SPEAKING AND WRITING TEST 2
  • 1. Why should the teacher have a REAL OBJECTIVE to assign and/or carry out a productive skill activity?
A) to set objectives, prepare resources, and design assessment pertinently.
B) to determine the limitations of learner abilities.
C) none of the other answers is correct.
D) to establish the amount of points that the activity will score.
  • 2. Teachers who focus on the development of FLUENCY would rather choose the following activities:
A) error correction, pronunciation drills, fill in the blanks, etc.
B) free speech, singing songs, chained stories, debates, communicative activities
C) chants, drills, memorization of songs, audio-lingual methods
D) None of the other options.
  • 3. Teachers who focus on the development of ACCURACY would
A) rather do nothing but fun things in the classroom to keep learners motivated.
B) rather integrate the four skills in the same activity.
C) rather choose activities for free expression and not focus in errors.
D) rather choose to implement productive skills activities with controlled topics aiming to practice particular language items.
  • 4. Students who take risks...
A) are not afraid of making mistakes.
B) are usually introverts.
C) are always participating accurately.
D) are afraid of making mistakes.
  • 5. In what sense do the beliefs of the writing teacher influence her professional practice?
A) They have nothing to do with teaching practices and remain in the teacher“s psyche.
B) They influence the design of the activities, the process to implement them and the feedback practices.
C) They make people believe in the power of education.
D) They refer to religion and the way teacher“s faith influences the life of their students.
  • 6. Can writing and speaking be taught?
A) Yes, with teaching processes and learning strategies.
B) Only writing can be taught but speaking is a natural process.
C) No. They are natural processes in language acquisition.
  • 7. Is writing a process?
A) It depends on the purpose.
B) No, it is a matter of creativity and gut feeling.
C) Yes, a five-step process.
D) No, it is an action that takes place without planning or process.
  • 8. Why do we say that "assessment of writing involves complex, informed, human judgment?"
A) Because it is difficult to provide a score on one written piece that contains so many elements.
B) Because it is a task that involves paying attention to all types of errors within a written piece, errors such as language, structure, and thinking.
C) Because it implies not only language use element judgement but also the ability to evaluate the thinking process and the communicative intention with the complexities of critical thinking.
D) Because whoever assesses has to judge the ideas of the writer and the way he or she expresses them to see if they comply with what the evaluator expects.
  • 9. Why should a teacher "scaffold" writing techniques?
A) Because students are dumb and they need help to do everything.
B) Because all writing techniques are difficult and the learner needs help.
C) Because the objective is to take the learner to his/her ZONE OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT or "can do with help".
D) Because each generation is less competent and teachers now need to do more.
  • 10. Which could be the "communicative purposes" of productive skills?
A) inform, entertain, analyze, persuade, convince.
B) warn, exemplify, provide details, conclude
C) interrogate, question, analyze, criticize
D) narrate, improvise, speculate, anticipate
  • 11. In what sense is a writing task for a standardized test different from other writing tasks?
A) It has more points.
B) It is longer.
C) It has been designed according to particular standards.
D) It has no difference at all.
  • 12. To which of the following options does the construction of vocabulary and the practice of grammar structures contribute?
A) competence
B) fluency
C) performance
D) error correction
  • 13. Which element is more important for the design and implementation of productive skills?
A) neither accuracy nor fluency are important because they do not contribute to the production of language.
B) accuracy and fluency are equally important
C) fluency is more important because it promotes the freedom of communication.
D) accuracy is more important because is guarantees correctness.
  • 14. How should errors be dealt with in productive skills?
A) with discipline and intensity; they interfere with the communication process.
B) none of the options is correct.
C) it all depends on the purpose of feedback and assessment.
D) carelessly, they are always part of the process and tend to disappear with practice.
  • 15. When should errors be corrected?
A) All the time they happen, no matter the feelings of the learner.
B) Never, they are part of the process and learners will self-correct eventually.
C) Only when fluency is being practice and assessed.
D) When the teacher considers it pertinent.
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