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Teaching Methodologies and Approaches Flashcards

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  1. Which of the following best defines 'scaffolding' in a language classroom?

    Answer: Temporary support provided by the teacher or peers that enables learners to perform beyond their current independent ability

    Scaffolding, rooted in Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development, involves graduated assistance that is withdrawn as learner competence grows.

  2. A teacher plans a lesson using the 'Test-Teach-Test' (TTT) framework. Which sequence is correct?

    Answer: Diagnostic task → explicit instruction of gap → production task

    TTT first exposes learners' gaps through a communicative task, then targets instruction at those gaps, and confirms learning with another task.

  3. Extensive reading programs in EFL are designed primarily to:

    Answer: Build fluency, vocabulary, and reading speed through large quantities of self-selected, level-appropriate texts

    Extensive reading exposes learners to large amounts of comprehensible text for pleasure, developing automaticity and incidental vocabulary acquisition.

  4. In TEFL, 'accuracy activities' are best described as tasks that:

    Answer: Require learners to produce language correctly with attention to form

    Accuracy activities (e.g., fill-in-the-blank, controlled drills) prioritize correct form over communicative spontaneity.

  5. Which methodological principle supports allowing a 'silent period' for beginner language learners?

    Answer: Learners need time to build up comprehensible input before being expected to produce output

    Krashen and Terrell's Natural Approach advocates a pre-production phase where learners are not forced to speak before they are ready.

  6. A TEFL teacher uses 'recasts' to give corrective feedback. What does a recast involve?

    Answer: Reformulating a learner's erroneous utterance correctly without explicitly pointing out the error

    A recast embeds the correct form in a natural response, allowing communication to continue while implicitly providing a model.

  7. Cooperative Language Learning (CLL) in EFL classrooms is grounded in which belief?

    Answer: Structured small-group tasks promote both language development and social skills through positive interdependence

    CLL draws on Johnson & Johnson's cooperative learning research, emphasizing that students learn better when they depend on each other to achieve shared goals.