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Language Teaching Methods - 2
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Instructions:
Answer 47 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Maintaining a topic in a conversation
grammatical competence
Grice's maxims
topic development
cognitive academic language proficiency
2. Pertaining to one's sense of smell
pedagogical tasks
sociolinguistic competence
organizational competence
olfactory
3. An approach to linguistic research that relies on computer analyses of a collection of texts-written - transcribed speech - or both-stored in electronic form and analyzed with the help of computer programs
kinesthetics
sociolinguistic competence
corpus linguistics
Grice's maxims
4. The examination of the relationship between forms and functions of language beyond the sentence level
discourse analysis
context-embedded language
task-based instruction
task
5. The cluster of abilities that enable humans to convey and interpret messages and to negotiate meanings interpresonally within specific contexts
notional-functional syllabuses
communicative competence
pedagogical tasks
repair
6. In nonverbal communication - factors external to a person - such as clothing and ornamentation - and their effect on communication
artifacts
task-based instruction
kinesics
repair
7. Nonverbal feature involving what one looks at how one looks at another person in face-to-face communication
eye contact
sociolinguistic competence
approach
contrastive rhetoric
8. Language forms and functions that are embedded in a set of schemata within which the learner can operate - as in meaningful conversations - real-life tasks - and extensive reading (see BICS)
shifting
basic interpersonal communicative skills
discourse analysis
context-embedded language
9. The meaningful - interactive purposes within a social (pragmatic) context - that we accomplish with the bits and pieces of language
communicative language teaching
shifting
functions (language functions)
eye contact
10. A language course that attends primarily to forms (grammar - phonology - lexicon) as organizing elements of a foreign language curriculum
structural syllabus
avoidance
contrastive rhetoric
shifting
11. An aspect of communicative competence that encompasses knowledge of lexical items and of rules of morphology - syntax - sentence-level grammar - semantics - and phonology
grammatical competence
repair
basic interpersonal communicative skills
Grice's maxims
12. Correction by the learner of an ill-formed utterance - either self-initiated or in response to feedback
avoidance
interruptions
repair
turn-taking
13. (of a topic) changing the subject in a conversation
pragmatic competence
communicative competence
context-reduced language
shifting
14. The ability to use rules and systems that dictate what we can do with the forms of language
interruptions
organizational competence
forms (language forms)
artifacts
15. Activities or techniques that occur in the classroom
pedagogical tasks
discourse competence
speech acts
communicative competence
16. The ability to connect sentences in stretches of discourse and to form a meaningful whole out of a series of utterances
eye contact
discourse competence
task
register
17. Securing the attention fo one's audience in a conversation
task
functions (language functions)
attention getting
notional-functional syllabuses
18. Language forms and functions that lck a set of embedded schemata within which the learner can operate - as in traditional test items - isolated reading excerpts - and repetition drills (see CALP)
register
notional-functional syllabuses
context-reduced language
pragmalinguistic
19. Use of language in the world beyond the classroom
avoidance
proxemics
target tasks
pedagogical tasks
20. An approach to language teaching that focuses on tasks
artifacts
proxemics
task-based instruction
clarification request
21. Criteria for analyzing why speakers are sometimes ineffective in conversations
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22. Naturally occurring discourses - usually written - across different languages and cultures
illocutionary competence
task
context-embedded language
contrastive rhetoric
23. A unified but broadly based theoretical position about the nature of language and of language learning and teaching that forms the basis fo methodology in the language classroom
approach
sociolinguistic competence
grammatical competence
shifting
24. The communicative capacity that all humans acquire in order to be able to function in daily interpresonal exchanges
basic interpersonal communicative skills
interruptions
perlocutionary force
kinesthetics
25. Proposing a topic for discussion in a conversation
contrastive rhetoric
pragmalinguistic
topic nomination
speech acts
26. An approach to language teaching methodology that emphasizes authenticity - interaction - student-centered learning - task-based activities - and communication for real-world - meaningful purposes
communicative language teaching
speech acts
discourse analysis
pedagogical tasks
27. (of a topic) in a conversation - steering others away from an unwanted topic
repair
sociolinguistic competence
avoidance
functions (language functions)
28. (according to Canale & Swain) the ability to use strategies to compensate for imperfect knowledge of rules or performance limitations
speech acts
attention getting
strategic competence
kinesics
29. In a conversation - conventions in which participants allow aappropriate opportunities for others to talk or take the floor
artifacts
turn-taking
perlocutionary force
grammatical competence
30. The intersection of pragmatics and linguistic forms
pragmalinguistic
contrastive rhetoric
organizational competence
context-embedded language
31. The interface between pragmatics and social organization
sociopragmatics
clarification request
context-reduced language
communicative competence
32. In nonverbal communication - conventions for how to touch others and where to touch them
forms (language forms)
kinesthetics
communicative language teaching
notional-functional syllabuses
33. A set of language variants commonly identified by certain phonological features - vocabulary - idioms - and/or other expressions that are associated with an occupational or socioeconomic group
register
forms (language forms)
grammatical competence
organizational competence
34. Body language - gesture - eye contact - and other physical features of nonverbal communication
context-embedded language
basic interpersonal communicative skills
task-based instruction
kinesics
35. The ability to use or apply sociocultural rules of discourse in a language
target tasks
Grice's maxims
sociolinguistic competence
pragmalinguistic
36. The ability to send and receive intended meanings
topic development
illocutionary competence
sociolinguistic competence
communicative competence
37. The effect and importance of the consequences of communicative speech acts
task-based instruction
perlocutionary force
pragmatic competence
discourse analysis
38. The ability to produce and comprehend functional and sociolinguistic aspects of language
perlocutionary force
context-reduced language
interruptions
pragmatic competence
39. The dimension of proficiency in which a learner manipulates or reflects on the surface features of language in academic contexts - such as test-taking - writing - analyzing - and reading academic texts
cognitive academic language proficiency
kinesics
Grice's maxims
strategic competence
40. An elicitation of a reformulation from a student (different unit maybe?)
attention getting
context-embedded language
clarification request
speech acts
41. A classroom activity in which meaning is primary
topic nomination
task
attention getting
sociopragmatics
42. Communicative behaviors used systematically to accomplish particular purposes
speech acts
discourse analysis
grammatical competence
task-based instruction
43. Breaking in and taking the floor
context-embedded language
sociolinguistic competence
pragmalinguistic
interruptions
44. The bits and pieces of language - such as morphemes - words - grammar rules - discourse rules - and other organizational elements of language
forms (language forms)
target tasks
kinesics
contrastive rhetoric
45. In nonverbal communication - conventions for acceptable physical distance between persons
structural syllabus
proxemics
task-based instruction
communicative language teaching
46. A language course that attends primarily to functions as organizing elements of a foreign language curriculum
illocutionary force
register
notional-functional syllabuses
kinesics
47. The intended meaning of the utterance or text within its context
illocutionary force
discourse competence
illocutionary competence
proxemics