TKT - Teaching Knowledge Teachers' and Learners' Language Questions and Answers

Question 1

When a learner does not know the word for 'scissors', they describe it as "the thing you use for cutting paper". Which communication strategy is the learner using?

Accepted Answer

Circumlocution

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Paraphrasing

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Code-switching

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Simplification

Question 2

A learner says, "I no have a pen." The teacher responds, "Oh, you don't have a pen. Here, you can borrow mine." Which correction technique is the teacher primarily using?

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Recasting

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Elicitation

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Explicit correction

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Peer correction

Question 3

Which of the following teacher utterances has the main function of eliciting language from a learner?

Accepted Answer

"What's the opposite of 'hot'?"

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"Good job, that's almost perfect."

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"Please open your books to page 42."

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"The past tense of 'go' is 'went'."

Question 4

A Spanish-speaking learner of English says, "I have 25 years," instead of "I am 25 years old." This is a classic example of which type of error?

Accepted Answer

L1 interference

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A developmental error

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An overgeneralisation

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A slip of the tongue

Question 5

Which of the following best defines 'interlanguage'?

Accepted Answer

The learner's own developing linguistic system, which has features of both their L1 and the L2.

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The use of two or more languages within a single conversation.

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A simplified version of a language used by native speakers to communicate with non-native speakers.

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A formal and academic style of language used in textbooks and lectures.

Question 6

A teacher, noticing a student is struggling to answer a question, says, "What's that thing we use to cook eggs in...? It's round... a frying...?" What is the function of the teacher's language?

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Prompting

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Instructing

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Conveying meaning

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Narrating