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LANGUAGE REVIEWER

Directions: Read each statement carefully and give what is asked. Encircle the letter of your choice.
1. This is a component of language wherein larger, complex messages can be broken down into smaller, discrete
parts
a. Discreteness
b. Arbitrariness
c. Displacement
d. Interchangeability
2. There is no (necessary) connection between the form of signal and its meaning
a. Discreteness
b. Arbitrariness
c. Displacement
d. Interchangeability
3. At least some aspect of communication system is learned from other users
a. Discreteness
b. Arbitrariness
c. productivity
d. cultural transmission
4. This is the ability of language wherein the speaker has the ability to talk about things not present space or time
a. Discreteness
b. Arbitrariness
c. Displacement
d. Interchangeability
5. Speakers can create infinite number of vowel utterances that others can understand
a. Discreteness
b. Arbitrariness
c. Productivity
d. cultural transmission
6. A user can both receive and broadcast the same signal
a. Discreteness
b. Arbitrariness
c. Displacement
d. Interchangeability
7. The ability to acquire meaning
a. Creativity
b. Duality
c. Semanticity
d. Displacement
8. In babbling, children’s utterances consists of
a. Combinations of a vowel and consonant (eg. ab, ad, at)
b. Combinations of a consonant and vowel (eg. ba, da, ta)
c. Vowels only (eg. aa, oo, etc.)
d. Consonants ony (eg. Rrrr, sssss, etc.)
9. When children pronounce cookie as [gege] and water as [wawa], the process which explains this pronunciation
is called?
a. Devoicing
b. Reduplication
c. Syllable reduction
d. Fronting
10. In the two-word stage, children produce
a. Very short utterances
b. Utterances that contain only function words (det., complementizers, aux.)
c. Utterances that contain only content words (N., verbs, adj., prep.)
d. Utterances that consist of two words only
11. Use of single word for many different purposes
a. Holophrastic utterance
b. Vocalization
c. Babbling
d. Telegraphic utterance
12. Making sounds through mouth
a. Holophrastic utterance
b. Vocalization
c. Babbling
d. Telegraphic utterance
13. Vocalization using speech sounds
a. Motherese
b. Vocalization
c. Babbling
d. Telegraphic utterance
14. Utterances formed with two or more content words but lacking of function words and inflections
a. Holophrastic utterance
b. Vocalization
c. Babbling
d. Telegraphic utterance
15. Bilabial, labio dental, dental, and alveolar refer to what classification of dimensions of consonant sounds?
a. Manner of articulation
b. Place of articulation
c. Voicing
d. Tongue height
16. What linguistic theory was coined from language acquisition device (LAD) of Noam Chomsky?
a. Universal grammar
b. Prescriptive grammar
c. Descriptive grammar
d. Pedagogical grammar
17. _________ defines that language is utilized in order to express, persuade, and or ask information.
a. Structuralist
b. Functionalist
c. Cognitivist
d. Behaviourist
18. For them, humans have this language acquisition device that allows us to learn the grammar of a language.
a. Structuralist
b. Functionalist
c. Cognitivist
d. Behaviourist
19. They believe that language is learned through imitation, repetition, and reinforcement.
a. Structuralist
b. Functionalist
c. Cognitivist
d. Behaviourist
20. The plural suffix- s and past tense form – ed of the verb are types of what morpheme?
a. Inflectional
b. Derivational
c. Grammatical
d. Lexical
21. Suffixes such as – ness, -tion, -ance are types of what morphemes?
a. Inflectional
b. Derivational
c. Grammatical
d. Lexical
22. There is no inherent relation between the words of a language and their meanings or the ideas conveyed by
them.
a. Language is primary vocal
b. Language is a system of systems
c. Language is arbitrary
d. Language follows a pattern
23. He argues that children acquire language not by sheer imitation alone for children have an inborn innate
biological mechanism that makes language learning possible.
a. Stephen Krashen
b. Noam Chomsky
c. Steve Pinker
d. Leonard Bloomfield
24. It is a shortened form of a pre-existing form (phone-telephone)
a. Category extension
b. Clipped form
c. Blending
d. Back formation
25. This involves the extension of a morpheme from one syllable from one syntactic category to another e.g. the
chairs (N) have been arranged. He chairs (V) the committee.
a. Category extension
b. Clipped form
c. Blending
d. Back formation
26. When one finds difficulty in understanding the meaning of a word, what aspect of linguistics is involved?
a. Syntax
b. Semantics
c. Pragmatics
d. Morphology
27. When a teacher tells her/his students, “Showcase your artistry and innovativeness in your project” What
illocutionary act has been performed?
a. Commissive
b. Expressive
c. Directive
d. Instrumental
28. Language teaching practices that involve drills, pattern practice, mimicry and memorization uphold the process
of ________ in language learning.
a. Simplification
b. Hypothesis-testing
c. Habit-formation
d. Theorizing
29. The argument that the linguistic in put perceived by young children is in itself insufficient to explain children’s
detailed knowledge of their L1.
a. LAD
b. Bootstrapping
c. Poverty of Stimulus
d. Critical period hypothesis
30. Focused directly observable rather than mental systems underlying language acquisition
a. Behaviorism
b. Cognitivism
c. Interactionist
d. Functionalist
31. There are predicable patterns in the L1 developmental patterns are related to their cognitive development
a. Predictability
b. Creativity
c. Imitation
d. Pattern making
32. Their language also knows they are able to apply the rules of the language to make sentences which they have
never heard before; example when children make use of words like am-am or nam-nam for food, what
characteristic of language development is exemplified?
a. Predictability
b. Creativity
c. Imitation
d. Pattern making
33. A child creates recognizable jargons such as mamam, dodo, dada, mama etc.
a. Holophrastic
b. Reduplication
c. Telegraphic
d. Complex sentences
34. The one-word utterance maybe used in context which could account to different grammatical construction in the
adult language.
a. Holophrastic
b. Reduplication
c. Telegraphic
d. Complex sentences
35. What semantic relationship is exemplified in the given child utterances? “Box shinny”
a. Demonstrative entity
b. Entity attributive
c. Entity location
d. None of the above
36. What semantic relationship is exemplified in the given child utterance? “toy bed”
a. Demonstrative entity
b. Entity attributive
c. Entity location
d. None of the above
37. The syntactic structure that allows learners to expand basic sentences in English by conjoining two or more
words, phrases and sentences.
a. Predication
b. Modification
c. Coordination
d. Simplification
38. The syntactic structure that allows learners to group the major parts into subject and predicate
a. Predication
b. Modification
c. Coordination
d. Simplification
39. When one greets you congratulations for topping the exam, what illocutionary acts has been exemplified?
a. Directive
b. Commissive
c. Expressive
d. Instrumental
40. This area of the brain located in the posterior part of the persisylvian region which controls comprehension
a. Broca’s area
b. Wernicke’s area
c. Corpus callosum
d. Chomsky’s area
41. Brain met an automobile accident which damaged his frontal lobe. Subsequent to this injury, Brian’s
pronunciation and grammar have been severely impaired. Which area of the brain is affected as a result of the
accident?
a. Wernicke’s aphasia
b. Broca’s aphasia
c. Chomsky’s area
d. Global aphasia
42. A grammar that attempts to legislate what one’s grammar should be.
a. Descriptive grammar
b. Prescriptive grammar
c. Universal grammar
d. Competence
43. Any language other than the first language learned ( in a broader sense)
a. First language
b. Second language
c. target language
d. foreign language
44. A language which is being learned
a. First language
b. Second language
c. target language
d. foreign language
45. A second (or third, or fourth) language learned in a context where the language is NOT widely used in the speech
community/
a. First language
b. Second language
c. target language
d. foreign language
46. This is called as the native language or the mother-tongue.
a. First language
b. Second language
c. target language
d. foreign language
47. This refers to the ability to treat language as an object, separate from the meaning it conveys.
a. Performance
b. Competence
c. Metalinguistic awareness
d. LAD
48. He maintains that language serves set up and maintain social and personal relations, including communication
roles such as questioner and respondent, and to express the language user’s own attitudes and comments on
the content of an utterance.
a. B.F. Skinner
b. Ferdinand de Saussure
c. Stephen Krashen
d. M.A.K. Halliday
49. He held that any language is just a complex system of signs that express ideas, with rules which govern their
usage.
a. B.F. Skinner
b. Ferdinand de Saussure
c. Stephen Krashen
d. M.A.K. Halliday
50. He suggests the five hypothesis in second language learning
a. B.F. Skinner
b. Ferdinand de Saussure
c. Stephen Krashen
d. M.A.K. Halliday
51. It claims that grammatical structures are required in a predictable order for both children and adults.
a. Natural-order hypothesis
b. Monitor hypothesis
c. Input hypothesis
d. Affective hypothesis
52. This consists of attitudes, motivation, self-confidence and anxiety to language learning
a. Natural-order hypothesis
b. Monitor hypothesis
c. Input hypothesis
d. Affective hypothesis
53. This refers to the editing device wherein correct communication happens when appropriate rules are known
a. Natural-order hypothesis
b. Monitor hypothesis
c. Input hypothesis
d. Affective hypothesis
54. When learners are exposed to grammatical features beyond their current level, those features are acquired.
a. Natural-order hypothesis
b. Monitor hypothesis
c. Input hypothesis
d. Affective hypothesis

