooks. The ultimate objective is to foster comprehension and communication.

Role of the Materials - Silent Way Learning.

The student is part of a community. Learning is not an individual achievement, but something obtained in the "community" of other learners.

Role of the Materials - Community Language Learning.

Student response

He/she must keep a passive role and consider materials as paramount (not in the other way around).

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IncorrectCorrect answer Role of the Learner - Suggestopedia.

Without textbooks, because they would block growing. Materials are created while the course of studies advances.

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It is made up of texts, cassettes, and music. Texts must be energetic, of literary quality and with interesting characters.

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Role of the Materials - Suggestopedia.

Correct

Listener and performer. Little influence on the content to be learnt.

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IncorrectCorrect answer Role of the Learner - Total Physical Response.

Without a textbook as a basis. Materials and means will fulfill an important role later. At the very beginning, the voice, the action and gestures are enough.

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Role of the Materials - Total Physical Response.

Correct

Unique material: Cuisenaire bars, pronunciation related to a colour code and graphs for the vocabulary.

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Role of the Materials - Silent Way Learning.

Correct

He/she shouldn’t try to learn the L2 in a traditional way, but to try to participate in activities based on meaningful communication.

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IncorrectCorrect answer Role of the Learner - The Natural Approach.

Learning is a process of individual growth. The student is responsible for his/her own learning and must develop independence, autonomy and responsibility.

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Role of the Learner - Silent Way Learning.

Correct

Realia are used instead of textbooks. The ultimate objective is to foster comprehension and communication.

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Correct

The student is part of a community. Learning is not an individual achievement, but something obtained in the "community" of other learners.

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Correct

Score 0.35 / 0.5


When we claim that the communicative competence of a person that is learning a foreign language is appropriate, what do we mean? PercentValue

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0.0% a. We want to say that that person, in any type of communicative situation, is able to use the linguistic code of the target language perfectly.

100.0% b. We want to say that that person not only knows the linguistic code, but also knows what to say, who to talk with, and how to say it appropriately, in a certain situation.

0.0% c. We want to say that that person is able to grasp the utterances as linguistic realities, but not as socially appropriate language.

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Relate one element from the column on the right with another one from the column on the left. There is only one correct option.

Linguistic Competence. Minimum possible communicative action.

Speech Acts.Communicative intention in the use of the language.

Illocutionary Act.

The strategic competence acts like an external element from the communicative competence, at the same level as psycho-physiological mechanisms.

The sub-competences of the Communicative Competence (Canale, 1980).

Linguistic, sociolinguistic, discursive and strategic competence.

The sub-competences of the Communicative Competence (Bachman, 1990).

Capacity that any native speaker posseses to use the language producing grammatically correct phrases.

Student response

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Not answered IncorrectCorrect answer Capacity that any native speaker posseses to use the language producing grammatically correct phrases.

Speech Acts. -->

Not answered IncorrectCorrect answer Minimum possible communicative action.

Illocutionary Act. -->

Not answered IncorrectCorrect answer Communicative intention in the use of the language.

The sub-competences of the Communicative Competence (Canale, 1980).

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Linguistic, sociolinguistic, discursive and strategic competence.

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The sub-competences of the Communicative Competence (Bachman, 1990).

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Not answered IncorrectCorrect answer The strategic competence acts like an external element from the communicative competence, at the same level as psycho-physiological mechanisms.

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Below, you will see the beginning of a definition on autonomy in learning. What is the end? Choose the correct option. Autonomy in the learning of a foreign language… PercentValue

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0.0% a. …is an individual characteristic, a student’s feature present in the classroom. The teacher can recognize it and exploit it to a maximum extent.

100.0% b. …is one of the student’s behaviors, a way of acting towards learning, whose development can be fostered in the classroom.

0.0% c. …is an objective which is especially appropriate in the teaching of adults.

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Below, you will see the beginning of a definition on autonomy in learning. What is the end? Choose the correct option

Learning based on autonomy will be characterized as a better result in terms of...

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0.0% a. Classroom attendance.0.0% b. The end of the period of classroom attendance.

100.0% c. Both, during and by the end of the period of classroom attendance.

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Below, you will see the beginning of a definition on autonomy in learning. Which is the second half of the sentence? Choose the correct option.

Learning towards autonomy will be mainly reflected...

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0.0% a. ...by a change of opinions on behalf of the learner regarding classroom activities.

100.0% b. ...by a change in the student’s attitudes and behaviour.0.0% c. ...by a change of opinions, attitudes and behaviour on behalf of

the teacher.

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Below, you will see the beginning of a definition on autonomy in learning. Which is the second half of the sentence? Choose the correct option.

