The following
are questions framed by the trainees of the English Optional [2012-13
batch] for revising
the syllabus prior to the
face-to-face interview with the External Examiner (Practical Examination). It was also part of
a techno-based experiment. All the
questions were compiled for
uploading by Ms. Aneesha Livingston.
Questions framed by Ms. Hannah
Mathew
Sl. No.
|
Question
|
Correct answer
|
1
|
In
which year was NCF published?
|
2005
|
2
|
The
degree of disharmony between person and his environment is called _____.
|
Maladjustment
|
3
|
What
is the phrase used to describe willingness to explore and study?
|
‘Tolerance
of ambiguity’
|
4
|
Who
observed: “Teaching is a form of interpersonal influence aimed at changing
the behaviour potential of another person”?
|
Gage
|
5
|
‘When
students are provided with comfort, they are ready and receptive to
learning’, Which approach believes in this concept of learning?
|
Suggestopaedia
|
6
|
What
does IED stand for?
|
Inclusive
Education for Differentially abled
|
7
|
‘It
is a myth that grammatical analysis helps students to acquire better
English’. Who remarked so?
|
L.A.Hill
|
8
|
Process
of looking into a book for specific information only is called…
|
Scanning
|
9
|
Grammar
Translation Method originated in …… in the…….. year…..
|
Germany,
1840’s
|
10
|
Who
stated
that communicative methods are
created on the basis of needs?
|
Wilkins
|
Questions framed by Ms. Jincy
Joseph
Sl. No.
|
Question
|
Correct answer
|
1
|
The
strategy of presenting a problem in artificially created situations similar
to the real ones is ____.
|
simulation
|
2
|
_____is
the means of achieving the goals of education.
|
Curriculum
|
3
|
The
overall aim of reading silently is to _____.
|
comprehend
the message of the written text
|
4
|
____
is important for promoting a collaborative learning atmosphere in class.
|
Oral
interaction
|
5
|
A set of two sounds which differ from each
other in one sound is _____.
|
Minimal Pair
|
6
|
____is
a reading activity done to catch a general idea without attending to details.
|
Skimming
|
7
|
____
is defined as a scaled down teaching encounter in class size and class time.
|
Microteaching
|
8
|
____is
a basic principle in communicative approach.
|
Contextualization
|
9
|
Who
proposed Substitution Method?
|
H.E.Palmer
|
10
|
___is
an activity designed to promote creativity.
|
Brainstorming
|
Questions framed by Ms. Deepika
RP.
Sl. No.
|
Question
|
Correct answer
|
|
1
|
Which
theory is also known as Environmentalist Theory?
|
Behaviorism
|
|
2
|
Which
type of learning is based on Counseling Learning Methodology?
|
Community
language learning
|
|
3
|
What
does PPP mean?
|
Product,
Process, Presentation
|
|
4
|
Cognitive
theory is otherwise known as ____
|
Creative
Construction Hypothesis
|
|
5
|
The
type of test intended to motivate learners, help them understand what is
their problem and how they can improve is
------------
|
Diagnostic
Test
|
|
6
|
____
includes four things: Selection, Gradation, Presentation and Repetition.
|
Method
|
|
7
|
____words
form the skeleton of language.
|
Structure
words
|
|
8
|
____
is very helpful in drilling structures.
|
Substitution
Table
|
|
9
|
An
useful technique to remember while reading is known as _____.
|
SQ3R
|
|
10
|
Which
method aims at establishing a bond between thought and expression?
|
Direct
Method
|
|
Questions framed by Ms. Iswarya JS.
