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1. Motivation is

a) a kind of internal drive that encourages somebody to pursue a course of action;

b) a desire to be able to communicate in a foreign language;

c) positive attitude towards learning a foreign language.

2. Decide which of the following methods and approaches corresponds to the following main characteristics:

“These courses are characterised by emphasis on the communicative functions of language and a strong situational element. Functions are presented in the language materials contextualised in situations.”

a) Functional-notional;

b) Neuro-linguistic programming;

c) Task-based learning.

3. The listening exercises focusing on detailed comprehension of meaning are

a) expansive listening activities;

b) extensive listening activities;

c) intensive listening activities.

4. Decide which of the kinds of communicative competence corresponds to the following definition:

“________is the ability to connect separate sentences into a discourse with the help of various syntactic and semantic means of cohesion.”

a) discourse competence;

b) social-linguistic competence;

c) illocution competence.

5. Decide which of the following methods and approaches corresponds to the following main characteristics:

“A teaching method that emphasises learning about something rather than learning about language. Learner motivation increases when students are learning about something, rather than just studying language.”

a) Content based instruction;

b) Self-directed learning;

c) Task-based learning.

6. Non-isolated preparatory listening exercises include only two groups out of three given below. Find the inappropriate answer:

a) exercises aimed at forming listening speech skills;

b) exercises aimed at forming listening speech habits;

c) exercises aimed at developing speech mechanisms of listening.

7. Decide which of the kinds of communicative competence corresponds to the following definition:

“_______is the ability to participate in communication, choosing the correct strategy of discourse for the increase of communication effectiveness.”

1. linguistic competence;

2. lingua-cultural competence;

3. strategic competence.

8. A speech pattern is

a) a scheme expressing the relationships between the components of a speech unit not less than a syntagm;

b) the typical unit of speech, by analogy with which other speech units of the same structure can be produced;

c) the speech realisation invariant (S + P + O + AM) used as an item of teaching.

9. The main aim of teaching reading at school is communicative efficiency in

a) general and close reading;

b) searching and skimming reading;

c) the technique of reading.

10. Mark the correct answer to the following characteristics of the skills: “ Speaking and writing_______”

1. are written forms of communication;

2. involve language production and are productive skills;

3. are oral forms of communication.

11. Scientific character; interdependence; consistency and simplicity; recurrence of speech operations and language material; communicative character of teaching-learning activities are

a) characteristics of the system of exercises;

b) methodological principles of constructing the system of exercises;

c) criteria of classification of exercises.

12. If you ask your students to read the words, which they usually misread: cold – could; come – some; called – cold; walk – work; then they are doing an exercise in

a) establishing phoneme-grapheme correlation;

b) reading isolated words and word combinations;

c) predicting a word form.

13. Mark the correct answer to the following characteristics of the skills:

“Listening and reading_____”

a) involve receiving messages and are receptive skills;

b) are written form of communication;

c) are oral form of communication.

14. A group of replies characterised by structural, semantic and intonation completeness is called

a) a macrodialogue;

b) a dialogical unit;

c) a dialogical whole.

15. Point out the stage of teaching writing in school to which the following statement corresponds:

“The main concern of teaching writing is its technical side. Much prominence is given to teaching handwriting and spelling.”

a) junior;

b) intermediate;

c) senior.

16. Decide which of the following methods and approaches corresponds to the following main characteristics:

“The language is broken down into small grammar components that are presented in a strictly controlled sequence aimed to build language competence through knowledge and interiorisation of the linguistic rules.”

a) structural;

b) direct;

c) communicative.

17. The preparatory stage in forming dialogic speech habits and skills is

a) mastering a dialogic reply;

b) mastering certain dialogical units;

c) mastering microdialogue.

18. The alternative dictation drill technique, sometimes called dictogloss, develops both listening and writing skills. The dictation drill technique is focused on:

a) meaning;

b) form;

c) both meaning and form.

19. Decide which of the kinds of communicative competence corresponds to the following definition: “________ is the ability to form illocution acts appropriately according to the context of communication (to invite, request, thank etc.).”

a) Lingua-cultural competence;

b) Linguistic competence;

c) Illocution competence.

20. Decide which of the following methods and approaches corresponds to the following main characteristics:

“Drilling in the classroom normally follows a three-phase scheme consisting of stimulus – response – reward.”

a) Grammar-translation;

b) Neuro-linguistic programming;

c) Audio-lingual.