55. This is when the child uses language to express their needs
a. Instrumental
b. Regulatory
c. Interactional
d. Personal

56. Here language is used to make contact with others and form relationships (e.g. ‘Love you, Mommy)
a. Instrumental
b. Regulatory
c. Interactional
d. Personal
57. This is the use of language to express feelings, opinions, and individual identity
a. Instrumental
b. Regulatory
c. Interactional
d. Personal

58. This is where language is used to tell others what to do (e.g. ‘Go away’)
a. Instrumental
b. Regulatory
c. Interactional
d. Personal
59. He argues that grammar is not just systemic, but systemic functional. He argues that the explanation of how
language works “needed to be grounded in a functional analysis, since language had evolved in the process of
carrying out certain critical functions as human beings interacted with their… ‘eco-social’ environment”.
a. B.F. Skinner
b. Ferdinand de Saussure
c. Stephen Krashen
d. M.A.K. Halliday
60. This is when language is used to gain knowledge about the environment (e.g. ‘Whatdoes the tractor do?’)
a. Regulatory
b. Heuristic
c. Imaginative
d. Representational
61. The use of language to convey facts and information
a. Regulatory
b. Heuristic
c. Imaginative
d. Representational
62. Here language is used to tell stories and jokes, and to create an imaginary environment.
a. Regulatory
b. Heuristic
c. Imaginative
d. Representational
63. A person’s knowledge of his language, the system of rules which he has mastered so that he is able to produce
and understand an indefinite number of sentences, and to recognize grammatical mistakes and ambiguities.
a. Performance
b. Competence
c. Metalinguistic awareness
d. LAD
64. The actual realization of language knowledge, language seen as a set of specific utterances produced by language
speakers, as encountered in a corpus.
a. Performance
b. Competence
c. Metalinguistic awareness
d. LAD
65. He coined the word communicative competence
a. D.H. Hymes
b. M.A.K. Halliday
c. Noam Chomsky
d. Stephen Krashen
66. Humans are born with innate knowledge of the principles of Universal Grammar:UG
a. Innatism
b. Behaviourism
c. Interactionism
d. Functionalism
67. The Audiolingual method of second language teaching stemmed out from this approach: emphasis is on mimicry
and memorization
a. Innatism
b. Behaviourism
c. Interactionism
d. Functionalism
68. It makes claims not only about comprehension (processing input), but also about production (output): Corrective
feedback during interaction forces learners to produce comprehensible output.
a. Innatism
b. Behaviourism
c. Interactionism
d. Functionalism
69. Through collaborative dialogues, learners co-construct knowledge while engaging in production tasks that draw
their attention to both form and meaning. Language learning is a cognitive activity as well as social activity.
a. Innatism
b. Behaviourism
c. Interactionism
d. Functionalism
70. Any language impairment caused by brain damage characterized by complete or partial impairment of language
comprehension, formulation, and use.
a. Aphasia
b. Apraxia
c. Dysarthia
d. Pervasive development disorder
71. A neurogenic impairment involving planning, executing, and sequencing motor movements.
a. Aphasia
b. Apraxia
c. Dysarthia
d. Pervasive development disorder
72. A class of conditions to which Autism,
a. Aphasia
b. Apraxia
c. Dysarthia
d. Pervasive development disorder
73. Occurs whenever the initial CV syllable in a multisyllabic word repeated (Ex: bottle-bobo)
a. Reduplication
b. Cluster reduction
c. Deletion
d. None of the above
74. A simple way to alter the structure of the word is to omit particular speech segments.
a. Metathesis
b. Cluster reduction
c. Substitution
d. None of the above
75. There is a reordering of the sequence of consonants (C) and vowels (V) within syllable. (Ex. In a CVC sequence
the first and last consonants may be reverse cup becomes puc
a. Metathesis
b. Cluster reduction
c. Substitution
d. None of the above
76. A voiceless sound replaced by a voiced sound. In the examples given /p/ is replaced by /b/, and /k/ replace by
/g/. Other examples might include /t/ being replaced by /d/, or /f/ being replaced by /v/
a. Context sensitive voicing
b. Word final devoicing
c. Final consonant deletion
d. Velar fronting