Sl. No.
|
Question
|
Correct answer
|
1
|
Who
developed the Silent Way?
|
Caleb
Gattegno
|
2
|
In
which year was Grading System introduced in schools in Kerala?
|
2004
|
3
|
What
is CBLT?
|
Community
Based Language Teaching
|
4
|
What
are the three basic types of transfer of learning?
|
(1) +ve
(2) –ve
(3) Zero
transfer
|
5
|
What
are the two Productive Skills?
|
Speaking
and Writing
|
6
|
We
can speak about matters of the remote past or future or place. This property
of language is called _____.
|
Property
of Displacement
|
7
|
Which
level of Linguistics concentrates on the study of language in its various
forms at a given time?
|
Synchronic
level
|
8
|
The
strategy of presenting a problem or an event in artificially created
situations similar to the real one is called ____.
|
Simulation
|
9
|
The
main advocate of Mastery Learning Model is ____.
|
Benjamin
S. Bloom
|
10
|
Who
formulated the New method/ the Text method?
|
Dr.
Michael P. West
|
Questions framed by Ms. Rajeswari
NE.
Sl. No.
|
Question
|
Correct answer
|
1
|
Who
said, “the foreign word or group of words should be associated with its
meaning direct, without the intervention of the native speech”?
|
Kirkman
|
2
|
_____is
the pedagogic application of suggestions to create pleasant willingness of
the students to study.
|
Suggestopaedia
|
3
|
Who
wrote “Language Teaching and the Bilingual method”?
|
CG.
Dodson
|
4
|
___type
of grammar was developed by Wilkins.
|
Notional-Functional
grammar
|
5
|
Who
proposed the substitution method?
|
HE.
Palmer
|
6
|
Who
said, “Rules of grammar are useless without the rules of use”?
|
Hymes
|
7
|
In
the UK, Henry Sweet and his associate Linguists adapted ___approach.
|
British/the
oral/situational approach
|
8
|
According
to whom “induction is the making of the tools of thought and deduction is the
using of tools”?
|
IE.
Miller
|
9
|
___is
the subject matter of a lesson or a unit.
|
Content
|
10
|
In
which year did Krathwohl, Bloom and
others list down the major categories of modification of the affective
domain?
|
1964
|
Questions framed by Ms. Nayana Narayanan
Sl. No.
|
Question
|
Correct answer
|
1
|
Multiple
intelligence put forward by ____.
|
Howard
Gardner
|
2
|
In
1982, ____recognized two types of Communicative Approach-formal and informal.
|
Ellis
|
3
|
Who
stated : “In the whole range of education the art of examining in
probably the most difficult”?
|
Dr.
Burt
|
4
|
The
number of words read from one stop to the next is called ___.
|
Eye
span
|
5
|
Who said: “reading is to mind what exercise
is to the body?
|
Joseph
& Richard Addison
|
6
|
The
effect of a test on teaching prior to the administration is_____.
|
Backwash
effect
|
7
|
“Learning
occurs as a result of conscious study of the formal properties of a language”.
Who said this?
|
Krashen
|
8
|
Which
method gives the activity imitative drills to elicit physical action?
|
Total
Physical Response
|
9
|
Note
making and Note taking are ______skills.
|
Study
skills
|
10
|
‘Suggestopaedia’
put forward by _____.
|
Georgi
Lozanov
|
Questions framed by Ms. Fasila
J.
Sl. No.
|
Question
|
Correct answer
|
1
|
Name
the proponent of Total Physical Response.
|
James
Asher
|
2
|
Give
an example of a Spelling Game
|
Word
Association game
|
3
|
Which
technique helps the students to study in a relaxed way?
|
Suggestopaedia
|
4
|
Give
another name for Structural Approach.
|
Structural-Oral-Situational
Approach
|
5
|
Guided
Composition is also called____.
|
Controlled
Composition
|
6
|
Suggest
an activity for developing speaking skill.
|
Role
play
|
7
|
Scientific
study of language is called _____.
|
Linguistics
|
8
|
Which
is the most effective type of reading?
|
Silent
reading
|
9
|
What
is the full form of CLT?
|
Communicative
Language Teaching
|
10
|
Suggest
any one principle for developing
curriculum.
|
The
principle of child-centeredness
|
Questions framed by Ms. Silpa Mohan
Sl. No.
|
Question
|
Correct answer
|
1
|
Full
form of IED.
|
Inclusive
Education for Differentially abled
|
2
|
Who
said “It is a myth that grammatical analysis helps students to acquire better
English”.
|
LA.
