TEFL Language Skills: Listening and Speaking 3

Question 1

What is 'subvocalisation' in listening, and why is it a problem for EFL learners?

Accepted Answer

Silently 'pronouncing' heard words in the mind, which slows processing and causes learners to miss subsequent input

Answer

Subvocalisation creates a processing bottleneck — while the learner is still processing one word internally, the audio stream moves on.

Question 2

What is the 'pre-listening' stage designed to do?

Accepted Answer

Activate prior knowledge and set a purpose for listening so students have context

Answer

Pre-listening tasks prime schemata and give students a reason to listen, making comprehension easier and more purposeful.

Question 3

What is a 'role-play' activity's primary purpose in TEFL speaking practice?

Accepted Answer

To simulate real-world communicative situations, encouraging authentic language use in a safe environment

Answer

Role-plays create meaningful contexts where students must use English functionally, building confidence and communicative competence.

Question 4

What does 'intonation' describe in spoken English?

Accepted Answer

The rise and fall of pitch in the voice used to convey meaning, attitude, and grammatical structure

Answer

Intonation patterns (falling, rising, fall-rise) carry information about whether a sentence is a statement, question, or expresses doubt.

Question 5

A student says 'I go to the shop yesterday.' The teacher uses 'recast'. What does the teacher say?

Accepted Answer

'Oh, you went to the shop yesterday?'

Answer

A recast is an implicit correction where the teacher reformulates the student's error correctly within a natural response, without explicitly labelling it.

TEFL Certification Teaching English as a Foreign Language Practice Test

TEFL Certification Teaching English as a Foreign Language Practice Test

TEFL Language Skills: Listening and Speaking 3