77. A velar consonant, that is a sound that is normally made with the middle of the tongue contact with the palate
towards the back of the mouth, is replaced with consonant produced at the front of the mouth. Hence /k/ is
replaced by /t/, /g/ is replaced by /d/, and ‘ng’ is replaced by /n/
a. Context sensitive voicing
b. Word final devoicing
c. Final consonant deletion
d. Velar fronting
78. “Home” is pronounced a “hoe”, “calf” is pronounced as “cah”
a. Context sensitive voicing
b. Word final devoicing
c. Final consonant deletion
d. Velar fronting
79. This is a kind of listening to provide someone the opportunity to talk through a problem.
a. Critical listening
b. Comprehensive listening
c. Therapeutic listening
d. None of the above
80. Type of listening in order to understand a message
a. Critical listening
b. Comprehensive listening
c. Therapeutic listening
d. None of the above
81. Linguistic competencies to as:
a. Apples are to oranges
b. Phonology is to morphology
c. Language is to speech
d. Signs are to icons
e. Words are to symbols
82. Hockett’s feature called “interchangeability” means:
a. Sentence components can be read backwards and understood
b. Adult individuals both transmit and receive
c. A speech can serve multiple functions
d. A speaker gets feedback from his ears as well as from his interlocutor.
83. De Saussure noted long ago that
a. the linguistic sign unites a concept and sound image
b. a thing and a name
c. line dancing is very much like bee dancing
d. a sound’s imprint on the senses is ecological but not psychological
84. Pinker suggest that because grammar is a “discrete combinatorial system,”
a. An infinity of sentence can be produced
b. It is a code that is autonomous from cognition
c. Both a & b
d. Neither a nor b

85. Chomsky invented “colourless green ideas sleep furiously” to show


a. That nonsense can be grammatical
b. That probable word sequences can be grammatical, well formed sentences in English
c. Both a & b
d. Neither a nor b

86. The acquisition of a language of wider currency in addition to one’s mother tongue is often referred to as
a. Language shift b. bilingualism c. crelization d. one-plus

87. Loss of one language in favour of another , usually in the direction of acquiring the language of wider currency
while losing the mother tongue is also often called:
a. Language shift
b. Creolization
c. Prescriptivism
d. Literacy
88. This means that human language is not something inborn. Although humans are probably born with an ability to
do language, they must learn, or acquire, their native language from other speakers.
a. Traditional transmission
b. Duality of patterning
c. Productivity
d. Creativity
89. This means that the human language signal does not persists over time.
a. Vocal-auditory channel
b. Broadcast transmission and directional reception
c. Rapid fading (transitoriness)
d. Total feedback
90. This means that the human language signal is sent out in all directions, while it is perceived in a limited
direction.
a. Vocal-auditory channel
b. Broadcast transmission and directional reception
c. Rapid fading (transitoriness)
d. Total feedback
91. He isolated 13 features that characterize human language and which distinguish it from other communication
systems.
a. Charles Hockett
b. M.A.K. Halliday
c. Roland Barthes
d. Noam Chomsky
92. This refers to the use of language in conversation
a. Pragmatics
b. Semiotics
c. Linguistics
d. Stylistics
93. The study of the role signs as a part of social life
a. Pragmatics
b. Semiotics
c. Linguistics
d. Stylistics
94. According to him, the way one interprets something depends on his cultural, social and economic background.
a. Charles Prince
b. Roland Barthes
c. Stuart Hall
d. M.A.K. Halliday
95. His semiotic theory focuses on how signs and photographs represent different cultures and ideologies. He
coined the word denotation and connotation
a. Charles Prince
b. Roland Barthes
c. Stuart Hall
d. M.A.K. Halliday
96. According to him, sign is something which stands to somebody for something in respect or capacity”
a. Charles Prince
b. Roland Barthes
c. Stuart Hall
d. M.A.K. Halliday
97. A word abbreviated to it initial letters
a. Onomatopoeia
b. Initialism
c. Phoneme
d. Pararhyme
98. A minimal speech unit in language, which is often describe in terms of the way it contracts with another closely
related sounds.
a. Onomatopoeia
b. Initialism
c. Phoneme
d. Pararhyme

99. The rhyming of words with the same consonants but with different vowel sounds
a. Onomatopoeia
b. Phoneme
c. Pararhyme
d. Assonance
100. A sequence of repeated vowel sounds
a. Phoneme
b. Pararhyme
c. Assonance
d. Acronym
101. A word composed of the initial letters of the name of something, normally pronounced as a whole word.
a. Phoneme
b. Pararhyme
c. assonance
d. acronym
102. This refers to the problem of how children map sounds onto meanings
a. Child-directed speech
b. Innate
c. Mapping problem
d. Analogical extension
103. Which children extend the meaning of comb to designate a centipede, or extend the meaning of ball to
designate onions, a doorknob or the moon, this is called…
a. Child-directed speech
b. Innate
c. Mapping problem
d. Analogical extension
104. Which of the following statement is correct?
a. Children acquire front consonants (p, b) before back consonants (k, g)
b. Children acquire back consonants (k, g) before front consonants (p, b)
c. Children acquire front and back consonants at the same time
d. Children acquire front consonants and back consonants in random (unpredictable) order
105. In babbling, children’s utterances consists of
a. Combinations of a vowel and a consonant (eg. Ab, ad, at)
b. Combinations of a consonantsand a vowel (eg. ba, da, ta)
c. Vowels only (eg. Aa, oo, ee, etc.)
d. Consonants only (eg. Rrrr, sssss, etc.)
106. When children pronounce cookie as [gege] and water as [wawa], the process which explains this
pronunciation is called?
a. Devoicing
b. Reduplication
c. Syllable reduction
d. Fronting
107. The use of vocabulary and syntax which is overly simplified and reduce
a. Motherese
b. Baby talk
c. Holophrastic utterance
d. Vocalization
108. This is an argument that supports Universal Grammar which posits that if children’s knowledge on
grammar is not learnt, then they must have been born with it
a. Poverty of Stimulus
b. Critical period hypothesis
c. LAD
d. None of the above
109. This posits that children are biologically wired with knowledge on language.
a. Poverty stimulus
b. Critical period hypothesis
c. LAD
d. None of the above
110. The plural suffix- s and past tense form – ed of the verb are types of what morpheme?
a. Inflectional
b. Derivational
c. Grammatical
d. Lexical
111. Suffixes such as – ness, -tion, -ance are types of what morphemes?
a. Inflectional
b. Derivational
c. Grammatical
d. Lexical
112. This refers to the high and low status of a language
a. Pigin
b. Dialect
c. Creole
d. Diglossia
113. A dialect of a language which is ‘elevated’ above others are called:
a. Prime
b. Standard
c. Main
d. Most popular
114. What is the correct term for the omission of the final syllable, sound or letter in a word as e.g. in a cup o’
tea where f is dropped?

a. Metathesis
b. Clipping
c. Epenthises
d. Apocope
115. Which of the following is NOT a part of grammar?
a. Intonation
b. Sound patterns
c. Word meanings
d. Sentence structure
116. In the statement ‘I took my big brown dog to the vet yesterday’. Which of the following does not appear?
a. Pronoun b. adjective c. adverb d. conjunction
117. The conversational maxim ‘Make your contribution as informative as is required’ was devised by whom?
a. Richard Montague
b. Jerry Fodor
c. Herbert Paul Grice
d. Stephen Levinson
118. A pidgin is_______
a. A dialect like Black English in North America
b. The mother tongue, or principle language, of society
c. A simplified make shift language that develops to fulfil the communication needs of people who have
no language in common
d. A common species of bird
119. Which word does not belong to the group?
a. Smog b. Xerox c. motel d. brunch
120. According to this hypothesis, language systematically influences how one perceives and conceptualized
the world.
a. Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
b. Poverty of stimulus
c. Critical period Hypothesis
d. Universal grammar
121. Brain met an automobile accident which damaged his frontal lobe. Subsequent to this injury, Brian’s
pronunciation and grammar have been severely impaired. Which area of the brain is affected as a result of the
accident?
a. Wernicke’s aphasia
b. Broca’s aphasia
c. Chomsky’s area
d. Global aphasia
122. This is a phase in the life span during which an organism has heightened sensitivity to stimuli that are
compulsory for the development of a particular skill.
a. Critical Period Hypothesis
b. Poverty of Stimulus
c. Bootstrapping
d. Universal Grammar
REVIEWER- LINGUISTICS

