Q. Which one of the following is the best correction technique?

(a) The learners should be corrected at the moment of speaking.
(b) Correction work should be done as a whole class activity so that no learner will repeat the errors.
(c) Learners’ errors need not be corrected at all.
(d) Teachers do the error analysis and find patterns and then re-teach and clarify the areas to the learners.
Ans. (d)

Q. As a language teacher we should try to turn our students into successful dictionary users. Which one of the following is NOT the correct way to promote the use of a dictionary?

(a) Finding the parts of speech.
(b) Choosing the meaning that is relevant in context.
(c) How the word is spelled.
(d) Reaching the teacher for every new word. Ans. (d)

Q. In the language classroom a child often faces problems in learning his/her first language at school because ––––––––––– .

(a) learning his/her own language at school is not interesting
(b) school language is more formal than home language
(c) the child knows that language and there is no point of learning the same language again
(d) that language is difficult for them to learn at school Ans. (b)

Q. Which one of the following is the best way to assess the writing skill of students?

(a) Answer the questions based on a chapter of the textbook
(b) Dictation
(c) Writing their experiences
(d) Competition of good handwriting Ans. ©

Q. Functional aspect of the language gained momentum with the –––––––– of language learning.

(a) communicative approach
(b) structural approach
(c) constructive approach
(d) traditional approach Ans. (a)

Q. To assess reading ability at the primary level which one of the following is most appropriate?

(a) Identifying the alphabet
(b) Knowledge of punctuation marks
(c) Comprehension of the text
(d) Fluency in reading Ans. ©

Q. The method that is based on the coordination of language and physical movement is ––––––

(a) Task Based Language Learning
(b) Total Physical Response
(c) Cooperative language learning
(d) Communicative Language Teaching Ans. (b)

Q. Grammar-Translation method does not ––––– .

(a) Encourage learning through mother tongue
(b) give importance to grammar
(c) enhance a student’s communicative skill
(d) enable the student to use the language fluently Ans. ©

Q. Which among the following supports a prereading activity?

(a) Using paraphrasing tasks
(b) Using a prediction task
(c) Asking learners to summarize the text
(d) Teaching grammatical structures Ans. (b)

Q. Which one of the following is not correct about portfolio assessment?

(a) Portfolio assessment provides evidence of a student’s learning.
(b) It helps students to become more autonomous.
(c) It fosters student reflection and helps them to self monitor their learning.
(d) Portfolio assessment is one time assessment of a student’s learning. Ans. (d)

Q. Scribbling is an important step in learning to write, because children are trying to –––––

(a) produce letters and words right from the day they pick pen or pencil
(b) make meaning from the marks for them.
(c) spend some time in reading, writing and numeracy
(d) imitate the adults Ans. (b)

Q. If children hear two languages spoken around them, this exposure to two languages will –––––

(a) place children at a disadvantage.
(b) place children at an advantage.
(c) not make any difference.
(d) interfere mutually with the other one. Ans. (b)

Q. The grammar tasks are ––––––– .

(a) to be contextualised
(b) to be life-oriented
(c) fully form focused
(d) memory focused Ans. (a)

Q. Which of the following was suggested by Noam Chomsky?

(a) There is no fundamental ability of language when a child is born.
(b) Children acquire language in different ways and at different rates depending on the culture into which they are born
(c) There is an innate human ability to acquire language
(d) Children learn language as a product of positive reinforcement. Ans. ©

Q. A teacher is asking students to write letters of alphabet with the help of their fingers in the sand tray. The objective of the is activity is to––

(a) promote playful atmosphere in the class.
(b) make them understand the difference between clean and dirty hands.
(c) strengthen their fine motor skills.
(d) divert their attention from home sickness. Ans. ©