CELTA Pronunciation Teaching & Phonology 3

Question 1

Which approach to pronunciation teaching focuses on individual sounds (phonemes) and builds up to connected speech?

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Bottom-up approach

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Top-down approach

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Task-based approach

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Lexical approach

Question 2

What is 'choral drilling' in pronunciation teaching?

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The whole class repeats a target form simultaneously after the teacher

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Students listen to a recording and take notes

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Students drill each other in pairs

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The teacher uses the phonemic chart to explain sounds

Question 3

What does L1 interference mean in the context of pronunciation?

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A learner's first language influences the way they produce sounds in the target language

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The teacher's accent affects student pronunciation negatively

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Bilingual dictionaries causing confusion about sounds

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Background noise disrupting pronunciation practice

Question 4

Which of the following are 'suprasegmental' features of pronunciation?

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Stress, rhythm, and intonation patterns

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Individual vowel and consonant sounds

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Minimal pairs and phoneme contrasts

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Spelling-to-sound correspondence rules

Question 5

Why is it important for CELTA trainees to teach pronunciation within context rather than in isolation?

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Pronunciation in context reflects natural speech patterns and aids communicative competence

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It reduces lesson preparation time

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Isolated sounds are too difficult for adult learners

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Grammar and vocabulary are always more important than pronunciation

Question 6

When correcting a pronunciation error during a CELTA lesson, which technique involves the teacher repeating the learner's error with a questioning tone?

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Clarification request

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Recast

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Elicitation

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Metalinguistic feedback

Question 7

What is the primary purpose of using a phonemic chart in a CELTA classroom?

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To provide a visual reference for all the sounds of English and aid pronunciation teaching

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To assess students' reading comprehension

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To display grammar rules for students to memorize

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To introduce new vocabulary items