1. Which of the following is not associated with ‘Parentese’?


a. exaggerated intonation
b. high pitch
c. yes or no questions
d. long, complex sentences

2. Which of the following is not associated with ‘Teacher talk’?


a. teacher, but not student, allowed to interrupt
b. evaluative comments
c. lots of chances for others to talk
d. more formal vocabulary

3. What is the correct term for the omission of a final syllable, sound or letter in a word as e.g. in a cup o’ tea where f is
dropped?
a. metathesis
b. clipping
c. epenthesis
d. apocope

4. Initialisms are spoken as individual letters. USA and BBC are initialisms. Nato and Unesco are not because you
pronounce these ‘letterwords’ as single words. Which of these terms is a correct synonym for initialism?
a. acronym
b. alphabetism
c. literalism
d. clipping

5. In Spanish and French, an e is often added to words that in Latin began in sch. Escuela, escole (later: ecole) for
schola. What’s the technical term for such an addtition at the beginning of words?
a. syncope
b. epenthesis
c. prothesis
d. metathesis

6. The German word for potatoes was originally Tartuffein related to tartufoli ‘truffles’. The initial T became a K:
Kartoffein. Of what language change phenomenon is that an example?
a. assimilation
b. dissimilation
c. insertion
d. syncope

7. It is said by a famous ‘linguistic law’ that voiceless plosives such as p, t, k in Latin or Greek will normally become
voiceless ‘fricatives’ in English (f, th, ch). In other words pater, piscis become father, fish. Tres become three. Cornu;
cor become horn, heart. Who discovered this law?
a. Ferdinand de Saussure
b. Noam Chomsky
c. MAK Halliday
d. Jakob Grimm

8. Who was considered the father of linguistics, a Swiss national who authored the seminal book entitled ‘Course in
General Linguistics’?
a. Noam Chomsky
b. MAK Halliday
c. Ferdinand de Saussure
d. Leonard Bloomfield
9. What is the name of the linguistic school, which attempted to uncover ‘Discovery Procedures’; that are internally
imbedded and compose the underlying components of language?
a. behaviorist
b. cognitivist
c. structuralist
d. transformationalist

10. What are the two main structures found when deconstructing a sentence into a tree diagram?
a. determiners and deictics
b. noun phrase and verb phrase
c. verb clause and prepositionals
d. adjective and prepositional

11. What is the role of grammar in linguistics?


a. It provides a reference work on common difficulties in a language
b. It accounts for all the correct sentences in a language and only correct sentences
c. It tells people how to speak and write correctly
d. It tries to provide a scientific verdict on matters like whether or not one may split infinitives

12. Which of these provides the most accurate definition of “subject of a clause”?
a. The subject is what comes first in a statement.
b. The subject is the agent of the verb.
c. The subject is the element that establishes person, number (and grammatical gender) in a clause.
d. The subject gives more information about the topic of a clause.

13. Since the 1950’s linguistics has shown a renewed interest in “linguistic universals”, that is, in characteristics shared
by all living natural languages. Which of these is NOT a universal?
a. Subject- verb- object is the fundamental order in statements.
b. New words can be created or borrowed if needed.
c. It is possible to talk about things and events not present at the time of speaking.
d. One can create completely new sentences.

14. Which of the following is NOT part of grammar?


a. intonation
b. sound patterns
c. word meaning
d. sentence structure

15. Your English teacher teaches you:


a. descriptive grammar
b. unilateral grammar
c. prescriptive grammar
d. pedagogical

16. What is defined as the study of sentence structure?


a. syntax
b. semantics
c. morphology
d. phonology

17. The conversational maxim ‘Make your contribution as informative as is required’ was devised by whom?
a. Noam Chomsky
b. Herbert Paul Grice
c. BF Skinner
d. Charles Pierce

18. A pidgin is ______________


a. a dialect like Black English in North America
b. the mother tongue, or principle language of a society
c. a simplified makeshift language that develops to fulfill the communication needs of people who have no
language in common.
d. a common species of bird

19. When people speak different forms of a language in different social situations, the phenomenon is referred to as:
a. diglossia
b. creolization
c. bilingualism
d. pidginization

20. Which of the following statements is true about languages?


a. All languages use essentially the same number of sounds.
b. All native speakers of a language learn the basic rules of grammar in school.
c. While different languages use different phonemes, they all essentially share the same syntax.
d. None of the above

21. When young children begin to learn standard grammar, they tend to over regularize it. What does this mean?
a. They consistently use correct grammar in virtually every sentence.
b. They excessively regulate or control what they say to the point that they become inhibited.
c. They assume that common syntax rules apply in all situations.
d. None of the above.

22. Linguistic interference (interlanguage) occurs when:


a. People try to speak if they are very nervous and feel intimidated.
b. People learn a second language or dialect.
c. Young children learn their first language.
d. Children interact with adults.

23. What system do students use in capitalization and punctuation?


a. pragmatics
b. semantic
c. syntactic
d. phonology

24. Which word does not belong to the group?


a. smog
b. laser
c. motel
d. brunch

25. This refers to the high and low status of a language.


a. pidgin
b. dialect
c. creole
d. diglossia

26. A compound word girlfriend is a type of _________ compounding.


a. exocentric
b. endocentric
c. appositional
d. copulative

27. A compound word kidnap is a type of _________ compounding.


a. exocentric
b. endocentric
c. appositional
d. copulative

28. The network of relations between words and expressions in a sentence.


a. syntax
b. patterning
c. arbitrariness
d. creativity
29. The ability to communicate about things which are removed in time or place.
a. syntax
b. semanticity
c. arbitrariness
d. displacement

30. The ability to produce a sentence which has never been heard before.
a. syntax
b. patterning
c. arbitrariness
d. creativity

31. The ability to acquire meaning.


a. creativity
b. semanticity
c. duality
d. displacement

32. A minimal speech unit in a language, which is often described in terms of the way it contrasts with another closely
related speech sound.
a. onomatopoeia
b. phoneme
c. initialism
d. pararhyme

33. The rhyming of words with the same consonants but with different vowel sounds
a. onomatopoeia
b. pararhyme
c. phoneme
d. assonance

34. A sequence of repeated vowel sounds


a. phoneme
b. assonance
c. pararhyme
d. acronym

35. In the two-word stage, children produce


a. very short utterances
b. utterances that contain function words only
c. utterances that contain content words only
d. utterances that contain two words only

36. Child-directed speech refers to speech


a. which is characterized by mistakes, garbles, ungrammaticalities, false starts, mispronunciations, and stutters
b. which is directed at children of all ages in all cultures
c. which is typical of formal language lessons to children
d. which is intended to support the early stages of first language acquisition because it is simple and contains
repetitions, semantic extensions, etc.

