Q. All children are motivated by activities that are

(a) planned by adult
(b) planned by children
(c) meaningful to them
(d) meaningful to teachers. Ans. ©

Q. At primary level the instruction for a language game or an activity should be given in

(a) child’s home language or mother tongue.
(b) second language or English
(c) the school language or state language.
(d) the teacher’s language of medium of instruction Ans. (a)

Q. Which one of the following is NOT correct with respect to the following sentence? Rhymes, songs and chants are the ways for children to————-

(a) internalise words and sentence structure
(b) practice pronunciation.
(c) learn grammar thought the text.
(d) extend vocabulary Ans. ©

Q. A Teacher assesses children…….

(a) to find out as to who the best language user in the class is.
(b) to find the learning gap of children.
(c) to plan further to help children move forward in their learning.
(d) to compare a child to his or her classmates. Ans. ©

Q. Bilingual children often use words from one language while speaking the other. This is called .

(a) code-switching (b) code-mixing
(c) multilingualism
(d) competence level Ans. (a)

Q. Children begin their journey towards writing by making marks, these marks are called——–

(a) drawing
(b) scribbling
(c) writing
(d) invented spellings Ans. (b)

Q. Which one of the following skills will help children to develop their handwriting later on?

(a) Spreading clothes in an almirah
(b) Spilling up something
(c) Picking up sticks
(d) Threading beads onto laces. Ans. (d)

Q. Which one of the following is most important about illustrations in a language text book?

(a) Illustrations help to present language in unfamiliar and memorable contexts.
(b) Illustrations help to match what learners feel and hear to what they see around.
(c) Develop the visual literacy of the children
(d) Appreciate the art and aesthetic sense of the illustrator and teacher. Ans. (a)

Q. Stories encourage children to enjoy language learning and foster their –.

(a) appreciation of literature.
(b) forms of language
(c) life skills.
(d) kinaesthtic skills. Ans. (a)

Q. Who said that children are biologically programmed for language and that language develops in the child in just the same way as other biological functions develop.

(a) B.F. Skinner
(b) Noam Chomsky
(c) Lev Vygotsky
(d) Jean Piaget Ans. (b)

Q. Which one of the following is Not correct about teaching grammar effectively?

(a) Present the form in genuine communication (b) Elicit relevant rules of grammar in contexts.
(c) Provide the form in practice in real life-like communication
(d) Learn grammar by memorising its rules and through drills. Ans. (d)

Q. Which one of the following should be masteredto acquire literacy?

(a) Phonological awareness and fluency
(b) Sight vocabulary and pattern recognition
(c) Decoding and language comprehension
(d) Accuracy and phonological comprehension Ans. ©

Q. The use of technology to enhance language learning process is called in education.

(a) IT
(b) ICT
(c) Informative technology
(d) Communication technology Ans. (b)

Q. A scoring guide used to assess the students learning is known as————-

(a) rubrics
(b) checklists
(c) inventories
(d) rating scales Ans. (a)

Q. Grammar-Translation Method lays more stresses on ————

(a) Accuracy
(b) Fluency
(c) Appropriateness
(d) Pronunciation Ans. (a)