English Majors Review Test Part 1

7/10/22, 11:20 AM English Majors Review Test Part I (Morning)
English Majors Review Test Part

I (Morning)
Good day! This test consists of 50 items and covers Afro-Asian Literature, Basic Writing
Terms, Campus Journalism, ESP, Linguistics, Stylistics, Language Curriculum, Literary
Criticism, Preparation and Evaluation of Materials, Remedial Instruction, among others.
Please answer this test to the best of your ability without consulting other materials
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2. 1. What does the acronym 'TESL stand for? 1 point
3. 2. What does the acronym 'TESOL stand for? 1 point
4. 3. What does the acronym 'ESL stand for? 1 point
5. 4. What does the acronym 'L1' stand for? 1 point
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6. 5. What does the acronym 'FL stand for? 1 point
7. 6. This refers to the phenomenon of competence in reading and writing two 1 point
scripts of the same language.
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biscripturalism
bimodality
bilingualism
multimodality
8. 7. Commonly defned as the use of at least two languages by an individual. 1 point
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biscripturalism
bimodality
bilingualism
multimodality
9. 8. The study of language in relation to social factors including differences of 1 point
regional, class, and occupational dialect, gender differences, and bilingualism.
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microlinguistics
macrolinguistics
sociolinguistics
semiotics
10. 9. Is the process that results from contact of two or more languages in a 1 point
context where languages needs can or must be satisfed through use of a

simplifed code.
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pidgin
creole
language
dialect
11. 10. Is a process where speakers develop an elaborated code that can 1 point
accommodate the full range of life's functions.
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pidgin
creole
language
dialect
12. 11. The theory which believes that children are active learners and learn 1 point
through assimilation and accommodation.
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Sociocultural Theory
Cognitive Theory
Language Theory
Needs Theory
13. 12. The professor who theorized the approach in number 11. 1 point
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Lev Vygotsky
Jean Piaget
Stephen Krashen
Noam Chomsky
14. 13. The founder of the theory that believes in the idea that language is innate 1 point
and the notion that language acquisition occurs during critical development stages.
(Universal Grammar)
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Lev Vygotsky
Jean Piaget
Stephen Krashen
Noam Chomsky
15. 14. Background knowledge and expectations about what is being said or 1 point
written is used to understand the message.
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Bottom-up Processing
Top-down Processing
Parallel Processing
Vertical Processing
16. 15. The use of verbal cues from the input to attend to micro-features of text 1 point
such as the form of individual words and grapheme/phoneme connections.
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Top-down Processing
Parallel Processing
Vertical Processing
17. 16. Represent language teaching philosophies or theories that can be 1 point
interpreted and applied in a variety of ways in the classroom.
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Approach
Method
Technique
Principle
18. 17. Classroom device or activity and thus represents the narrowest of the 1 point
concepts.
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Approach
Method
Technique
Principle
19. 18. The theory which believes that children perform difcult tasks with the 1 point
help of a more advanced individual.
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Scaffolding
Zone of Proximal Development
Universal Grammar
Socio-cultural
20. 19. In Vygotsky's theory, this occurs through the support of the more 1 point
‘knowing other’, or ‘knowledgeable other’.
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Scaffolding
Learning
Facilitating
Supporting
21. 20. A model which allows for the simultaneous processing of bottom-up and 1 point
top-down linguistic information.
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Top-down Processing
Parallel Processing
Vertical Processing
22. 21. Vocabulary is taught in the form of word lists and elaborate explanations 1 point
of grammar are always provided.
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Audio-Lingual Method
Grammar-Translation Method
Task-based Approach
Lexical Approach
23. 22. Lessons are in the target language, there is focus on everyday vocabulary 1 point
and accuracy of pronunciation.
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Direct Method
The Silent Way
Affective-Humanistic
Reading Approach
24. 23. Reading was viewed as the most usable skill. Grammar useful in the 1 point
reading comprehension is taught.
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Direct Method
The Silent Way
Affective-Humanistic Approach
Reading Approach
25. 24. Mimicry and memorization are used, based on the assumption that 1 point
language is habit formation. Skills are sequenced: listening,