37. This is an act of affecting someone; It is the effect on the hearer/reader on what the writer/speaker says/writes.
a. locutionary act
b. illocutionary act
c. directive
d. perlocutionary act

38. A French theorist who coined the word denotation and connotation.
a. Roland Barthes
b. Stuart Hall
c. Ferdinand de Saussure
d. Charles Pierce

39. The suggested meaning of the sign, the cultural convention associated with the sign.
a. connotation
b. denotation
c. literal
d. dictionary-based
40. According to him, meaning is not fixed, the interpreter brings with him his own orientation in translating a text or
symbol.
a. Roland Barthes
b. Stuart Hall
c. Charles Pierce
d. Ferdinand de Saussure

41. A language is a system of meaning- a semiotic system. This is attributed to whom?


a. Michael Halliday
b. Roland Barthes
c. Noam Chomsky
d. Ferdinand de Saussure

42. Languages are studied from point of view of their historical development- for example, the changes which have
taken place between Old and Modern English could be described in phonological, grammatical and semantic terms.
a. diachronic
b. prescriptive
c. synchronic
d. descriptive

43. Languages are studied at a theoretic point in time: one describes a ‘state’ of language, disregarding whatever
changes might be taking place.
a. diachronic
b. prescriptive
c. synchronic
d. descriptive

44. Communicative competence is attributed to:


a. D. H. Hymes
b. BF Skinner
c. MAK Halliday
d. Noam Chomsky

45. Sounds that are made within complete stop of air flow in the vocal tracts. What is the manner of articulation?
a. plosive
b. affricative
c. nasal
d. fricative

46. A sound produced by a near complete stoppage of air. Sounds like /s/, /z/ or /f/.
a. plosive
b. affricative
c. nasal
d. fricative

47. Don, a grade 4 pupil reads saw for was, says a b is a d, skips, omits, or adds words when he reads out loud, writes 41
for 14, cannot acknowledge the differences between 123 and 1 2 3, has the tendency to do reversals. What learning
difficulty doe he suffer?
a. Dyscalculia
b. Dyslexia
c. Dysgraphia
d. Reading miscues
48. Fe, a Grade 5 pupil has a difficulty completing school work using writing in everyday situations, producing letters on
paper, and may not understand the relationship between letters, words, and sounds, shows weaknesses in fine
motor skills.
a. Dyscalculia
b. Dyslexia
c. Dysgraphia
d. Aphasia

49. In this kind of phonemic awareness strategy, the teacher shows students how to do all the steps in the task before
asking the children to do the task. E.g. The first sound in sun is /ssss/
a. sound isolation
b. blending
c. segmenting
d. metathesis

50. Characterized by complete or partial impairment of language comprehension


a. Dyscalculia
b. Dyslexia
c. Dysgraphia
d. Aphasia

51. Don, a grade three pupil finds it difficult to relate his thoughts and feelings through speaking and writing. He may
find it hard to recall the right words and may try to communicate using gestures and sound effects. When he speaks,
it will often be in short phrases or sentences which may show incorrect grammar or tense. Don is suffering from:
a. Expressive disorder
b. Receptive disorder
c. Auditory processing disorder
d. Phonological difficulty

52. The child has difficulties with the ways sounds are formed and strung together usually characterized by substituting
one sound for another- wabbit for rabbit, omitting a sound- han for hand, distorting a sound ship for sip.
a. Articulation disorder
b. Late Talking
c. Phonological disorder
d. Specific Language Impairment

53. A communication disorder that goes by many other names: developmental language disorder, language delay or
developmental dysphasia.
a. Articulation disorder
b. Late talking
c. Phonological disorder
d. Specific Language Impairment

54. This refers to a reader's ability to use phonics, phonemics and structural analysis knowledge.
a. Alphabetic knowledge
b. Sight-Word knowledge
c. Basic sight words
d. Knowledge on sound-symbol correspondence

55. In this type of disorder, children babbled little or very late and went on using 'jargon' speech much longer than other
children of the same age.
a. Semantic-Pragmatic disorder
b. Stuttering
c. Articulation disorder
d. Speech Language Impairment

56. The child has difficulty processing and remembering language-related tasks.
a. Central Auditory Processing Disorder
b. Non-verbal Learning Disorders
c. Visual Perceptual/Visual Motor Deficit
d. Language Disorders
57. The child has trouble with nonverbal cues, e.g., body language; poor coordination, clumsy
a. Central Auditory Processing Disorder
b. Non-verbal Learning Disorders
c. Visual Perceptual/Visual Motor Deficit
d. Language Disorders

58. The child has problems with motor coordination


a. Dyslexia
b. Dyspraxia (Sensory Integration Disorder)
c. Dysgraphia
d. Central Auditory Processing Disorder

59. When a child is fidgety, impulsive, and inattentive; the child may be suffering from?
a. Dyslexia
b. Dyscalculia
c. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
d. Language Impairment Disorder

60. When a child is diagnosed with ADHD, the teacher must give him multiple assignments as learning reinforcement.
a. True, because it allows him ample practice at home
b. True, because it allows him to spend his time in meaningful activities
c. False, because the teacher should allow the student to concentrate and finish a task before proceeding on
the next activity
d. False, because when a student has an ADHD, no homework is to be given so that they can relax fron the
demanda of the school

61. This refers to the relationship between written and spoken letters and sounds. It is the ability to hear, identify and
use sounds that make up words.
a. Phonemic awareness
b. Phonics
c. Vocabulary Development
d. Fluency

62. This process of language learning is characterized by repeated practices of sentence patterns until they become
automatic
a. Language performance
b. Habit formation
c. Hypothesis testing
d. Overgeneralization

63. To enunciate certain words with difficulty and with frequent halting and repetition of the initial consonant of a word
or syllable
a. Stuttering
b. Dyspraxia
c. Dysgraphia
d. Central Auditory Processing Disorder

64. This refers to the substitution of words similar in meaning ("barn"- "house")
a. Paraphasias
b. Phonemic paraphasias
c. Semantic paraphasias
d. Neologisms

65. This refers to the non-word categorization.


a. Paraphasias
b. Phonemic paraphasias
c. Semantic paraphasias
d. Neologisms

66. In this scenario, there is a reordering of the sequence of the consonants within a syllable e.g. bat-tab
a. Deletion
b. Weak syllable deletion
c. Consonant deletion
d. Matathesis

67. This occurs whenever the unstressed or weak syllable of a multi-syllabic word is omitted e.g. Octopus-Ocpus
a. Deletion
b. Weak syllable deletion
c. Consonant deletion
d. Matathesis

68. This occurs when one speech segment is transformed into another owing to the influence of a neighboring segment
a. Assimilation
b. Deletion
c. Substitution
d. Matathesis

