Essays or long writing tasks especially on a discursive issue should

• help students with grammar
  
  

• help them to improve their handwriting
  
  

• help them discuss the different points of view and justify them with illustrative points

• help students develop their literary skills

A teacher designs a test to find out the cause of the poor grades of her learners through a/an

• proficiency test
  
  

• achievement test
  
  

• aptitude test
  
  

• diagnostic test

When learners are engaged in a pair activity, taking on roles of a doctor and a patient, the activity is called

• declamation
  
  

• simulation
  
  

• exchanging notes
  
  

• real activity

Gender stereotypes and bias among learners can be discouraged by

• using textbooks which do not perpetuate such beliefs
  
  

• creating an open and encouraging atmosphere in a mixed class
  
  

• pressuring girls to learn cooking
  
  

• enabling all learners to cook and sew irrespective of gender

Communicative Language Teaching is concerned with

• teaching language to learners for written tests
  
  

• interpreting grammar rules to suit the audience
  
  

• enhancing receptive and productive skills such as speaking, listening, reading and writing

• teaching of vocabulary and grammar through rules of spelling and language

What is the skill among the ones given below that cannot be tested in a formal written examination?

• Meaning of words and phrases
  
  

• Extensive reading for pleasure
  
  

• Analysing texts
  
  

• Reading for information

Formative Assessment is assessment

• at learning
  
  

• in learning
  
  

• for learning
  
  

• of learning

Ania, while teaching paragraph construction, should draw attention to

• originality of ideas
  
  

• topic sentence, supporting details and connectors
  
  

• a range of vocabulary
  
  

•  a large variety of idea

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Which of the following is suitable for making students responsible for their own learning?

• Using technology to chat and network
  
  

• Encouraging students to ask more and more questions
  
  

• Giving a lot of homework, project work and assignments to improve language skills of students
  
  

• Discouraging students from making decisions about how they learn best

The Constructivist Approach to learning means

• teaching rules of grammar and consolidating through rigorous practice
  
  

• helping learners acquire new vocabulary by studying literature intensively
  
  

• teaching new words and structures using a variety of audio-visual aids followed by practice through drill
  
  

• involving the students in a variety of activities to encourage them to learn new words and structures by accommodating them with those that they have already learnt through a process of discovery