speaking, reading, writing postponed.
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Task-based Approach
Lexical Approach
26. 25. Focus is on reading and writing. Pronunciation is not emphasized. 1 point
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Total Physical Response (TPR)
Natural Approach
Cognitive Approach
Drill Approach
27. 26. It concentrates on developing learner’s profciency with lexis, or word 1 point
combinations.
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Task-based Approach
Lexical Approach
28. 27. Peer support, interaction and respect is emphasized. 1 point
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Direct Method
The Silent Way
Affective-Humanistic Approach
Reading Approach
29. 28. Makes use of music, a comfortable and relaxing environment, and a 1 point
relationship between the teacher and the student that is akin to the parent-
child relationship.
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Suggestopedia
The Silent Way
Total Physical Response
Task-based Approach
30. 29. The teacher should be as silent as possible in order to encourage the 1 point
learner to produce as much language as possible.
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Suggestopedia
The Silent Way
Total Physical Response
Task-based Approach
31. 30. Conscious learning operates only as a monitor or editor that checks or 1 point
repairs the output of what has been acquired. (The monitor hypothesis.)
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Total Physical Response (TPR)
Natural Approach
Cognitive Approach
Drill Approach
32. 31. Linguistics can be defned as any of the following EXCEPT – 1 point
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study of particular languages
study of what language should be
study of how language is put together and how it functions
search for general properties common to all languages or large groups

of languages
33. 32. It is a branch of linguistics that deals with the sounds of words and 1 point
language.
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Phonetics
Phonology
Morphology
Syntax
34. 33. It is a branch of linguistics that deals with how phrases, clauses and 1 point
sentences are constructed and combined in particular languages.
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Phonetics
Phonology
Morphology
Syntax
35. 34. When you want to fnd out how the same word can have different 1 point
meanings in different settings, what branch of linguistics is this?
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Morphology
Discourse
Semantics
Pragmatics
36. 35. For numbers 35 and 36, consider social distance and pragmatics in the 1 point
given situation: “You invited your friend over for dinner. Your child sees your
friend reach for some cookies and says, 'Better not take those, or you'll get
even bigger." Taking the friend’s perspective, what is the problem?
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You will be offended by what the child has said.
You will offend the host by taking the cookie.
You will offend the host if you don’t take the cookie.
You will be afraid to offend the child by taking the cookie.
37. 36. Taking the mother’s perspective, what is the problem? 1 point
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Your child knows what he is saying.
Your friend might fnd your child rude.
Your friend might continue taking the cookie.
Your child might not understand why the friend is taking the cookie.
38. 37. Consider social distance and pragmatics in the given situation: "You talk 1 point
with a neighbor about his new car. He has trouble staying on topic and starts
talking about his favorite TV show. He doesn't look at you when you talk and
doesn't laugh at your jokes. He keeps talking, even when you look at your
watch and say, 'Wow. It's getting late.' You fnally leave, thinking about how
hard it is to talk with him." All of the following signs make you say that the
neighbor is unaware of the listener's (your) views and monopolizes your
time, EXCEPT-
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has trouble staying on topic
talks about his car
doesn't laugh at your jokes

doesn't look at you when you talk
39. 38. “The English word 'untied' is really made up of three parts, one referring to 1 point
the process of reversing an action (un-), one indicating the action of twisting string-
like things together so they stay (tie), and the last indicating that the
action happened in the past (-d).” This is something that you study under...
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Phonology
Morphology
Semantics
Syntax
40. 39. Which statement best describes Sociolinguistics? 1 point
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Some language changes happen because of slow (maybe incremental)

changes within the language, such as in pronunciation or in the meaning of a word.
Other changes happen because of contact with speakers of other languages.
Language use symbolically represents fundamental dimensions of social behavior

and human interaction. The notion is simple, but the ways in which language refects
behavior can often be complex and subtle.
Looks more at the relationship between speaker and listener which allows
assumptions to be made about the intended message, considering, for example,
the way context contributes to meaning.
There are common patterns among even unrelated languages, and many linguists
believe this is the result of general principles which apply to most, if not all, languages.
41. 40. The Categories of Illocutionary Acts was proposed by John Searle to 1 point
group together closely related intentions for saying something. Which