69. In this type of aphasia, patients have production impairment but comprehension is relatively intact.
a. Broca's Aphasia
b. Global Aphasia
c. Wernicke's Aphasia
d. Secondary Aphasia
70. In this type of aphasia, the patients are fluent, but produce nonsensical sounds, words, sentences. They have
damage in the posterior region of the superior temporal gyrus.
a. Broca's Aphasia
b. Global Aphasia
c. Wernicke's Aphasia
d. Secondary Aphasia

71. In babbling, children's utterances consist of


a. Combinations of a vowel and a consonant
b. Combinations of a consonant and a vowel
c. Vowels only
d. Consonants only

72. When children pronounce cookie as [gege] and water as [wawa], the process which explains this pronunciation is
called:
a. Devoicing
b. Reduplication
c. Syllable reduction
d. Fronting

73. In the two-word stage, children produce


a. very short utterances
b. utterances that contain function words only
c. utterances that contain content words only
d. utterances that contain two words only

74. Use of a single word for many different purposes


a. Holophrastic utterances
b. Vocalization
c. Babbling
d. Telegraphic utterance

75. Making sounds through the mouth


a. Holophrastic utterances
b. Vocalization
c. Babbling
d. Telegraphic utterance
LANGUAGE REVIEWER

1. The process of language learning characterized by repeated practice of sentence pattern until they became habitual
and automatic is _______.
A. Simplification
B. Hypothesis testing
C. Habit-formation
D. Overgeneralization

2. The view of language on which Audiolingualism is based


A. Structural grammar
B. Pedagogical grammar
C. Functional grammar
D. Transformational grammar

3. The theory of Language learning that emphasizes the child’s creativity in constructing his/her knowledge of the
language.
A. Cognitivist
B. Functionalist
C. Behaviorist
D. Interactionist

4. The innate property of all normal person that enable them to learn a language naturally and spontaneously is______
A. language competent
B. Comprehensible input
C. Language performance
D. Language acquisition device

5. Based on Canale and Swain’s model of communicative competence, the ability of a language learner to repair
communication breakdown is_____
A. Linguistic competence
B. Sociolinguistic competence
C. Discourse competence
D. Strategic competence

6. What method is used when learning a language is facilitated in a relaxed comfortable environment with dim lights
and soft music?
A. Grammar translation method
B. Silent way
C. Suggestopedia
D. Total physical response

7. The primary aim of the second language teaching using the Audiolingual method is____
A. Reading comprehension
B. Literary appreciation
C. Grammar & Vocabulary
D. Oral proficiency
8. Generally, the desired goal of English language teaching in the country is to enable students to_____
A. Master English pronunciation, grammar,& vocabulary
B. Achieve confidence & spontaneity in using English
C. Communicate accurately, fluently, and appropriately
D. Show sensitivity to context where English is used

9. A teaching practice which is compatible with Communicative Approach is one that_____


A. Derives and makes explicit that grammatical rules of the language
B. Follows the listen-speak-read-write sequence of skills
C. Assesses the needs of the target learners
D. Gives priority to oral proficiency

10. Which of the theories of learning language and literacy view children as having the ability to relate new information
to prior knowledge?
A. Constructivist
B. Interactive
C. Reader response
D. Sociolinguistic

11. Which cueing system is detecting regional dialects?


A. Phonological
B. Syntactic
C. Semantic
D. Pragmatic

12. If a teacher wishes to develop the learner’s academic language skills, which approach should s/he use?
A. Focusing inquiry
B. Generic competency model
C. Content-based instruction
D. Thematic instruction

13. Which of the following emphasized the formal properties of language?


A. Adequacy
B. Accuracy
C. Appropriateness
D. Availability

14. How many morphemes does the UNHAPPINESS have?


A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

15. Morphemes, which don’t change the form class of the words or morpheme to which they are attached
A. Derivational
B. Inflectional
C. Bound
D. Free

16. Which of the following strategies may help students in phonemic awareness?
A. Sound isolation
B. Motor imaging
C. Sight words drill
D. Syllabication

17. Which is the focus when student subtitles DAD for FATHER?
A. Phonology
B. Pragmatic
C. Syntactic
D. Semantic

18. Despite his age and regional dialect, Manny Pacquiao still speaks in English and has slowly improved his oral
proficiency. Which factor is the most influential in the development of his oral proficiency?
A. Motivation
B. Native language
C. Innate phonetic ability
D. Identity and language Ego

19. Selecting and grading function and form in the notional functional approach to syllabus design is difficult
because____
A. Language functions and forms taxonomies are not available
B. Language functions are not parallel to language forms
C. Language functions requires alternative expressions
D. Language functions do not usually occur in isolation
20. A plan of what to be achieved through the teaching and learning process which contains the course description,
objectives the topics to be taught and the requirements is the_______.
A. Course outline
B. Learning competency
C. Syllabus
D. Curriculum

21. With reference to goals and objectives it is necessary to make a list of things that________.
A. Learners required to do in the real world
B. Learners need to do in different subject areas
C. Learners need in a democratic society
D. Parents expect their children to do in school

22. All of the questions below were suggested when developing a curriculum except.
A. What educational purposes should the school seek to attain?
B. What philosophy of educational is practiced among nearby schools?
C. How can these educational experiences be effectively organized?
D. How can we determine whether these purposes are being attained?

23. Instructional materials are classroom tools which contain instructions to learners or teachers and which specify.
A. Methods and techniques
B. Syllabus design and approach
C. Goals and objectives
D. Learning text and task

24. An example of instructional materials which allows the learners to work independently an learn a particular set of
instructional objectives without the help of the teacher is_______
A. Textbook
B. References
C. Workbook
D. Module

25. An important step in ensuring the relevance of the instructional materials to the rest to the rest of the curriculum is
to keep a list of_____
A. Policies issued by DepED
B. Goals and objectives of the curriculum
C. Provisions in the constitution of the PTA
D. Visions and mission of the school

26. The type of tasks in instructional materials which aims for interactional authenticity, i.e. they involves interactions
with the same characteristics as those that occur in communication outside the classroom.
A. Real life task
B. Pedagogic task
C. Focused task
D. Unfocused task

27. Newspaper articles, advertisement, radio announcement, etc. in the real world when used in the classroom
situations are classified as_______
A. Authentic materials
B. Audio-visual aids
C. Mass communication materials
D. Recycled materials

28. The type of instructional material that reinforces the teaching points with many drill and exercises just like those
that contains an A-Z or practical suggestions for teaching. It combines features of textbook and workbook.
A. Work text
B. Teacher’s manual
C. Workbook
D. Module
29. It is very important to consider inclusivity in the preparation and evaluation of materials because it helps identify
practices that propagate marginalization. Which of the following practices give women stereotyped roles like ailing
mother, hopeless maidens, forlorn princess, etc.?
A. Absence / omission
B. Fragmentation
C. Trivialized
D. Silencing

30. What type of evaluation considers how rigid the sequencing and grading of the content are and how the materials
can be used in different ways?
A. Internal evaluation
B. Content evaluation
C. External evaluation
D. Overall evaluation

31. Ms. Jane a new faculty was asked to handle a remedial reading program after her class. Compared to her regular
class, the remedial class is more likely_______
A. Heterogeneous
B. Depends on the teaching
C. Bigger
D. Homogeneous

