FELT Language, Learning & Teaching
  • 1. "language" refers to...
A) communication primarily among primates and mammals.
B) a sequence of vocal symbols intended to share thoughts and ideas.
C) a process trough which people understand things.
D) a sequence of actions that humans carry out to learn from others.
E) a systematic means ofcommunicating ideas or feelings by the use of conventional signs, sounds, gestures, or marks having understood meanings.
  • 2. "teaching" refers to...
A) Assisting the learner in the process of learning.
B) the transfer of information from one individual to another to preserve the species.
C) Preparing fun activities that Ss like.
D) difficulty in the process of developing a skill.
E) innate ability to communicate.
  • 3. "learning" refers to...
A) obtaining data from other humans through language.
B) questioning, doubting, criticizing, investigating data and abilities.
C) internalizing the sense of life and philosophy.
D) discovering the many things one can select in life.
E) Grasping, getting, obtaining or developing knowledge/skill/attitude.
  • 4. First Language Acquisition has to do with ...
A) the process of acquiring a foreign language through classes.
B) the process with which we learn our mother tongue.
C) any sound uttered by human offspring.
D) the complicated vocal symbols acquired by babies without sense.
E) the natural way of learning a second language.
  • 5. Second Language Acquisition has to do with...
A) the process of learning a language other than our native one.
B) grasping and internalizing the culture of another country whose language is different to ours.
C) the second language rules, skills, and processes.
D) the second chance we have to learn a language in school or outside.
E) the process of learning our first language for the second time with more detail to higher vocabulary and structure.
  • 6. LAD is a theory proposed by ...
A) Frederick Skinner
B) Howard Gardner
C) Noah Chomsky
D) Jean Piaget
E) Carl Rogers
  • 7. LAD belongs to the ... approach
A) meaningful
B) mediation
C) behavioristic
D) cognitive
E) nativist
  • 8. The behavioristic approach states that learning relies on ...
A) affective, social
B) stimulus, response
C) relationship, webs
D) repetition, practice
E) cognitive, thoughts
  • 9. The cognitive approach states that...
A) the human brain can code, decode, combine, and relate different patterns with hundreds of pieces of language.
B) humans learn better when they relate known information to new information, building webs of data.
C) the brain has little or no role in the language learning process but that the social and affective factors have a determinant role.
D) brains, social, affective, cultural, and psychological issues all play a role in the language learning process.
E) humans are a "tabula rasa" that can be filled with any information and taught any skill, language included.
  • 10. Based on the read chapters, Skinner proposed the .... theory of Language Acquisition
A) cognitive
B) operant conditioning
C) experiential
D) constructivistic
E) nativist
  • 11. The teacher's job is to...
A) assign homework and carefully check it.
B) share anecdotes and personal information to illustrate topics.
C) design and carry out many activities.
D) make learners happy
E) help learners learn
  • 12. The ability to distinguish speech sounds from other sounds in the environment and the ability to organize linguistic events knowing that only one code is possible, are both part of ...
A) ELT
B) EFL
C) CEFR
D) ESL
E) LAD
  • 13. The idea that ALL the languages of the world count with words to name things (nouns), words to name actions (verbs) and words to establish relationships (prepositions), is part of of an hypothesis called:....
A) generative linguistics
B) universal grammar
C) communicative teaching
D) second language acquisition
E) first language acquisition
  • 14. Considering that "language is one manifestation of general human development , one aspect of the cognitive and affective ability to deal with the world and with self" is a proposal of the ....
A) Constructivistic Approach
B) Meaningful Learning Approach
C) Nativist Approach to ELT
D) Functional Approach to ELT
E) Behavioristic Approach to ELT
  • 15. The knowledge about a language system and the ability to communicate in such language is called:...
A) performance
B) production
C) discourse
D) competence
E) input
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