Hill
|
3
|
The
aim of the cognitive code teaching is to give a ____knowledge of the
language.
|
conscious
|
4
|
Who
first claimed that “thinking precedes language learning”?
|
Piaget
|
5
|
What
are the needs which influence learning of a
foreign language?
|
Personal,
learning, future professional needs
|
6
|
Looking
for a specific information is called ____.
|
Scanning
|
7
|
A
very specific concrete stratagem or trick designed to accomplish an immediate
objective is _____.
|
Technique
|
8
|
Who
insisted that “the foreign word or
group of words should be associated with its meaning direct, without the
intervention of the native speech”?
|
Champion
H
|
9
|
Who
proposed Reading Method?
|
Dr.
West
|
10
|
“Teaching
is a form of interpersonal influence, aimed at changing the behaviour
potential of another person”. This
definition of teaching was given by …….
|
Gage
|
Questions framed by Mr. Vishnu Sreeram
Sl. No.
|
Question
|
Correct answer
|
1
|
What
signifies the systematic study of versification?
|
Prosody
|
2
|
The
four component skills of reading are factual comprehension, ideational
comprehension, local comprehension and ____.
|
Global
comprehension
|
3
|
Teacher
asks a series of simple questions that lead the students towards finding the
answer. Which type of question is this?
|
Probing questions
|
4
|
Language
is primarily ____.
|
Communication
|
5
|
_____is
a characteristic of good handwriting.
|
Legibility
|
6
|
Which
method requires a graded syllabus?
|
Audio-Lingual
method
|
7
|
Coloured
rods colour-coded pronunciation are the teaching materials used in _____
|
Silent
Way
|
8
|
Help
given during interviews is called _____.
|
cue
|
9
|
Who
proposed the Total Physical Response?
|
James
Asher
|
10
|
In
which type of learning do learners
acquire the capability of making a common response to different stimulus?
|
Concept
learning
|
Questions framed by Ms. Sandhya
Surendran
Sl. No.
|
Question
|
Correct answer
|
1
|
The
method which focuses on the teaching of structures is
called _____.
|
Structural
Approach
|
2
|
Which
method is also known as Classical Method?
|
Grammar
Translation Method
|
3
|
What
did C.J.Dodson aim to achieve through the Bilingual Method?
|
Fluency
and accuracy
|
4
|
Who
recommended controlled and limited use of mother tongue in the second
language?
|
CJ.
Dodson
|
5
|
“To
teach directly is to establish a direct or immediate association between
experience and expression between the English word, phrase and idiom and
meaning”. Who said so?
|
Champion
H.
|
6
|
Which
method gives activity drills to elicit physical action?
|
Total
Physical Response
|
7
|
___ proposed Suggestopaedia.
|
Georgi Lozanov
|
8
|
Which
commission proposed the Three Language Formula?
|
Kothari
commission
|
9
|
A
three dimensional chart showing the dimensions of a test: content, objective
and form of items is ____.
|
Blue
Print
|
10
|
Who
proposed the Silent Way?
|
Caleb
Gattegno
|
Questions framed by Ms. Aswathy
SS.
Sl. No.
|
Question
|
Correct answer
|
1
|
Who
developed a catalogue of tactics to promote reflection among teachers?
|
Kottcamp
|
2
|
What
type of writing is a part of assessing communicative competence based on the
practice book?
|
functional
|
3
|
Which
cue is given when a child cannot blend the letters in the word ‘purse’ to
make a meaningful word?
|
Grapho-phonemic
cue
|
4
|
Which
part/title of the Behaviorist Lesson Plan is to know the observable
behavioral change?
|
Specification
|
5
|
What
does fluency depend on?
|
Automaticity
|
6
|
Which
commission proposed the Three Language Formula?
|
Kothari
commission
|
7
|
Who
proposed the Silent way?
|
Cattegno
|
8
|
Which
method focussed on the slogan “language is speech, not writing”?
|
Audio
lingual Method
|
9
|
A
three dimensional chart showing the dimensions of a test content, objective
and form of items is _____.
|
Blue
Print
|
10
|
Subjective type question can also be called
___ended.
|
Open
|
Questions framed by Ms.
