I. Multiple Choices: (15%)
Directions: In this section, you are given 15 questions, beneath each of which are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You are to make the best choice either to complete the incomplete statement or to answer the question. One point is given to each correct choice.
1. According to the records available, human beings have been engaged in the study of language for ______ centuries.
A. 10
B. 15
C. 20
D. 25
2. Traditional linguists gave priority to the written form and took ______ as their starting point.
A. words
B. phrases
C. sentences
D. paragraphs
3. Overemphasis on translation can never free learners from dependence on the ______ language.
A. second
B. target
C. first
D. foreign
4. According to Gouin, ______ expression is intimately linked with thought about real events.
A. linguistic
B. verbal
C. facial
D. natural
5. What can be introduced as a means of consolidation and evaluation in the Direct Method?
A. Fill-in-the-blank.
B. Dictation.
C. Writing.
D. Reading.
6. Palmer and his fellow linguists believed that a mastery of some ______ words would greatly assist foreign language learning.
A. 1,000
B. 2,000
C. 3,000
D. 4,000
7. With the Oral Approach, rather than focus on explaining grammatical rules in classroom teaching, the teacher must encourage direct and ______ use of the target language in the classroom.
A. quick
B. careful
C. spontaneous
D. specific
8. The Audiolingual Method provided such materials for teaching English as all of the following EXCEPT ______.
A. English 900
B. Lado English Series
C. New World English
D. Success With English
9. The Audiolingual Method uses ______ to present the language.
A. dialogues
B. passages
C. movies
D. articles
10. The process of learning by discovery, according to Brunner, involves ______ with the minimum of instruction and errorful learning.
A. generalization
B. association
C. deduction
D. induction
11. In the Natural Approach, the lexicon for both comprehension and production is considered ______ in the construction and interpretation of messages.
A. critical
B. trivious
C. unimportant
D. inappropriate
12. According to the Natural Approach, ______ is not absolutely essential for language acquisition.
A. writing
B. reading
C. speaking
D. listening
13. One of the study areas in pragmatics is how utterances are affected by the relationship between ______.
A. the speakers
B. the hearers
C. the reader and the writer
D. the speaker and the hearer
14. Most schools of the Communicative Approach share the view that language is used for communication, and they are primarily concerned with the ______ rather than the structure.
A. communication
B. meaning
C. interaction
D. participants
15. Which of the following methods advises teachers to consider their students as “whole persons”?
A. Community Language Learning
B. The Silent Way
C. Total Physical Response
D. Suggestopaedia
