Teaching Language Construction

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Ruffino, Robledo, Leguizamón, Bonelli, Capello, Fabro.

Topic: Teaching language construction
1. As Jeremy Harmer states, the language construction
teaching focuses on the following areas…
a. Vocabulary, semantics, grammar, and morphology
b. Vocabulary, semantics, spelling, and pronunciation
c. Dialects, spelling, pronunciation and morphology
d. A, B and C are correct
2. According to Jeremy Harmer, the main goal of teaching

language construction is to make students…
a. To be profitable in the use of grammar
b. To enlarge the use synonyms and antonyms
c. To improve their productive and receptive skills
d. To be intelligible when speaking
3. The author of the material we are dealing with, states that

teachers can focus on language construction teaching at
different moments of the class:
a. Before the performance of a communicative task.
b. During the performance of a communicative task.
c. After the performance of a communicative task.
d. A, B and C are correct
4. According to Jeremy Harmer, what does opportunistic

teaching involve?
a. Teaching language which suddenly comes up within a lesson
b. Providing opportunities for students to communicate
c. Providing vocabulary which is suitable for a specific topic
d. Teaching language which is engaging for the students
5. “Students are given explanations and grammar rules and
then, based on these explanations and rules, they make
sentences based on the new language” What approach
does J. Harmer refer to in this quote?
a. Inductive approach
b. Grammar approach
c. Deductive approach
d. PPP approach
6. According to the material we have read, in an inductive

approach the teacher’s main aim is to…
a. Elicit the target language
b. Guide the student process of learning
c. Provide the structures for the students to use them
d. None of the previous options is correct
7. J. Harmer suggests that not all students feel comfortable

with “working things out” on their own, they prefer to be
“spoon-fed”. What does “to be spoon-fed” refer to?
a. Students prefer to discover structures alone.
b. Students want to work in pairs or groups instead of working
on their own
c. Students want to make an effort to understand things
without being explained
d. Students want their teacher to teach them the rules and
structures for them
8. According to Jeremy Harmer, the expression “to buy

thinking time” is used to refer to…
a. The use of certain phrases as delaying tactics
b. The economical use of words to avoid wordy sentences
c. The use of phrases such as: I think, to my point of view etc.
to express opinion
d. The use of time expressions in conversation
9. What is a typical explain and practise sequence?
a. Explanation-Elicitation-Lead-in-Immediate creativity-
Accurate reproduction.
b. Lead-in-Explanation-Accurate reproduction-Elicitation-
Immediate creativity.
c. Lead-in-Elicitation-Explanation-Accurate reproduction-
d. Lead-in-Explanation-Elicitation-Accurate reproduction-
10. According to Jeremy Harmer, a “Boomerang-type

lesson” is not appropriate when…
a. Language study arises out of skills work on reading and
listening texts.
b. Students already have a certain amount of language
available to them for the first activation state.
c. Students work to expand their knowledge and revise
things they are already familiar with.
d. Students have a beginner level to analyse language using
discovery procedures.
11. During the practice or accurate reproduction, for choral

repetition to be effective, it is important to take into
account… (Mark the INCORRECT one)
a. To give all the students only a chance to speak
individually rather than together.
b. To help the students with the rhythm by ‘conducting’ the
chorus, using arms and hands to show where stress
occurs.
c. To start the chorus clearly.
d. To give all the students a chance to speak together rather
than being shown up individually.
12. When teachers give activities bearing in mind that what
is suitable for one class may not work as well with other
students, they are focusing on:
a. The efficacy of the activitiy.
b. The economy of the activitiy.
c. The appropriacy of the activitiy.
d. The difficulty of the activitiy.
13. According to the author, when an activity is considered
as economical?
a. When the time we spend setting up the activitiy is
unsatisfactory ratio to the payoff the activitiy provides.
b. When the activitiy takes more time than expected.
c. When the activitiy takes less time than expected.
d. When the resources needed for the activitiy are not
expensive.
14. According to Jeremy Harmer a class can be described as
“mixed ability” when:
a. When individual students are different ages.
b. When individual students are divided into groups within
the class
c. When individual students have the same learning style.
d. When individual students learn a different speeds and in
different ways.
15. What does the acronym PPP stand for?
a. Practise, production and presentation.
b. Presentation, production and practice.
c. Presentation, practise and production.
d. Presentation, performance and production.

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ELT - Study Questions

Ruffino, Robledo, Leguizamón, Bonelli, Capello, Fabro.

2. According to Jeremy Harmer, the main goal of teaching

3. The author of the material we are dealing with, states that

4. According to Jeremy Harmer, what does opportunistic

6. According to the material we have read, in an inductive

7. J. Harmer suggests that not all students feel comfortable

8. According to Jeremy Harmer, the expression “to buy

10. According to Jeremy Harmer, a “Boomerang-type

11. During the practice or accurate reproduction, for choral

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