MIDTERM EXAMINATION

Teaching and Assessment of Macroskills

SET A

Direction: Read each item carefully. Be mindful of the instructions and your spelling. Not following instructions
means automatically wrong. Write all your answers in a one whole sheet of yellow pad. Strictly, NO
ERASURES.

I. Enumerate.(1 pt. each)

1-4. Kinds of Listening
5-7. Functions of Speaking
8-11. Conversational Maxims
12-15. Speaking Tasks for Communicative Outcome

II. Identify what is being described in each item.(2 pts. each)

16. A kind of listening where students judge the message.
17. Other term for Therapeutic Listening.
18. Is the process of building and sharing meaning through the use of verbal and non-verbal symbols, in a
variety of context.
19. A set of norms that are expected in a conversation.
20. These are rules that are observed when communication takes place in a situation where people are co-
operative.
21. The goal of teaching speaking.
22. The most basic means of communication.
23. The function/role of the speaker in oral communication.
24. The function/role of the listener in oral communication.
25. The proponent of Cooperative Principle and Coversational Maxims.

III. Read the statements carefully. Write only the letter of your answer. (2 pts. each)
26. Ms. A gave his class a group assignment. The class must come up with possible solutions to the parking
problem in their school during drop-off and pick-up hours. Each group is expected to come up with a proposal.
What type of speaking task is she using?
a. imitative c. responsive
b. intensive d. interactive
27. Teacher Marie asked her grade three students to work together in pairs to see how many words they can
make out of one long word; for example, the word important. She gave each pair a different word. This activity
is descriptive of what type a speaking performance task?
a. an imitative task c. an interactive task
b. a responsive task d. read-aloud task
28. The following are not the proper sequence of the stages in a speaking lesson, EXCEPT.
a. practice-presentation-performance
b. presentation-main activity-performance
c. presentation-main activity-production
d. presentation-practice-performance
29. Xander loves listening to music more than anything else. What kind of listening is being developed by
Xander?
a. aesthetic listening c. evaluative listening
b. appreciative listening d. both a and b
30. Ana always make sure that when she speaks she only says the important information necessary in the
conversation. Thus, she does not provide too much information. What conversational maxim is being followed
by Ana?
a. maxim of relation c. maxim of quantity
b. maxim of quality d. maxim of relation
31. Which among the four basic types of speaking requires to parrot back words, phrases, and sentences
which you hear?
a. imitative c. intensive
b. interactive d. responsive
32. Teacher Shiela is conveying the instruction to the students before starting their activity. The students on
the other hand were able to perform the activity for they listened attentively to the instruction given by teacher
Shiela. What kind of listening was evident by the students?
a. comprehensive listening c. both a and b
b. informational listening d. none of the above
33. After introducing the students to a new information about second language acquisition, Teacher Joey gave
the students a chance to be active in the learning process by devising meaningful activities to the students.
What stage in a speaking lesson was evident in the students’ behavior?
a. production c. speaking activity
b. practice d. both b and c
34. Ali always see to it that when he delivers a talk what he has to do is be direct to the point. What
conversational maxim will violate Ali’s way of delivering a talk?
a. maxim of manner c. maxim of quality
b. maxim of relation d. maxim of quantity
35. Teacher Cherry teaches English for beginners. It is part of her class routine to write 3-4 words on the board
which she reads to the pupils and which the pupils are to say aloud after her. What type of task do the pupils
perform?
a. an imitative task c. an interactive task
b. read-aloud task d. a responsive task
36. Who established the different problems that language learners face during speaking?
a. Paul Grice c. Douglas Brown
b. Griceans d. the speakers
37. The following are factors that influence learners’ speaking, EXCEPT.
a. Age c. Innate phonetic ability
b. Exposure d. Rate of delivery

IV. Identify and write the correct sequence of the stages in a speaking lesson in the upper rectangular boxes
provided. Provide an explanation about the important points of every stages and write it in the bigger boxes in
two sentences only. Draw the format in your paper and write your answer inside each corresponding boxes.
(30 points)
“Ganahan ka makatilaw unsay lasa sa TOBLERONE ug MALTESERS, BASAHA UG UTRO IMONG
ANSWERS.”

-Miss A 