TEFL Quizzes for TEFL Teachers - MCQ 12

#1. An example of a measurable learning objectives is......

students will be familiar with sounds

I will teach students how to pronounce /p/ and /b/

students will learn how to pronounce /p/ and /b

I will teach students how to pronounce two sound

#2. When teachers set high yet realistic expectations for all students, this result in .......

more homework and stronger assessment

frustrating students

filtering out low achieving students

motivating students to do their best

#3. Student motivation and achievement can be enhanced by .............

actively involving students in the learning process

using the same instructional methods with every student

actively involving teachers in the learning process

creating a limited range of instructional activities

#4. According to the ............ theory of language acquisition, L2 input is enough to stimulate language acquisition. No teaching is required

behaviorist

connectionist

innatist

cognitive

#5. Developing critical thinking and problem solving skills can be done through ...............

memorization

recalling information

cooperative learning

translation

#6. When a language learner is aware of the grammatical rule for the 3rd person singular in English, yet utters the following sentence, "He run fast!", we say that the learner :

lacks both performance and competence

has both performance and competence

has competence, but lacks performance

has performance, but lack competence

#7. Explaining learning objectives to students at the beginning of the semester serves many purposes. However, it is not for the purpose of ..............

having students be clear on what is expected of them in class

assuring students that everyone has equal access to the curriculum

implying that the curriculum is fixed and students' suggestions will be ignored

motivating students to take initiative and self-learn

#8. Language is a very complex entity and difficult to be defined concisely. Of the following, which is the LEAST accurate in terms of language identification?

It is a set of symbols and referents

It is used for communication

Language is a system

It is verbal

#9. Why is designing a lesson that revolves around simply having fun with learning insufficient? Because.....

learning should not always be fun

it would compromise the teachers authority

learning objectives would be difficult to measure.

it is difficult to judge what learners would consider fun

#10. ………. is the information that a teacher receives from students about their reactions to a lesson or activity

Course book

Lesson plan

Curricula

Feedback

#11. ........... was the leading figure of Behaviorism in which language learning was thought of in terms of operant conditioning through imitation and reinforcement.

Jean Piaget

Noam Chomsky

Lev Vygotsky

B.F. Skinner

#12. One of the internal factors that motivates student language learning is ..........

the local educational system

cultural norms

arousal of curiosity

the size of classes and schools

#13. Language is a very complex entity and difficult to be defined concisely. Of the following, which is the LEAST accurate in terms of language identification?

Language is a system

It is used for communication

It is verbal

It is a set of symbols and referents

#14. The ............ instructional environment in which the focus is the language itself. The only goal for the teacher is to make sure that students are taught vocabulary and grammar.

task-based

communicative

structure-based

content-based

#15. An L2 learner may experience..................... in which incorrect language becomes a habit and cannot be easily corrected.

a plateau

loss of interest

fossilization

laziness

TEFL Quizzes for TEFL Teachers – MCQ 12