EILE - UNED Unit 1

Choose the incorrect option. According to Kachru's three circles,. Countries such as Spain, Turkey or China are part of the 'outer circle'. The 'inner circle' comprises the USA, the UK, and Australia. In countries such as India or Singapore, local varieties of the language have developed.

Choose the incorrect option. English as a Lingua Franca (ELF),. is sometimes called English as an International Language (EIL). is used to communicate by people who come from different language backgrounds. is used as a means of communication exclusively among scholars and scientists around the world.

Content-Based Language Teaching (CBLT) is usually used to. describe the study of academic subjects. deeply study language features (especially coherence and cohesion). serve as the European variant of CLIL.

Which of the following is not part of the three Cs of CLIL?. concentration. cognition. culture.

The acronym NESTs stands for: Native-English-Speaker Teachers. Non-English-Speaker Teachers. Northern-English-Standard Teachers.

In the sentence: "I'm going to arrive at eight o'clock", what is an example of co-text?. at eight o'clock. I'm going. to arrive.

Which of the following is not a variable for 'Appropriacy and Register'?. Participants. Channel. Message.

Which statement is incorrect?. Interrelate words and meanings to bind a text together is considered a strategy for lexical cohesion. Anaphoric reference helps us achieve grammatical cohesion. Devices such as although, however, on the contrary,..., are examples of substitution.

Which of the following words is the superordinate of the other two?. banana. fruit. food.

Which of the following is not an example of 'idiom'?. They put off the meeting for next month (= They postponed the meeting for next month). He has bitten off more than he can chew (= He has attempted something that is too difficult). He kicked the bucket last week (= He died last week).

Select the incorrect option: Intonation signals when speakers have finished the points they wish to make. Intonation tells people when they wish to carry on with a turn. Rising tones, called 'proclaiming tones', are used when we want to refer to something somebody has previously said.

Which of the following is not a paralinguistic feature?. Nasalisation of the voice. Raising our eyebrows. Both of them are paralinguistic features.

Select the incorrect option. According to American linguist Stephen Krashen,. 'input' is a sufficient condition for language acquisition. language that we acquire subconsciously is language we can easily use in spontaneous conversation. acquired language and learnt language are very similar in character and effect (we should not differentiate them).

Select the incorrect statement: 'Focus on form' can happen at any stage of a learning sequence. Many language syllabuses and coursebooks are structured around a 'Focus on forms' approach. Scott Thornbury refers to the 'focus on form' features as 'grammar McNuggets'.

Who was the first to describe the term 'Noticing'?. Jeremy Harmer. Scott Thornbury. Richard Schmidt.

Select the incorrect option. For 'drilling' to be truly effective, we can: ask our students to write drill lines down (rather than speaking them). repeat the drill (word, phrase, sentence, etc.) no less than five times. break down what is to be drilled into smaller parts (its constituents).

Allowing the use of learners' L1 in the classroom. is acceptable if we create some kind of 'code of conduct' and negotiate it with them. must be forbidden at all times in order for the process of learning to be successful. both answers are correct.

The term 'rapport' refers to: creating a positive relationship between the students and the teacher, and between the students themselves. creating a register of the progress in the learning process for each and every learner in the group. negotiating with the students what parts of the syllabus are going to be more important during the course.

Select the incorrect statement: Detailed lesson plans are a barrier to the ability to deal with the unexpected. Detailed lesson plans rarely, if ever, work out the way they were planned. Detailed lesson plans are good because they facilitate magic moments and the chances of creative 'flow' in the classroom.

Which of the following is not an element of a formal lesson plan?. Aims. Anticipated problems and solutions. CEFR level.