category refers to the use of an utterance used to change the status of some
entity?
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Representative
Expressive
Declaration
Question
42. 41. Conversational Maxims are rules that are observed when communication 1 point
takes place in a situation where people are cooperative. Which maxim
includes rules that state a participant’s contribution should be as informative
as possible?
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Maxim of quality
Maxim of manner
Maxim of quantity
Maxim of relation
43. 42. Which maxim includes rules that state a participant’s contribution should 1 point
be direct, not obscure, ambiguous, or wordy?
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Maxim of quality
Maxim of manner
Maxim of quantity
Maxim of relation
44. 43. Which maxim is being violated in this statement? A: Why did you come 1 point
late? B: I had to eat bread for breakfast.
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Maxim of quality
Maxim of manner
Maxim of quantity
Maxim of relation
45. 44. It is an act of affecting someone (i.e., the listener); or the effect on the 1 point
hearer of what a speaker says.
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Locutionary force
Illocutionary act/force
Perlocutionary act
Prelocutionary act
46. 45. What act is doing something? It is what the speaker intends to do by 1 point
uttering a sentence.
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Locutionary force
Illocutionary act/force
Perlocutionary act
Prelocutionary act
47. 46. A concept in stylistics that emphasizes on a textual feature; may be 1 point
achieved through unusual or strange collocations, meaningful repetitions,

contrast, deliberate deviation from the norms/rules/ conventions.
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Foregrounding
Collocation
Diegesis
Mimesis
48. 47. It is defned as the application of concepts from linguistics and allied 1 point
disciplines in the analysis and interpretation of samples of communication

through language
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Pragmatics
Linguistics
Literary Criticism
Stylistics
49.48. All of the following show the importance of Practical Stylistics EXCEPT- 1 point
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It can provide the means whereby the student of literature can relate a piece of
literary writings to his own experience of language and so can extend that experience.
It can assist in the transfer of interpretative skills, on essential purpose of literary

education.
It can provide a procedure for translating literary texts.
The focus of a literary text in itself provides a context in which the learning of
aspects of language can be positively enjoyed.
50. 49. This refers to the indexical function of language, pointing to different 1 point
aspects of reality.
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Reference
Representation
Diegesis
Mimesis
51. 50. This refers to manipulating language to stand for an experience/ 1 point
situation.
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Reference
Representation
Diegesis
Mimesis
END OF PART 1. Kindly inform your instructor that you are fnished.
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7/10/22, 11:20 AM English Majors Review Test Part I (Morning)

English Majors Review Test Part

2. 1. What does the acronym 'TESL stand for? 1 point

3. 2. What does the acronym 'TESOL stand for? 1 point

4. 3. What does the acronym 'ESL stand for? 1 point

5. 4. What does the acronym 'L1' stand for? 1 point

6. 5. What does the acronym 'FL stand for? 1 point

scripts of the same language.

Mark only one oval.

8. 7. Commonly defned as the use of at least two languages by an individual. 1 point

Mark only one oval.

9. 8. The study of language in relation to social factors including differences of 1 point

regional, class, and occupational dialect, gender differences, and bilingualism.

Mark only one oval.

context where languages needs can or must be satisfed through use of a

Mark only one oval.

accommodate the full range of life's functions.

Mark only one oval.

through assimilation and accommodation.

Mark only one oval.

Mark only one oval.

Mark only one oval.

written is used to understand the message.

Mark only one oval.

Mark only one oval.

interpreted and applied in a variety of ways in the classroom.

Mark only one oval.

Mark only one oval.

help of a more advanced individual.

Mark only one oval.

Zone of Proximal Development

‘knowing other’, or ‘knowledgeable other’.

Mark only one oval.

Mark only one oval.

Mark only one oval.

Mark only one oval.

The Silent Way

reading comprehension is taught.

Mark only one oval.

The Silent Way

language is habit formation. Skills are sequenced: listening,

Mark only one oval.

Mark only one oval.

Total Physical Response (TPR)

Mark only one oval.

28. 27. Peer support, interaction and respect is emphasized. 1 point

Mark only one oval.

The Silent Way

Mark only one oval.

The Silent Way

Total Physical Response

learner to produce as much language as possible.

Mark only one oval.

The Silent Way

Total Physical Response

Mark only one oval.

Total Physical Response (TPR)

Mark only one oval.

study of particular languages

study of what language should be

study of how language is put together and how it functions

search for general properties common to all languages or large groups

Mark only one oval.

sentences are constructed and combined in particular languages.