ASSUMPTION COLLEGE OF NABUNTURAN

Nabunturan, Davao De Oro

EL107: Teaching and Assessment of the Macro Skills in English

College Department
MIDTERM EXAMINATION

Name: _______________________________________________________ Score: ______________

Test 1. Cloze test. Fill in the blanks with the correct words. 20 points

Best Search Appropriate Prescriptions Conceptions

Members Practice Knowledge Alternatives Imposed
Authorities Differently Stand Techniques Actions
Methods Contexts Teachers Reflection Teaching

1. In situations where a method is not being ____________, different methods offer

teachers _____________to what they currently think and do. It does not necessarily
follow that they will choose to modify their current practice.

2. A ______________of methods is part of the knowledge base of teaching. With it,

teachers join a community of _____________.

3. By being ___________ of a professional discourse community, teachers may find their

own ___________ of how teaching leads to learning challenged.

4. Some say that methods are prescriptions for classroom behavior, and that teachers are
encouraged by textbook publishers and academics to implement them whether or not
the methods are ____________ for a particular context.

5. The _________ for the __________ method is ill-advised.

6. A knowledge of methods is equated with a set of options, which empowers

___________ to respond meaningfully to particular classroom __________. In this way,
knowledge of methods is seen as crucial to teacher growth.
7. _________ serve as a foil for reflection that can aid teachers in bringing to conscious
awareness the thinking that underlies their__________ .
8. By exposing teachers to methods and asking them to reflect on the __________ of
those methods and actively engage with the __________, teacher educators can help
teachers become clearer about why they do what they do.

9. By becoming clear on where they __________, teachers can choose to teach

____________from the way they were taught. They are able to see why they are
attracted to certain methods and repelled by others.

10. ________________may be able to resist, or at least argue against, the imposition of a

particular method by __________.
Test 2. Analysis. Identify an approach/method that matches with the principles given. Then
explain how the approach/ method observes the principle.
Appropriateness of method – 3, Justification – 3, Language - 3

1. The teacher’s job is not

only to teach language
but to teach learning.

2. The class activities have

a perceived purpose
and a clear outcome.

3. Learners work with

meaningful, cognitively
demanding language
and content within the
context of authentic
material and tasks.

4. In communicating, a
speaker has a choice
not only about what to
say, but also how to say
it.

5. Spoken language
should be emphasized
over written language.
Test 3. Evaluate how each of the following approaches/methods is effective in developing the
students’ level of pronunciation, communicative competence, comprehension and self
confidence?
Pronunciation,-3 communicative competence-3, comprehension -3, and self confidence -3
Language -3 = 15 points each.
1. Desuggestopedia

2. Grammar translation
3. Audiolingual method