What is the main goal of a communicative speaking activity?

To simulate real-life, authentic communication

Which of the following is a characteristic of effective speaking activities?

Participation is balanced among learners

What is the main focus during the while-listening phase?

Encouraging students to make and verify assumptions after the second listen

What does "schemata" refer to in listening?

General world knowledge and sociocultural knowledge

What is an example of a time-creating device in speaking?

Repeating or rephrasing sentences

What is the main purpose of pre-listening activities?

To help learners predict and prepare for the text

How do schemata influence Top-Down listening?

They help listeners predict meaning based on context and prior knowledge

According to Stephen Krashen, how do people learn languages?

By listening and reading material that is somewhat understandable

What is the main purpose of pre-listening activities?

To activate students' background knowledge and clarify their expectations

Which of these is NOT a reason for neglecting listening in ELT?

It requires complex teaching methods

What should we do if students still don't understand anything from a listening passage after listening multiple times?

Provide a transcript and discuss key points together

Listening comprehension is dependent on

both a top-down and bottom-up processing

What does "stamina" in listening refer to?

The ability to stay focused &understand long or challenging listening tasks

What is the main purpose of a post-listening activity?

To use knowledge from listening to develop skills like speaking or writing

'Strategic competence' refers to the ability to

solve communication problems as they arise

What does "backchannelling" mean in English Language Teaching (ELT)?

Using body language and verbal cues to show active listening

Which one of these can be considered a facilitation device in speech?

Simplified structure, Use of idiomatic expressions

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1
What is the main goal of a communicative speaking activity?
To prepare students for written tasks
To focus on grammatical accuracy
To simulate real-life, authentic communication
To memorize vocabulary and phrases
2
Which of the following is a characteristic of effective speaking activities?
Participation is balanced among learners
Activities focus only on grammatical accuracy
Activities avoid controversial topics
Teacher talk time is longer than student talk time
3
What is the main focus during the while-listening phase?
Asking students to focus on every detail of the text from the start
Having students listen once and focus on key vocabulary
Ensuring that students understand every word in the text
Encouraging students to make and verify assumptions after the second listen
4
Listening should not be considered a passive language skill in which the learner is simply receiving language input
True
False
5
What does "schemata" refer to in listening?
Strategies for decoding unfamiliar words
The process of dividing speech into individual words
Techniques for improving pronunciation
General world knowledge and sociocultural knowledge
6
What is an example of a time-creating device in speaking?
Using idiomatic expressions
Repeating or rephrasing sentences
Employing ellipsis
Constructing complex sentence structures
7
Which activity type is designed to improve fluency in speaking?
Guided dialogues
Free role-plays
Gap-filling exercises
Drilling vocabulary
8
Which are participatory listening activities?
Watching films
Lectures
Conversations
Instructions
9
What is the main purpose of pre-listening activities?
To ensure the activity aligns with the syllabus
To help learners predict and prepare for the text
To check comprehension of the audio
To assess students' vocabulary knowledge
10
How do schemata influence Top-Down listening?
They help listeners predict meaning based on context and prior knowledge
They help listeners decode individual sounds and words
They allow listeners to match the speaker's pace and tone
They improve the listener’s ability to focus on grammatical structures
11
In linguistics, it's defined as any unit of speech or writing produced by a speaker, regardless of grammatical structure
Phatic speech
Utterance
Discourse marker
Backchanneling
12
According to Stephen Krashen, how do people learn languages?
Through speaking and writing activities only
Through total immersion without any structured input
By memorizing vocabulary lists and grammar rules
By listening and reading material that is somewhat understandable
13
According to Canale and Swain (1980), 'communicative competence' includes grammatical competence as well as
all of the above
discourse competence
sociolinguistic competence
strategic competence
14
Controlled speaking activities focus primarily on fluency rather than accuracy.
True
False
15
What is the main purpose of pre-listening activities?
To activate students' background knowledge and clarify their expectations
To make the listening task easier by simplifying the text
To give students all the information they need about the text
To assess students’ overall comprehension after listening
16
Why does listening often create high levels of anxiety among learners?
Listening involves "altered" and "reduced" language forms
All of the above
Listening includes variable rates of delivery that cannot be controlled
Listening requires interpreting multiple communication modes
17
Authentic listening texts suit higher levels, while beginners benefit more from simplified texts to avoid frustration
True
False
18
Which of these is NOT a reason for neglecting listening in ELT?
It requires complex teaching methods
The definition is vague
It develops naturally
Teachers lack effective resources
19
A sequence of two related utterances where the second is a predictable response to the first is called:
Discourse marker
Phatic speech
Adjacency pair
Utterance
20
What should we do if students still don't understand anything from a listening passage after listening multiple times?
Ask them to listen again
Skip the passage and move on to another topic
Provide a transcript and discuss key points together
Focus on unrelated activities to distract them
21
Listening comprehension is dependent on
both a top-down and bottom-up processing
a top-down processing of input
a bottom-up processing of input
a high-level of speaking proficiency
22
What does "stamina" in listening refer to?
The ability to memorize and recall all details from a listening text
The ability to stay focused &understand long or challenging listening tasks
The ability to understand every word in a listening passage
The ability to finish listening tasks quickly without breaks
23
What is the main purpose of a post-listening activity?
To focus on vocabulary and structure without further skill development
To summarize the content of the listening passage
To use knowledge from listening to develop skills like speaking or writing
To repeat the listening text multiple times for clarity
24
'Strategic competence' refers to the ability to
solve communication problems as they arise
produce coherent and cohesive utterances
produce grammatically correct utterances
produce socially appropriate utterances
25
What does "backchannelling" mean in English Language Teaching (ELT)?
Giving feedback to students after an activity
Summarizing the main points of a lesson
Redirecting a student’s question to another student
Using body language and verbal cues to show active listening
26
Is deducing unfamiliar or missing meaning a Top-Down or Bottom-Up listening process?
Definitely top-down!
Definitely bottom-up!
Neither!
A mix of both!
27
Which factor does NOT affect listening comprehension?
Learners' speaking ability
Visual support
Learners' familiarity with the topic
Processing load
28
Which one of these can be considered a facilitation device in speech?
Correction
Simplified structure
Repetition
Use of idiomatic expressions
29
Which of the following is an example of phatic speech?
"How’s the weather today?"
"I went to the cinema last weekend."
"What time is the meeting?"
"Can you pass me the salt?"

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