Module 6 Material Design Multiple choice test
Which of the following would be considered authentic material?
1-
A street map of a city in a book of maps.
Correct
2-
A map the teacher had drawn showing the local areas to use for directions.
Incorrect please see page 2 of the unit
3-
A game the students had designed to teach directions.
Incorrect please see page 2 of the unit
4-
A word search created by the class for local tour sites.
Incorrect please see page 2 of the unit
2
Which of the following would be considered non-authentic
material?
1-
A comic book about a famous superhero.
Incorrect please see page 2 of the unit
2-
A list of common verbs in a standard dictionary
Incorrect please see page 2 of the unit
3-
A comic book the teacher had produced to show action verbs.
Correct
4-
A newspaper report with the title “Superman saves the day”.
Incorrect please see page 2 of the unit
3
Read the conclusion to the report at [Link]
[Link]/[Link]/resources/gpg/
[Link]
“Designing textbooks for modern languages: the ELT experience”
by Rod Bolitho
The author suggests that:
1-
Textbook writers should not be concerned with criticism.
Incorrect please see the Brumfit report page 30
2-
Textbook writers should keep a rigid style throughout any book.
Incorrect please see the Brumfit report page 30
3-
Textbook writers should not be concerned with assessment principle.
Incorrect please see the Brumfit report page 30
4-
Textbook writers must make themselves aware of different learning styles.
Correct
4
Questions 4 to 7.
For each of the questions 4 to 7, choosing from a to d, which one
would be the best example of authentic material for the skill
given.
Reading
1-
Reading a newspaper article the teacher has edited.
Incorrect please see page 2 and question 1 page 6 of the unit
2-
Reading a passage from an EFL workbook.
Incorrect please see page 2 and question 1 page 6 of the unit
3-
Reading a Blog on a topic of their interest.
Correct
4-
Watching a Hollywood movie.
Incorrect please see page 2 and question 1 page 6 of the unit
5
Speaking
1-
Reading a passage from an EFL workbook, written to highlight verbs.
Incorrect please see page 2 and question 1 page 6 of the unit
2-
Using an exchange program such as the mixxer language on SKYPE.
Correct
3-
Doing a question/answer survey created and used in the classroom.
Incorrect please see page 2 and question 1 page 6 of the unit
4-
Two students reading a dialogue they made up about shopping to practice
food nouns.
Incorrect please see page 2 and question 1 page 6 of the unit
6
Listening
1-
Radio interviews with famous people.
Correct
2-
Listening to the teacher read the description he wrote of his house.
Incorrect please see page 2 and question 1 page 6 of the unit
3-
Listening to a cassette tape dialogue from the workbook series.
Incorrect please see page 2 and question 1 page 6 of the unit
4-
Watching a film with subtitles in their own language.
Incorrect please see page 2 and question 1 page 6 of the unit
7
Writing
1-
Writing a script on a topic covered in class to read to the class.
Incorrect please see page 2 and question 1 page 6 of the unit
2-
Listening to a tape or CD recording from the course book and writing a
summary.
Incorrect please see page 2 and question 1 page 6 of the unit
3-
Reading a passage from the course book and writing a summary.
Incorrect please see page 2 and question 1 page 6 of the unit
4-
Writing journals and/or diaries for their own use at home.
Correct
8
Which of the following is NOT a factor suggested in Leslie
Sheldon’s article,
Evaluating ELT textbooks and materials (OUP 1988)?
1-
Educational validity (Content meets the aims?)
Incorrect please read the article again
2-
Flexibility of use (Is there a rigid structure?)
Incorrect please read the article again
3-
Guidance given (To the teacher?)
Incorrect please read the article again
4-
Binding type( For photocopying?)
Correct
9
Read the following article
[Link]
elt-classroom/
Which of the following would NOT really be a useful potential
outcome of the use of video in the classroom?
1-
It can relax the students thus decreasing unwanted talking.
Correct
2-
It can help students appreciate non-verbal communication.
Incorrect see the Brumfit report 1980
3-
It can help show students cross-cultural issues.
Incorrect see the Brumfit report 1980
4-
It can encourage communication through discussion.
Incorrect see the Brumfit report 1980
10
Which of the following games would it be easiest to adapt to
make a speaking activity for a starter group vocabulary lesson on
the topic of vegetables?
1-
The card game Poker.
Incorrect please consider the original games and see page 2 and
question 3 page 6 of the unit
2-
The board game Chess.
Incorrect please consider the original games and see page 2 and
question 3 page 6 of the unit
3-
The card game Snap(UK) Slapjack(USA).
Correct
4-
The board game Monopoly®.
Incorrect please consider the original games and see page 2 and
question 3 page 6 of the unit
11
Which of the following could be considered a disadvantage to
both teachers and students in the use of authentic materials?
1-
These materials are usually well presented.
Incorrect please see page 2 and question 2 page 5 of the unit
2-
These materials have not been graded for level or context.
Correct
3-
The materials have been checked for use in the classroom.
Incorrect please see page 2 and question 2 page 5 of the unit
4-
These materials are often expected by the students.
Incorrect please see page 2 and question 2 page 5 of the unit
12
Which of the following could be considered by the students to be
an advantage of using non-authentic materials?
1-
The students are unfamiliar with the teacher’s style of presentation.
Incorrect please see page 2 and question 3 page 5 of the unit
2-
The students often prefer authentic materials which they see as real.
Incorrect please see page 2 and question 3 page 5 of the unit
3-
The teacher can create an activity based around their known interests.
Correct
4-
The students can read these types of material better than the course
book.
Incorrect please see page 2 and question 3 page 5 of the unit
13
Which of the following is NOT a reasonable outcome of students
using the Internet as part of their language learning?
1-
It can increase student to teacher and teacher to student interaction.
Incorrect please see the article
2-
It can potentially be used for worldwide communication.
Incorrect please see the article
3-
It can replace all coursebooks and other materials.
Correct
4-
It can if used correctly increase student motivation.
Incorrect please see the article
14
Read the following abstract of a study printed in the Reading
Research Quarterly
Number 1 1979 by Steffensen, Joag-Dev and Anderson
Subjects from the United States and India read letters about an
Indian and an American wedding and recalled them following
interpolated tasks. Subjects read the native passage more
rapidly, recalled a larger amount of information from the native
passage, produced more culturally appropriate elaborations of the
native passage, and produced more culturally based distortions of
the foreign passage. Whether recalling the native or foreign
passage, subjects recalled more of the text elements rated as
important by other subjects with the same cultural heritage. The
results were interpreted as showing………..
1-
weddings in the United States and India were different.
Incorrect please see the abstract
2-
background knowledge has no great influence on understanding.
Incorrect please see the abstract
3-
most people knew about each other’s culture and customs.
Incorrect please see the abstract
4-
the importance of background cultural knowledge on memory and
comprehension.
Correct
15
When providing students with an activity which involves a writing
component, which of the following would it NOT be useful to give
for their background material?
1-
Tell the students, if it is not good enough they will have to do it again.
Correct
2-
Give them outlines and /or prompts before they start.
Incorrect please see productive skills
3-
Let them know that if needed they may edit their first attempt.
Incorrect please see productive skills
4-
Give them a reason or purpose for the activity.
Incorrect please see productive skills