Lekshmi S.
Sl.
No.
|
Question
|
Correct
answer
|
1
|
In
the 19th century the concept of play way method was expounded and
developed by _______.
|
Cald
Well Cook
|
2
|
Cubicles
is the ____ booth.
|
The
heaving booth
|
3
|
“Under
this method, the meaning of English words phrases and sentences are taught by
means of word by word translation in the mother tongue” Whose words are this?
|
Champion.
H
|
4
|
“Models
of Teaching” is written by ______ and _____.
|
Bruce
Joyce and Marsha Weil
|
5
|
The
first English Dictionary was written by ______.
|
Robert
Cowdrey
|
6
|
Sentences
are made up of words and words are coined using smaller sound units. What
does this property known as?
|
Duality
of Structure
|
7
|
According
to whom “Grammar as the practical analysis of a language, its anatomy”?
|
Dr.
Sweet
|
8
|
Who
has proposed Suggestopaedia?
|
Caleb
Gattegno
|
9
|
According
to whom, second language learning has analogical factors with first language
acquisition?
|
Asher
|
10
|
Who
has defined “the co-operative deliberation of problems by persons thinking
and conversing together in face to face co-acting in group under the
direction of the leader”?
|
Mc
Burney and Hance
|
Questions framed by Ms. Prasaja
VP.
Sl. No.
|
Question
|
Correct answer
|
1
|
The
gap between the present level and the target level of language proficiency
and knowledge of the target culture is ______.
|
Learning
gap
|
2
|
_____
is highly controlled oral practice in which students respond by continuous
repetition to assimilate a linguistic period.
|
Drill
|
3
|
____
is the ability of fluent bilingual individual to alternate between two
language or with or between sentences for a specific, stylistic, lexical
purpose.
|
Code
switching
|
4
|
____
are single words that replace or refer to longer constructions in a sentence.
|
Pro
forms
|
5
|
_____
is a systematic collection of students work.
|
Portfolio
|
6
|
_____
is a traditional system of class management in which only one interaction
takes place at a time and every interaction is invariably controlled by the
teacher.
|
Lock-step
learning
|
7
|
_____
is an informal assessment technique which combines oral performance and
physical activity.
|
Role
play
|
8
|
Name
the proponent of Total Physical Response.
|
James
Asher
|
9
|
Who
has proposed the substitution table?
|
HE.
Palmer
|
10
|
Teaching
strategy developed for the adults is called____.
|
Andragogy
|
Questions framed by Ms. Lekshmi
JB.
Sl. No.
|
Question
|
Correct answer
|
1
|
Who
opines that language is the tool for the execution of thought?
|
Vygotsky
|
2
|
The
method that is to be followed in teaching structures is called _____.
|
Audio-lingual
method
|
3
|
Which
term refers to general concepts such as quantity, cause or time?
|
Notion
|
4
|
Who
consolidated the English Structural words and sentences in two volumes?
|
AS.
Hornby
|
5
|
The
first grammar book for English was that written by_____.
|
William
Lily
|
6
|
Who
defines grammar as the practical analysis of a language, its anatomy?
|
Dr.
Sweet
|
7
|
The
word ‘examination’ derived from which Latin word?
|
Examen
|
8
|
Which
method is known as the oldest method of teaching English?
|
Grammar
Translation method
|
9
|
Who
was the originator of the bilingual method?
|
Dr.
