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FELT Language, Learning & Teaching
Contributed by: Rossbach
  • 1. "language" refers to...
A) a sequence of actions that humans carry out to learn from others.
B) a process trough which people understand things.
C) a sequence of vocal symbols intended to share thoughts and ideas.
D) a systematic means ofcommunicating ideas or feelings by the use of conventional signs, sounds, gestures, or marks having understood meanings.
E) communication primarily among primates and mammals.
  • 2. "teaching" refers to...
A) the transfer of information from one individual to another to preserve the species.
B) innate ability to communicate.
C) difficulty in the process of developing a skill.
D) Assisting the learner in the process of learning.
E) Preparing fun activities that Ss like.
  • 3. "learning" refers to...
A) internalizing the sense of life and philosophy.
B) obtaining data from other humans through language.
C) discovering the many things one can select in life.
D) Grasping, getting, obtaining or developing knowledge/skill/attitude.
E) questioning, doubting, criticizing, investigating data and abilities.
  • 4. First Language Acquisition has to do with ...
A) any sound uttered by human offspring.
B) the process of acquiring a foreign language through classes.
C) the process with which we learn our mother tongue.
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 our first language for the second time with more detail to higher vocabulary and structure.
B) the second chance we have to learn a language in school or outside.
C) the process of learning a language other than our native one.
D) grasping and internalizing the culture of another country whose language is different to ours.
E) the second language rules, skills, and processes.
  • 6. LAD is a theory proposed by ...
A) Frederick Skinner
B) Noah Chomsky
C) Jean Piaget
D) Carl Rogers
E) Howard Gardner
  • 7. LAD belongs to the ... approach
A) behavioristic
B) mediation
C) nativist
D) cognitive
E) meaningful
  • 8. The behavioristic approach states that learning relies on ...
A) relationship, webs
B) cognitive, thoughts
C) affective, social
D) stimulus, response
E) repetition, practice
  • 9. The cognitive approach states that...
A) brains, social, affective, cultural, and psychological issues all play a role in the language learning process.
B) the brain has little or no role in the language learning process but that the social and affective factors have a determinant role.
C) the human brain can code, decode, combine, and relate different patterns with hundreds of pieces of language.
D) humans are a "tabula rasa" that can be filled with any information and taught any skill, language included.
E) humans learn better when they relate known information to new information, building webs of data.
  • 10. Based on the read chapters, Skinner proposed the .... theory of Language Acquisition
A) nativist
B) experiential
C) constructivistic
D) cognitive
E) operant conditioning
  • 11. The teacher's job is to...
A) design and carry out many activities.
B) help learners learn
C) share anecdotes and personal information to illustrate topics.
D) make learners happy
E) assign homework and carefully check it.
  • 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) EFL
B) ELT
C) ESL
D) LAD
E) CEFR
  • 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) communicative teaching
B) universal grammar
C) first language acquisition
D) second language acquisition
E) generative linguistics
  • 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) Functional Approach to ELT
B) Behavioristic Approach to ELT
C) Nativist Approach to ELT
D) Meaningful Learning Approach
E) Constructivistic Approach
  • 15. The knowledge about a language system and the ability to communicate in such language is called:...
A) performance
B) discourse
C) input
D) competence
E) production
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