32. Evaluation of remedial programs comes in many forms. Which of the following criteria ensures that the program
achieves its goal of improving student abilities to prepare them for the mainstream class?
A. Organizational content
B. Accountability
C. Effectiveness
D. Impact

33. An ideal school-based remedial session should have______


A. 1-3 learners
B. 3-10 learners
C. 30-50 learners
D. 10-30 learners

34. Which of the following is NOT an instructional adaptation in remedial instruction?


A. Scaffolding instructional cues
B. More challenging texts and tasks
C. Levelling and chunking of materials
D. Ongoing assessment and feedback

35. Which is the primary consideration in choosing instructional materials for remedial instruction?
A. Congruence with skills being developed
B. Demands of the mainstream class
C. Variety of instructional materials
D. Appeal to the students

36. Which category of ESP does the English for teachers belong?
A. English for Occupational purposes (EOP)
B. English for Academic purposes (EAP)
C. English for Vocational purposes (EVP)
D. English for Business purposes (EBP)

37. The following constitute ESP courses EXCEPT


A. A course that teaches undergraduate engineering students from various branches to write reports on design
projects
B. A course design to prepare students for the TEST of English as a foreign language (TOEFL)
C. A course designed to teach social English to a group of business people
D. A course team taught with a subject-lecturer that helps post graduates of a particular discipline understand
departmental lectures
38. Ms. Cruz, an ESP practitioner, decides to use a table statistic to teach the language of comparison. Which constitutes
the carrier content of the lesson?
A. Language comparison
B. Statistics
C. Method used by the teacher
D. Choice of materials to fit the needs of the learners

39. When designing an ESP program, all of the following “need” should be considered, except
A. Communicative skills required in the work place
B. Weaknesses or “lacks”
C. Learning theories
D. Learning styles

40. Mr. Pena plans to develop an ESP course for their school. The first thing he should do is_____
A. Evaluation
B. Needs and analysis
C. Materials development
D. Organization of lessons

41. Which among the following should be the least priority of an ESP teacher?
A. Learners cognitive development
B. Learners emotional involvement
C. knowledge of the content
D. teacher talk

42. All of the following class activities are recommended for an English for business course except
A. Writing reaction paper
B. Writing business
C. Presenting a business plan
D. Conducting a feasibility study

43. When preparing materials for an ESP, the next step to do after assessing and analyzing the need is ____________.
A. Test the validity
B. Establish specific objectives
C. Identify supplementary text
D. Organize the lessons, activities and exercise

44. The technical skills development authority (TESDA) collaborated with PNU to train the English Proficiency of Baristas
who will be employees in Starbucks Coffee Company in California. What type of ESP syllabus should PNU English
Department develop?
A. Skill basis syllabus
B. Methods base syllabus
C. Content base syllabus
D. Knowledge base syllabus

45. Before designing the English for flight attendant syllabus Mr. cruz prove need a study on the most frequent and
necessary terms that flight attendant use. What type of analysis did Mr. Cruz conduct?
A. Present target analysis
B. Target situation analysis
C. Discourse analysis
D. Register analysis

46. A good research topic for an action research is also called a/an _________________’
A. Literary text
B. Research journals
C. Conversation with teacher
D. Classroom interaction

47. One of a characteristic of a case study in terms of generalizability is:


A. It has no generalizability
B. Generalize to the defined population that they represent
C. It can be generalize to a population defined by the researcher
D. It can be generalized to apply to similar cases

48. Purposeful sampling involves


A. Selecting a sample that accurately represents a define population
B. Selecting a large sample as possible within given cost constrains
C. Selecting cases that are information reach with respect to the study goals
D. All of the above

49. What are the two categories of a literature test?


A. Literary analysis and literary interpretation
B. Literary information and literary interpretation
C. Literary information and literary analysis
D. Literary skills and literary concepts
50. “How many books are there in a table?” is an examples of what type of grammar test item?
a. option form
b. Free-response form
c. Inflection form
d. Limited response form

51. Which statement is true of a matching type test?


a. Response are usually shorter than premises
b. Double negative statements are avoided.
c. Statement of opinion should be accompanied by a source.
d. There is clear one correct answer and the rest are partially correct.

52. A general plan on what skills to test, what texts to use, and how many items per skills is called_________.
A. A plan blue print
B. A test blue print
C. A skills blue print
D. A concept blue print

53. Which diagnostic and instructional procedure is used to determine a student's prior knowledge?
A. Master learning
B. Directed-reading activity
C. Individualize method
D. Pre-reading plan (PReP)
54. Which defines the relationship of the test to the course program?
A. Instructional
B. Evaluation
C. Practical
D. Theoretical

55. A general function of media which strengthen particular response and reinforce beliefs attitudes, value and
opinions. A students in English, for example will reinforce his/her knowledge of English by reading grammar books.
Listening the lectures and watching TV programs on English improvement.
A. Entertain
B. Persuade
C. Reinforce
D. Educate

56. Which gives a television an EDGE over print media?


A. Proximity
B. Visual
C. Color
D. Motion

57. What are these line delivered by a TV host?


“NEXT OIL PRICES GOING UP”
“COMING UP, SANDRA CAM UPDATE”
A. Bumpers B. Teasers C. Commercials D. Station identification

58. The reading models that refers to a kind of processing in which meaning is derived from the accurate,
sequential processing of words. The emphasis is on the text rather than the reader’s background knowledge.

A. Top-Down
B. Interactive Compensatory
C. Bottom-Up
D. Question-Answer Relationship

59. An assessment device in which student reads a series of selections that gradually increase in difficulty is
called_________.
A. Cloze test
B. Informal reading inventory
C. Miscue analysis
D. Free-Writing

60. A strategy that allows students to tell back what they have read is called__________.
A. Introspection
B. Think-Aloud
C. Retelling
D. Free-Writing

61. A learner who cannot read yet, but can comprehend text read aloud to him/her can be categorized
in_____________.
A. Frustration level
B. Instructional level
C. Independent level
D. Capacity reading level

62. An assessment device used to determine language competence and reader’s comprehension is
called_______________.
A. Cloze test
B. IRI
C. Miscue
D. Rubric

63. A reader got 30 answers correct in a 40-item cloze text. This reader can be categorized
under______________.
A. Capacity reading level
B. Independent reading level
C. Instructional reading level
D. Frustration reading level

64. A subpart of an IRI requires student to read aloud the selection. This is done to measure reader’s ability in
reading.
A. Word in isolation
B. Word in context
C. Known words
D. Unknown words

65. Top-Down process in listening involves ____________.


A. Informational available within the text only
B. The “inside the head” informational that the listener may bring to the text
C. Language information contextual clues, and prior knowledge
D. The ability to process acoustic signals
66. When Ms.Escoto implemented her lesson her department head noted that there is something “problematic”
during the post-reading stage of her lesson. What could have gone wrong?
A. She failed to give a test
B. She forgot to give an assignment
C. She forgot to mention the source of the text
D. She failed to link the text to the learners through activities