A pedagogic approach aimed at fostering autonomy...

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0.0% a. …limits the role of the teacher and widens the role of the learner.

100.0% b. …widens and varies both the role of the teacher and the role of the learner.

0.0% c. …creates difficulty in the role of the teacher due to the fact that it decreases his/her authority.

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Below, you will see the extract of an index from a textbook designed for the teaching/learning of EFL. What method/approach does it fit?

UNIT

TOPICFUNCTI

ONREADI

NGLISTENI

NGWRITI

NGSPEAKI

NG

UNIT6

Spooky stories.

UFOs and strange experiences,

Telling stories about past events.

Expressing belief and

Identifying topic.

Scanning for specific information.

Checking predictions.

Identifying speakers and opinions.

Writing a ghost story.

Discussing a spooky story.

Discussing past

Changing lives.

disbelief.

Choosing correct definitions.

Sequencing information.

events.

Discussing problems with parents.

UNIT 7

Dreams and nightmares.

Giving advice.

Telling about feelings.

Talking about illness.

Matching questions with answers.

Identifying topic.

Identifying main points in a letter.

Identifying speakers.

Comparing information.

Listening for specific information.

Writing a letter of advice.

Writing a diary.

Discussing dreams.

Discussing problems.

Role play: the changing-lives story.

(Adapted from “Galaxy 2”)

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0.0% a. Grammar-Translation Method0.0% b. Direct Method0.0% c. Audio-Lingual Method

100.0% d. Communicative Approach0.0% e. Task-based learning

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Below, you will see the extract of an index from a textbook designed for the teaching/learning of EFL. What method/approach does it fit? Living French, by Knight.

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100.0% a. Grammar-Translation Method0.0% b. Direct Method0.0% c. Audio-Lingual Method0.0% d. Communicative Approach0.0% e. Task-based learning

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Below, you will see the extract of an index from a textbook designed for the teaching/learning of EFL. What method/approach does it fit? Image: New Headway Pre-intermediate, by John Soars (OUP, 2000).

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0.0% a. Grammar-Translation Method0.0% b. Direct Method0.0% c. Audio-Lingual Method

100.0% d. Communicative Approach0.0% e. Task-based learning

Score 0.5 / 0.5


Below, you will see the extract of an index from a textbook designed for the teaching/learning of EFL. What method/approach does it fit? Image: Adventure Elementary OUP.

PercentValue

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0.0% a. Grammar-Translation Method100.0% b. Direct Method0.0% c. Audio-Lingual Method0.0% d. Communicative Approach

0.0% e. Task-based learning

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Below, you will see the extract of an index from a textbook designed for the teaching/learning of EFL. What method/approach does it fit? Image: Adventure Elementary OUP.

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100.0% c. Communicative Approach0.0% d. Task-based learning

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Read carefully the list below and choose the method/approach/activities which those characteristics could belong to:

- The activity engages learners' interest- There is a primary focus on meaning- There is a goal or an outcome- Success is judged in terms of outcome- Completion is a priority- The activity relates to real world activities

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0.0% a. Grammar-Translation Method0.0% b. Direct Method0.0% c. Lexical Approach0.0% d. Presentation-Practice and Production communicative cycle

100.0% e. Task Based Learning

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Taking into consideration the distinction between weak and strong versions of CLT (refer to your module), tick the ones that match the former. (Be careful: in this case, if you select any wrong options, marks will be deducted). PercentValue

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-8.4% a. Students are totally free of language control.33.3% b. The key point is to work with a series of pre-selected items.33.3% c. It is necessary to create contexts in which to present the

language.-8.4% d. A natural context is developed from the students' experiences.-8.4% e. The students will have a much more varied exposure to

language. They will be exposed to a whole range of lexical phrases, collocations and patterns as well as language forms.

33.4% f. The language explored arises from a decision made by the teacher or from a coursebook.

-8.4% g. It is more student-centred.

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Why is CLIL seen as a developmental stimulus for teaching methodologies? Choose the correct option (one only). PercentValue

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0.0% a. Because it is concerned with both subject and language teaching.

100.0% b. Because in ‘strong’ CLIL, teachers cannot depend on students understanding them, and are obliged to think of new ways to support them.

0.0% c. Because it contains a high percentage of authentic material.0.0% d. Because it is based on older task-based theories.

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Why is the inclusion of ‘culture’ considered to be a problem in standard ELT practice? PercentValue

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0.0% a. Because it is complex and varied.0.0% b. Because teachers cannot agree on what culture means.

100.0% c. Because culture cannot be satisfactorily included in ELT assessment objectives.

0.0% d. Because culture cannot be satisfactorily included into local contexts without causing offence.

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