MCQ ON PEDAGOGY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

PEDAGOGY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

1.      Teaching and learning is a journey from

a)      Concrete to abstract

b)      Simple to complex

c)      Known to unknown

d)      All the above

2.      The method of teaching English adopted at present in school curriculum is

a)      Formative Correlational  Approach

b)      Functional Communicative Approach

c)      Function Corrective Approach

d)      Figurative Comprehensive Approach

3.      FCA is in opposition to

a)      Structural Approach

b)      Comprehensive Approach

c)      Translation and Grammar Method

d)      Functional Approach 

4.      Communicative Language Teaching replaced basically …

a)      Natural Language Processing

b)      Structural Teaching

c)      Situational Language Teaching

d)      Motivational Teaching

5.      Direct Method is also known as

a)      Natural Method

b)      Indirect Approach

c)      Inductive Approach

d)      All the above

6.      Grammar-Translation Method stresses on

a)      Accuracy

b)      Fluency

c)      Appropriateness

d)      Listening skill

7.      Grammar-Translation Method is basically used to teach

a)      Grammar

b)      Foreign language

c)      Rules of any language usage

d)      Classical language 

8.      The objective of Direct Method is

a)      To increase power of comprehension

b)      To increase communicative power

c)      To develop a command over the target language

d)      To develop personality 

9.      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 too use the language fluently

10.  Traditional method goes against the

a)      Prescriptive grammar

b)      Simulation

c)      Pedagogic principles

d)      Generalization

11.  The incidental or Correlative Method is known as

a)      Inductive

b)      Deductive

c)      Structural

d)      Reference method

12.  Journey from example to generalization is

a)      Inductive

b)      Deductive

c)      incidental

d)      All the above

13.  Inductive method proceeds from

a)      Heavy materials to light ones

b)      Known to unknown

c)      Simple to complex

d)      Both b) & c)

14.  Deductive method proceeds from

a)      Law and rule to observation

b)      Observation

c)      Generalization to specification

d)      Examples and illustrations

15.  One of the principles of materials preparation for language learning is that

a)      Complex material should be chosen

b)      Grading of materials should be done

c)      Any kind of material can be chosen

d)      A small amount of material should be introduced

16.  Correct pronunciation of individual sound is related to

a)      Accuracy

b)      Fluency

c)      Both accuracy and fluency

d)      Neither accuracy nor fluency

17.  Language accusation occurs only when

a)      The child is taught the rules of grammar

b)      The child is given a reward

c)      The child has exposure to the language

d)      The child absorbs the language without conscious attention

18.  When a child is asked to recite a poem, it can help the teacher to test

a)      Knowledge of literature

b)      Proficiency of speaking

c)      Acting talent

d)      Comprehension

19.  The structure ‘he goes to school’ is often produced by learners due to

a)      Failure of intelligence

b)      Mother tongue interference

c)      Overgeneralization of rules

d)      Wrong teaching

20.  For teaching grammar, the best grammar that a teacher can use is

a)      Traditional grammar

b)      Modern grammar

c)      Pedagogic grammar

d)      No grammar is needed

21.  A test of listening comprehension is a test of

a)      Receptive skill

b)      Productive skill

c)      Hearing skill

d)      Phonology

22.  Organization of arguments and ideas in paragraphs is an important aspect of

a)      Writing essays

b)      Writing memos

c)      Writing stories

d)      Writing personal letters

23.  ‘Brain storming’ means

a)      To collect all kinds of ideas on a topic

b)      To do some mental exercise

c)      To make efforts to understand something

d)      To give some kind of stimulus to the brain

24.  ‘Interactive’ listening is

a)      Listening and responding

b)      Listening for mood and tone

c)      Listening for word stress and emphasis

d)      Listening for finding out speaker’s attitude

25.  Which of the following is an incorrect assumption in language teaching

a)      Learners acquire language by trying to use it in real situations

b)       Learners’ first language plays an important role in learning

c)      Language teaching should have a focus in communicative activities

d)      Language teaching should give importance to writing rather than speech

26.  Reading skill can be developed best by

a)      Writing answers to questions on text

b)      Focusing on the use of words from context in the text

c)      Doing vocabulary exercises

d)      Doing quizzes and playing word games

27.  Mother tongue influence can be effectively minimized in the classroom by

a)      Using the mother tongue more often

b)      Giving examples from the mother tongue

c)      Giving a lot of exposure in the target language

d)      Giving inputs from the target language in a simple, graded manner

28.  Practice of grammatical structures in a controlled manner can be done by

a)      Correcting wrong sentences produced by learners

b)      Gap-filling grammar exercises

c)      Writing paragraphs and essays

d)      Explaining the use of particular structures

29.  A test which is administered at the end of a language course is

a)      Diagnostic test

b)      Placement test

c)      Achievement test

d)      Memory test

30.    Study of meaning in a language is known as

a)      Syntax

b)      Semantics

c)      Morphology

d)      Linguistics