21. Interpretative listening

a) deals with a number of options on the same subject or two or more texts on the same topic;

b) is a skill to interpret the received information, place it in a different light, evolve the idea conveyed in it, to comment on the heard depending on the listener’s own knowledge and experience;

c) is a skill to draw conclusions, approach what has been heard critically, understand the purpose and implications of the text.

22. Decide which of the kinds of communicative competence corresponds to the following definition:

“_________ is the ability to take into account peculiarities of TCL, its culture, history etc.”

a) lingua-cultural competence;

b) social-linguistic competence;

c) linguistic competence.

23. Decide which of the following methods and approaches corresponds to the following main characteristics:

“A situation where students learn together, based on group work; communicating in English is based on cooperation between students to negotiate meaning and understanding with each other.”

a) Task-based learning;

b) Self-directed learning;

c) Cooperative learning.

24. If you ask your students to listen to the story and retell it in four or five sentences, it means that you are training them in

a) telling logical sequence of actions;

b) getting the main idea of the text;

c) comprehending the text without conjecture.

25. Choose the correct continuation of the following statement:

“Teaching L2 is aimed at enabling students to perform L2 communication in…”

a) listening, speaking, reading and writing;

b) oral speech and reading;

c) speaking and reading.

26. The basic item of teaching L2 is

a) a lesson;

b) an exercise;

c) a speech pattern.

27. Simple reading means

a) reading aloud;

b) silent reading;

c) evenly attentive reading.

28. The preferable way to introduce new grammar is through

a) a model;

b) a pattern made up of changeable units;

c) a grammar structure.

29. The testing of writing differs from testing grammar, as it is aimed at checking

a) students’ ability to construct grammatically correct sentences;

b) students’ spelling;

c) students’ ability to express meaning.

30. A range of oral activities with a creativity element is referred to as

a) discussion;

b) drama;

c) composition.

31. The main purpose of teaching English grammar is

a) knowledge of grammar rules;

b) formation of grammatical speech habits;

c) development of speech skills.

32. Exercises in establishing phoneme-grapheme correlation, reading isolated words and word combinations, predicting a word form are

a) exercises aimed at forming the habits of reading technique;

b) exercises aimed at forming speech habits of reading;

c) exercises aimed at developing speech skills of reading.

33. Alternative choice tests are used to check

a) general reading or listening comprehension;

b) lexical habit at the level of a separate item or of understanding idioms;

c) grammatical habit, involving grammatical synonyms;

d) communicative competence, involving understanding stylistic or situational appropriacy.

34. Decide which of different age groups and different levels correspond to the following motivational factors described in a concise way:

“Self-awareness and the system of values being formed; interests being differentiated according to future professional expectations; striving for self-esteem, self-expression; encouraging problem-solving activities, stimulating exchange of ideas, stimulating students’ conscious cognitive activity and providing communicative ways of its realisation.”

a) Junior schoolchildren;

b) Adult intermediate students

c) Senior schoolchildren

35. At the intermediate and senior stages the prevailing explanation techniques are

a) visual conveyance and one word translation;

b) multiword translation of lexical items;

c) L2 definition and interpretation.

36. Oral work, competitions, Lotto, doing plays, Lego and bingo games are examples of

a) mentally engaging activities;

b) settling down activities;

c) activities to provide actual occupation;

d) stimulating activities.

37. The general system of exercises is aimed at

a) language acquisition as a whole;

b) acquisition of a particular kind of language activity;

c) teaching a specific skill (dialogical or monological).

38. Decide which of the kinds of communicative efficiency corresponds to the following definition:

“_____ enables students to structure their speech on the basis of semantic vocabulary organisation, logical organisation and functional stylistic characteristics employing means of logical cohesion and rhetoric expressiveness.”

a) Linguistic communicative efficiency;

b) Discourse communicative efficiency;

c) Illocution communicative efficiency.

39. Teaching dialogical speech begins with dialogical units of

a) complete structural correlation;

b) partial structural correlation;

c) zero structural correlation.

40. Students’ utterances on everyday topics (About Oneself, One’s Family, School etc.) should be

a) prepared beforehand;

b) unprepared beforehand;

c) partially prepared beforehand.

41. The activity “Listen to the utterances and write down their predicates:

1. Difficulties test our character. 2. Difficult tests often result in lots of mistakes” is aimed at

a) forming lexical listening habit;

b) forming grammar listening habit;

c) forming phonetic listening habit.

42. Decide which of the kinds of communicative efficiency corresponds to the following definition: “_____allows the recipient to understand the communicative purpose of the incipient.”

a) Illocution communicative efficiency;

b) Strategic communicative efficiency;