CTET English Flashcards

A teacher reads a story aloud expressively while students follow along. This strategy primarily supports which aspect of language learning?

Answer: Listening comprehension and language modeling

Read-alouds expose students to fluent, expressive oral language and develop listening comprehension while modeling proper pronunciation and phrasing.

Which word correctly completes the sentence: 'The committee _____ not yet reached a decision'?

Answer: has

In formal/American English, collective nouns like 'committee' take singular verbs; 'has' is correct here.

A student who struggles with reading is asked to read a passage aloud and the teacher takes note of the errors. This process is called:

Answer: Running Record

A Running Record is a systematic observation technique where a teacher records a student's reading behaviors and errors in real time to assess reading level.

Which of the following is NOT one of the four language macro-skills?

Answer: Thinking

The four macro-skills (or language skills) are Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing; Thinking is a cognitive process, not a language macro-skill.

Which teaching method uses the mother tongue as the primary medium and focuses on grammar translation between languages?

Answer: Grammar-Translation Method

The Grammar-Translation Method relies heavily on L1, emphasizes explicit grammar rules, and has students translate texts between the native and target language.

In the sentence 'Having finished the exam early, the students were allowed to leave,' the underlined phrase is a:

Answer: Participial phrase

'Having finished the exam early' is a participial phrase (using the perfect participle) that modifies the noun 'students'.

Which principle of language assessment ensures that a test actually measures what it claims to measure?

Answer: Validity

Validity is the extent to which an assessment accurately measures the specific language skill or construct it is intended to assess.