CJ. Dodson
|
10
|
Grammar
translation method is also known as ____method.
|
Classical
method
|
Questions framed by Mr. Clint
Jerry
Sl. No.
|
Question
|
Correct answer
|
1
|
In
which approach essence of language is meaning?
|
Natural
|
2
|
Guided
composition is also known as _____.
|
Controlled
composition
|
3
|
Which
reading involves a detailed study of linguistic and literary aspects?
|
Intensive
|
4
|
Who
is the proponent of Suggestopaedia?
|
Caleb
Gattegno
|
5
|
_____is
similar to narration.
|
Description
|
6
|
The
term ‘workshop’ has been borrowed from ____.
|
Engineering
|
7
|
Write
any one type of curriculum?
|
Child-centred
|
8
|
____
is known as Theory of second language learning.
|
Natural
way
|
9
|
____
in Greek means treasure-home.
|
Thesaurus
|
10
|
Any
type of language game.
|
Spelling
game
|
Questions framed by Ms. Aswathy
JR.
Sl. No.
|
Question
|
Correct answer
|
1
|
Who
developed community language learning?
|
Charles
A. Curran
|
2
|
Which
theory begins with the understanding that the working class people have
different culture from middle class people?
|
Cultural
deprivation
|
3
|
Who
defines the lesson plan as ‘a plan of action’?
|
Lester
B. Stands
|
4
|
____
is the practice study of evaluating the proficiency of individual in using a
particular language effectively.
|
Language
testing
|
5
|
The
standard English which we follow in our schools is known as ______.
|
Received
pronunciation
|
6
|
The
old English language was based on _____ grammar.
|
Latin
|
7
|
Extensive
reading is based on ____ formula.
|
SQ3R
|
8
|
Who
developed Total Physical Response?
|
James
Asher
|
9
|
Who
wrote the first English dictionary?
|
Robert
Cowdrey
|
10
|
In
which work Joyce and Weil explain “role playing as a ‘model’ under the social
family”?
|
Models
of teaching
|
Questions framed by Ms. Mithra
MS.
Sl. No.
|
Question
|
Correct answer
|
1
|
Which
school of Psychology popularly known as the ‘Gestalt’ school?
|
Cognitivist
|
2
|
Name
of a test which is commonly used to test listening skills.
|
Dictation
|
3
|
In
which the term ‘simulation’ is associated with?
|
Role
play
|
4
|
Who
popularized Micro-teaching?
|
D.
Wright and W. Allen
|
5
|
Name
a humanist approach to teach language.
|
Silent
way
|
6
|
Who
is the father of concept attainment model?
|
Jerome
S Bruner
|
7
|
Who
wrote the book ‘Testing for Language Teacher’?
|
Arthur
Hughes
|
8
|
The
learning technique that aids information retention is known as _______.
|
Mnemonic strategy
|
9
|
_____
is a n important aspect in writing.
|
Spelling
|
10
|
Test
refers to the _____ assessment of achievement of people from time to time.
|
Periodic
|
Questions framed by Ms. Devi
VM.
Sl. No.
|
Question
|
Correct answer
|
1
|
The
aim and methodology of learning in the new curriculum are envisioned as
_____.
|
Construction
of knowledge
|
2
|
_____
is used as a pronunciation check.
|
Reading
|
3
|
The
relevance of learning poetry can be understood 1from three
dimensions-aesthetic relevance, linguistic merits and ____.
|
Social
implications
|
4
|
Which
technique is equated to the phrase “say it now and think later”?
|
Brainstorming
|
5
|
English
enjoys the status of ____ language at the higher secondary level.
|
Compulsory
|
6
|
Oral
composition is considered as a preparation for _____ composition.
|
Written
|
7
|
The
third phase of micro teaching procedure is ____.
|
Transfer
phase
|
8
|
The
silent way was developed by ____.
|
Caleb
Gattegno
|
9
|
____
type of grammar teaches how polite requests and refusals made, how permission
is sought for etc.
|
Notional-functional
grammar
|
10
|
Principle
of inclusion is a principle of ____.
|
Content
analysis
|
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