67. An interior monologue is prepared when one is______________.


A. Reviewing events
B. Making a decision
C. Planning
D. Arguing

68. Which stage of the reading process of the READING PROCESS is inferred when students construct projects?
A. Reading
B. Responding
C. Exploring
D. Extending

69. Which is an informal tool for determining students READING LEVELS?


A. Informational reading inventory (IRI)
B. Double-Reading-Thinking activity
C. Double-Entry Journal
D. Mastery Learning

70. Which is an ALTERNATIVE to traditional reading instruction that allows children to choose books themselves?
A. Reading workshop
B. In-service training
C. Writing workshop
D. Seminar workshop

71. Which assessment tool is to be used to measure students reading comprehension?


A. Reading logs
B. Running record
C. Grand conversation
D. Anecdotal notes

72. All of the following are organizational patterns used in exposition, except:
A. Narration
B. Comparison-Contrast
C. Cause-Effect
D. Time order

73. An approach to teaching writing that involves the teacher and the students working on strategies for
analyzing text, generating ideas, drafting revising and proofreading.
A. Process-oriented
B. Genre-based
C. Process-genre
D. Controlled-to-Free

74. An approach to teaching writing that focuses on the relationships between readers and writers in specific
discourse communities and on the texts that are used in creating and maintaining those relationships.
A. Genre
B. Controlled
C. Process
D. Paragraph pattern

75. This term is used for diary-like reflective notebook that students maintain for regular writing practice,
sometimes involving regular feedback from the teacher.
A. Journals
B. Diaries
C. Memoirs
D. Notecards

76. What method of paragraph development is used in this main idea?


THE EXODUS OF FILIPINO WORKERS TO THE MIDDLE EAST IS A COMPLEX PSYCHO-ECONOMIC PHENOMENON
A. Classification
B. Process
C. Analysis
D. Cause-Effect

77. Writing for pen-pal reflects this approach L2 composition.


A.Controlled
B.Communicative
C.Model
D.English for academic purposes

78. One of the ways to effective oral communication is delivery of the message. This means intelligibility and
clarity of a message depends on.
A. How the message is constructed
B. How the message is articulated
C. How the message is sent
D. All of the above

79. When students engage in labelling a picture or a diagram, there are into_________________.
A. While-listening
B. Post listening
C. Pre-listening
D. All of the above.

80. Ms. Santos asked her students to listen for a key words or phrases from a listening passage. On the workshop
is a list of twelve key words or phrases. When they hear a particular word or phrase, they check it off on the
worksheet. If they don’t hear a particular item they leave it blank. What process of listening is involved?
A. Bottom-up processing
B. Top-down processing
C. Interactive processing
D. Personalization

81. Ms. Jen, an English teacher, divide the class into groups and gave a problem-solving activity entitled “Lost in a
Desert Island” She wanted to provide her students with an activity that allow them to signal that one wanted
to speak. What specific speech routine used in conversation did Ms. Kathleen adhere to?
A. Negotiation of meaning
B. Feedback
C. Interaction
D. Turn-taking

82. To complete the communication process, the receiver of a message must provide the
sender____________________.
A. Medium
B. Gesture
C. Feedback
D. Stimulate

83. Which phrases should be used to provide explanations?


A. Today, you have to learn this, or else..
B. This is a long assignment, but you’ll have just to do it.
C. Complete this exercise, otherwise, there’ll will be trouble
D. This will be difficult, but it fits with

84. Which phrases should be used to accept diversity?


A. Please use ideas that fit in with what i say in class.
B. That’s not the kind of answer we can accept around here
C. That’s not how i see it, but i can understand how others might see if differently.
D. I’ve never heard that expression before, so let’s not start something new.

85. Which phrase should be use to give praise and encouragement?


A. That was quick.
B. You can never pay attention, can you?
C. That’s a dumb answer.
D. I can see you never study.

86. Which phrase emphasized reinforcement and reward?


A. Five points off for missing homework.
B. If you have a less than a C average on all your tests, you’ll have to take an extra test.
C. All homework completed means five extra points.
D. If you don’t complete the exercise on time, there can be no used of AVR.

87. A speaker’s voice is distinct from other voices because of the general tone of the voice known as___________.
A. Nasality
B. Quality
C. Loudness
D. Hoarseness

88. US President Barack Obama is reported to have a consistently used a teleprompter when he delivers his speech.
This shows that he refers a mode of delivery which is_______________.
A. Extemporaneous
B. Impromptu
C. Memorized
D. Manuscript speaking

89. The speaker can convey his interest in communicating with the audience through______________.
A. Depressing up for the occasion
B. Lowering the pitch of the voice
C. Making overly dramatic gesture
D. Establishing eye contact

90. Speakers who use the same pitch or a limited pitch pattern when they speak and who sound disinterest and
unenthusiastic are __________________.
A. Bilingual speakers
B. monolingual speakers
C. Nasal speakers
D. Monotone speakers

91. In learning the English verb system, Melissa realizes that the past tense of call is called. In her composition
class, she alse wrote, sitted and drinked.
A. Fossilization
B. Imitation
C. Creolization
D. Over-generalization

92. Mrs. Leong brought her 5-year old daughter Aliyah to the states and in no time at all Aliyah acquires a near
native enunciation. However, this was not the case with her 20-year old son Robert.
A.Critical Period Hypothesis
B.Inter language
C.Contrastive Hypothesis
D.Natural Order Hypothesis

93. When native speakers address second language learners, they adjust their normal speech rate in order to
facilitate understanding.
A. Teacher talk
B. Foreigner talk
C. Pidginization
D. Acculturation
94. Allen appears to fair better in the language class with the help and guidance of the teacher.
A. Learner difference in input
B. Acquisition versus Learning
C. Zone of Proximal Development
D. Scaffolding for meaningful learning

95. According to Gardner, a child who recognizes rhythms and sounds in words and enjoys learning about their
origins has strong ____________________.
A. Musical intelligence
B. Mathematical intelligence
C. Linguistic intelligence
D. Spatial intelligence

96. Modern campus publication is both a school paper and community paper thus it content it similar to that of a
metropolitan paper. What part of a metropolitan paper does a campus paper usually do not have?
A. Business and agricultural sections
B. Shipping movie, TV and radio guide
C. Classified adds
D. All of the above

97. It is the greatest service an editorial writer can perform and it is where the prestige and respect that are
reflected through public confidence in and acceptance of the press lie.
A. Truth
B. Service
C. Fairness
D. Accuracy

98. This type of interview is considered the most common and the most relaxing for both the reporter and the
source because the toughest and most threatening questions are saved for near the end. It is called
A. Funnel interview
B. Inverted-funnel interview
C. Ambush interview
D. Telephone interview

99. Mr. Reyes handles a proficiency-enhancement program for Criminology student at the onset of the program
he conducted a needs assessment to identify their current level of proficiency. Mr. Reyes focused on what
type of needs analysis?
A. Target situation analysis
B. Present situation analysis
C. Pedagogic needs analysis
D. Registered analysis

100. In Ms. Palma’s speech class the student presented a panel discussion. They were graded using a rubric
which separately scores each criterion. What type of rubric Ms. Palma use?
A. Subjective
B. Objective
C. Analytic
D. Holistic

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